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Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Indian Express45m
THE BRIEF
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai in Stockholm on Wednesday.
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The scientists received the award for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
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Kagan is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in France, while 95-year-old Soai is associated with the Tokyo University of Science.