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Kagan and Soai share Nobel Prize in Chemistry
French chemist Henri B. Kagan of Paris-Saclay University and Japanese chemist Kensō Soai of the Tokyo University of Science won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
Why it matters
Asymmetric synthesis is central to producing many medicines in the correct molecular form.
Background
Many molecules exist in mirror-image forms that can behave very differently in the body. Asymmetric synthesis aims to produce one form selectively, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the chemistry prize.
The story so far
- Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for optogenetics
- Kagan and Soai share Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Sources
- Reuters ↗October 7, 2026
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