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Chemistry Nobel awarded for solving mystery of life's asymmetry
The prize was given to the French and Japanese scientists for solving the mystery of life's asymmetry.
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The prize was given to the French and Japanese scientists for solving the mystery of life's asymmetry.
The duo was recognised for the discovery of ‘non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis’
Henri B. Kagan of France and Kenso Soai of Japan won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Their work shed light on how chemical reactions favor one mirror-image form of a molecule over another.
Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03093-0 Prize awarded to two chemists who probed why life favours one mirror-image molecule over another.