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Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm

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Manenkov, K., & Dazio, S. (2026, October 7). Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-set-to-be-awarded-in-stockholm/article_b2a2bfd3-efa8-5eb7-9c90-cd315c2b0e30.html

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is set to award this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry in Stockholm on Wednesday. Last year’s prize was given to scientists who developed molecular structures capable of trapping large amounts of gas, with potential applications for capturing greenhouse gases and harvesting water from arid regions.

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Henri B. Kagan from France's Université Paris-Sud and Kenso Soai from Japan's Tokyo University of Science were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis." This prize recognizes their transformative work on chiral molecules, which are like mirror images and crucial for drug development. Kagan discovered a new method to manipulate chemical reactions to produce more of one molecular form than previously thought possible. Soai designed the first reaction where only one mirror image is formed. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded them in Stockholm on October 7, continuing the tradition established by Alfred Nobel's will since 1901. This year’s prize follows awards for medicine and physics and precedes those for literature, peace, and economics later in the week.

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