The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two scientists — Henri Karan and Kenso Soai — for their discoveries of new ways to manipulate chemical reactions.

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Life is remarkably selective. Life relies on many molecules with what is termed “handedness”—they’re chemically identical but are mirror images of each other. Most chemical reactions will make a 50-50 ...

The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai, separately devised methods that delivered products in asymmetric proportions.

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Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries involving asymmetric synthesis and molecular homochirality.