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2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘mirror image’ molecule research, with impact on pharmacology
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What happenedHenri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for solving a mystery with research on "mirror image" molecules.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm". The center frames it as "Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to duo for 'spectacular' chemical reaction".
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2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘mirror image’ molecule research, with impact on pharmacology
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for solving a mystery with research on "mirror image" molecules.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for untangling mirror images in molecules
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on understanding mirror image molecules. This breakthrough is significant for drug development in mod...
Nobel chemistry duo solve molecule single handedness
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai have won the Nobel chemistry prize for solving the mystery of why only one version of some molecules' mirror-image forms appears in nature.
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to Kagan and Saoi for solving molecular mystery
Scientists paid tribute to Kagan and Soai's groundbreaking work, which the Nobel committee described as a feat never previously achieved by anyone “other than life itself.”
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for research solving 'mirror image' mystery
Scientists paid tribute to Kagan and Soai's groundbreaking work, which the Nobel committee described as a feat never previously achieved by anyone “other than life itself.”
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for research solving 'mirror image' mystery
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their efforts to resolve mysterious mirror images in chemical molecules, a discovery that trans...
French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular 'mystery'
France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving the mystery of why only one form of certain molecules appears in nature, a discovery decisive for th...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to duo for 'spectacular' chemical reaction
They won for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, solving a chemical mystery more than a century old.
