Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs

Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and ...
Scientific American

2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to pioneers in ‘mirror’ chemistry

The prize recognizes Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai's work showing autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. The 2026 Nobel ...
Science

Nobel Prize honors researchers who showed how ‘handedness’ can emerge in chemistry

Henri Kagan of the Université Paris-Sud and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University of Science share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for unraveling mystery of mirror molecules

The 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for groundbreaking work in the field of asymmetric chemistry – unraveling the mystery of how molecules exist in ...
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WATCH: Kagan and Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry for illuminating mirror-image molecules

The Nobel Prize in chemistry will be announced Wednesday. Live coverage of the announcement is expected to begin at 5:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Watch live in our video player above. Last ...

Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand

Life is remarkably selective. Life relies on many molecules with what is termed “handedness”—they’re chemically identical but are mirror images of each other. Most chemical reactions will make a 50/50 ...