Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai

O nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this Wednesday to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai.

“The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award the Nobel Prize for Chemistry of 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for the discovery of nonlinear effects and self-catalysis in the asymmetric organic synthesis”, the academy explains.

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” https://t.co/nH090ql1Xc

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Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prizes were born of the will of Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel to donate his immense fortune to the recognition of personalities who served humanity.

The inventor of dynamite exhibited this wish in a will written in Paris in 1895, a year before his death. The awards were first awarded in 1901.

The awards ceremony will take place on December 10, which marks the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.