Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1901-2026)

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14 October, 2026, 03:50 pm

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1901-2026)

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14 October, 2026, 03:50 pm

Last modified: 14 October, 2026, 04:00 pm

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai for discovering non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. They discovered how chemical reactions can favour one mirror-image form of a molecule over the other, and how that preference can reinforce itself as the reaction continues.

Source: The Nobel Prize

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