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Japanese researcher Soai rejoices over winning Nobel Prize in Chemistry

S/ Soai Kenso, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science / I am very pleased that this award helps highlight and ...

Many drugs have mirror chemical structures, one helpful and the other harmful – a Nobel‑winning discovery allows chemists to make either on demand

From thalidomide to resveratrol, molecules with the exact same chemical properties can have drastically different effects in ...

Chemistry Nobel awarded for solving mystery of life's asymmetry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French scientist Henri B. Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai for providing a solution to the chemical mystery of life's asymmetry. The Nobel Committee ...

Congratulations on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — though it is a difficult field to understand

I heard that a Japanese person has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. It is in the field of organic chemistry, and ...
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for homochirality

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai. They received it for a method of producing homochiral molecules ...

2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Kenzō Soai; Connections to Takasago International, Daicel, and Kaneka in Asymmetric Synthesis

October 7, 2026The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Kenzō Soai and Henri Kagan. The award recognizes their ...