The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Kagan is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Soai, 95, with the Tokyo University of Science. The award, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, is the third of six Nobel awards to be handed out this year. Earlier this week, German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel,...
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Nobel Chemistry Prize awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the prize in Stockholm for their discoveries concerning non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Kagan is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Soai, aged 95, is associated with the Tokyo University of Science. This marks the third Nobel award to be presented this year.
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Kenso Soai is 95 years old.
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Kenso Soai is affiliated with the Tokyo University of Science.
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Henri B. Kagan is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in Orsay, France.
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The award is for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai.
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