The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai. They showed how a chemical reaction that starts almost fifty-fifty ends with one mirror image only. I explain their work in plain words, with spearmint, a drawer of gloves and the thalidomide scandal. Then I apply the same test to corporate sustainability across People, Planet and Profit, from a herbicide that cut its dose by up to 40% to CSRD reports that count tonnes and euros but say little about how the

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine went to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics, a light switch that turns chosen brain cells on and off. I explain the science in plain words, with a green alga that swims toward light and a blind patient who regained partial sight. Then I hold it next to corporate sustainability. Most CSR reports measure activity the way neuroscience did before 2005. They record correlations and never test causes, across People, Plan

Here's a terrifying fact: Your immune system is powerful enough to destroy you. Every day, it's scanning for threats, ready to unleash cellular warfare. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine went to three scientists who discovered why it doesn't: regulatory T cells, the peacekeepers that prevent your immune system from attacking your own body. Their breakthrough launched cancer treatments and autoimmune therapies but took 30 years to win recognition.

2025 Chemistry Nobel Prize winners created metal-organic frameworks, molecular sponges that harvest desert air into drinking water, capture CO2 from factories, remove PFAS toxins, and safely store hydrogen. Starting with wooden teaching balls in 1974, Kitagawa, Robson, and Yaghi built materials with football-field surface areas in grams. Despite funding rejections for "useless" research, MOFs now tackle water scarcity, climate change, and pollution, proving curiosity beats bu

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics recognized a breakthrough that could save our planet. Three scientists proved quantum mechanics works at human scales, making quantum computers possible—technology that could revolutionize climate modeling, optimize renewable energy grids, and accelerate carbon capture solutions. Discover how groundbreaking research from the 1980s is unlocking sustainable futures today. From electrons tunneling through barriers to solving the climate crisis.

Intriguing statistics on Nobel prize winners

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry for 2024 has been awarded for groundbreaking advancements in understanding and manipulating proteins.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 was awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton

This discovery shows us that sometimes the smallest things (microRNAs are tiny!) can have the biggest impact on how our bodies work.