Nobel winner Kenso Soai says he understood the significance of his research

Japanese scientist Kenso Soai, one of two winners of Wednesday’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, knew the significance of his research all along — though he had not expected that he would ever get the coveted prize, let alone this year.When he received a phone call from the Nobel Foundation in Sweden notifying him of the prize a few hours before the announcement, he was out shopping for groceries at a supermarket near his home in…