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STORY SO FAR: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for showing that it is possible to amplify a molecule’s “handedness,” and direct it in a way that it can be used to produce pharmaceutical products of a very high purity. Their work also offers clues to…
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Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai. File. Source: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for the discovery of “non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday (October 7, 2026). The statement…
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