The 2026 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to two scientists for discoveries that showed how chemical reactions can produce one of two mirror image forms of a molecule.
Winners and their work
Henri B Kagan at Paris-Sud University in France and Kensō Soai at Tokyo University of Science in Japan have been awarded the prize “for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis”.
Announcement and prize details
The Nobel assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, announced the winners on Wednesday. They will each receive an equal share of a prize of 12m Swedish kronor (about £900,000).
