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What Experts Want to Know About the Russia Plague Scare

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By: K. R. Callaway
Missing details about the death of a lab worker, including the cause, are worrying scientists.

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Russian health officials have not linked the death of a lab worker to infection with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai

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By: K. R. Callaway
The Nobel Committee recognized Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for solving a century-old mystery about molecules with mirror images. Their work is crucial for pharmaceuticals and carries clues to the origins of life.

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Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, on Wednesday.
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