Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry

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Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.

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  • Reported by NPR and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:05:54 UTC.

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