ScienceHenri Kagan and Kenso Soai Win 2026 Chemistry Nobel for Chiral Molecules
Henri B. Kagan from France and Kenso Soai from Japan have jointly won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They were honored for discovering non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, which explains how chemical reactions amplify small molecular asymmetries. Their work focuses on chiral molecules, which exist as mirror-image enantiomers with distinct biological interactions.
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