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KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press, & STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press. (2026, October 7). Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm. ABC News (US). https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/nobel-prize-chemistry-set-awarded-stockholm-137057382

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry in Stockholm on Wednesday. Last year's prize recognized scientists who developed molecular structures capable of trapping large quantities of gas, with potential applications for environmental issues like carbon capture and water harvesting. The article highlights that this week’s awards started with prizes for medicine and physics, followed by the literature prize on Thursday, the peace prize on Friday, and conclude with the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences next Monday. Each laureate receives a prize of 12 million Swedish kronor (approximately $1.2 million).
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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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KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press
3 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 The Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded Thursday by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
2026-10-08 · assertive framing · Canadian poet who combines classical and modern wins Nobel Prize in Literature
🔮 Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry STOCKHOLM --
2026-10-07 · assertive framing · Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm
🔮 This year's Nobel Prizes will kick off on Monday with the awarding of the medicine prize at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
2026-10-05 · assertive framing · The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award
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Canadian poet who combines classical and modern wins Nobel Prize in Literature
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The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award
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STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press
4 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 The Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded Thursday by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
2026-10-08 · assertive framing · Canadian poet who combines classical and modern wins Nobel Prize in Literature
🔮 Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry STOCKHOLM --
2026-10-07 · assertive framing · Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm
🔮 This year's Nobel Prizes will kick off on Monday with the awarding of the medicine prize at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
2026-10-05 · assertive framing · The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award
Wire or desk byline, not an individual reporter.
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The Nobel Prize week is kicking off in Stockholm with the medicine award
2026-10-05 · ABC News (US)
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Berlin Stockholm The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Stockholm GPE · 3× The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ORG · 2× Berlin GPE · 1× Dazio PERSON · 1×

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Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere or harvest moisture from desert environments.
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🔮 Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry STOCKHOLM --
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Nobel Prize in chemistry set to be awarded in Stockholm The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry STOCKHOLM -- asserted
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday in Stockholm. asserted
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Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere or harvest moisture from desert environments. asserted
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This year's prizes began with the Nobel for medicine, awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. asserted
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The physics award Tuesday recognized a scientist's efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos. asserted
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The literature prize is set to be awarded Thursday. asserted
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After Friday’s peace prize is awarded, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced Monday. asserted
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The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, a small group of laureates or an organization. ___ Dazio reported from Berlin. ___ AP Nobel Prizes: https://apnews.com/hub/nobel-prizes asserted
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