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Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” pic.twitter.com/nH090ql1XcThe chemistry Nobel, always the third prize to be awarded during Nobel week, followed those for medicine and physics announced on Monday and Tuesday."So this year's prize is about foundational chemistry," said Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.Many of the molecules essential to life exist in two forms that are mirror….
Yet living organisms almost exclusively use only one version, a phenomenon known as "homochirality" – from the Greek word for hand – that has puzzled chemists for more than a century.Thanks to the discoveries that are being recognised by the #NobelPrize in Chemistry 2026, chemists have gained fundamental new tools for use in their daily work but, above all, these discoveries have contributed to solving one of chemistry’s greatest mysteries:….
Other than life itself, no one had ever achieved this feat.
The Soai reaction is one of the most spectacular chemical… pic.twitter.com/CQHBqwo1UtEstablished in the will of Swedish inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, the prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace have been awarded since 1901, with a few interruptions mostly due to the world wars.Nobel, a chemist by trade, amassed huge wealth in the 19th century from inventions primarily tied to warfare, most notably dynamite.
The economics prize is a later addition funded by the Swedish central bank.Also Read: German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogeneticsSometimes overshadowed by more famous laureates in the fields of physics, literature and peace, the chemistry awards have still recognised many influential discoveries such as nuclear fission and genetic sequencing techniques.Last year's chemistry award went to scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for….
The awards are followed by a lavish banquet at Stockholm City Hall.They also share 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million), as well as the fame of winning arguably the world's most prestigious science award.
Kagan and Soai win 2026 Nobel chemistry prize for single molecular mirror creation Updated 6 minutes ago The chemistry Nobel followed those for medicine and physics announced on Monday and Tuesday.
