France's Henri B. Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Their work solved a century-old mystery: how homochirality emerges spontaneously, with Kagan's 1986 breakthrough and Soai's 1995-2003 reactions. The findings are crucial for pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Kagan and Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Source: WION