日本科学家添井健三周二在东京发表演讲，探讨不对称自催化反应，这一主题使他获得了2026年诺贝尔化学奖。
Japanese scientist Kenso Soai delivered a lecture in Tokyo on Tuesday, discussing asymmetric autocatalytic reaction, the theme that led to him winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
由日本化学会主办，这位76岁的东京理科大学名誉教授的演讲吸引了约2000人参加，包括在线参与者。
Hosted by the Chemical Society of Japan, the lecture by the 76-year-old professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science was attended by about 2,000 people, including online participants.
在这种反应中，两种镜像分子形式之间微小的差异——就像左右手一样——被放大，直到其中一种占主导地位。这一过程被称为添井反应。1990年，添井发表了导致添井反应的首批研究成果。
In the reaction, a tiny difference between the two mirror-image molecular forms, much like left and right hands, is amplified until one of them predominates. The process is called the Soai reaction. In 1990, Soai published his first research findings resulting in the Soai reaction.
在演讲期间的问答环节，他表达了对未来研究的承诺，表示：“我希望研究左右不平衡的各种可能原因。”“我对基础的、或者更确切地说是根本的问题感兴趣，”添井在演讲后的新闻发布会上说，解释了启发他研究的原因。
In a question-and-answer session during the lecture, he expressed his commitment to future research, saying, “I hope to study a wide range of possible causes for the left-right imbalances.”“I was interested in basic or rather fundamental matters,” Soai said at a news conference following the lecture, explaining what inspired his research.
他说，他希望以“高昂的精神”出席将于12月在斯德哥尔摩举行的诺贝尔奖颁奖典礼。关于他在即将到来的访问期间将在瑞典首都发表的演讲，添井表示，他计划谈论自己的研究成果，同时强调19世纪法国化学家和微生物学家路易·巴斯德的贡献，后者也研究过分子不对称性。
He said that he hopes to attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony, to be held in Stockholm in December, in “high spirits.”On a lecture he is set to deliver in the Swedish capital during the upcoming visit, Soai said that he plans to talk about his research results while highlighting contributions by 19th-century French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who also studied molecular asymmetry.