{"data":{"id":2480,"lang":"en","title":"Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for Chirality Breakthroughs","summary":"Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win the 2026 chemistry Nobel for work on autocatalysis and non-linear effects in asymmetric synthesis.","category":"science","category_label":"Science","published_at":"2026-10-07T10:01:07Z","updated_at":"2026-10-07T10:01:07Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2480-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-goes-to-henri-kagan-and-kenso-soai-for-chirality","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2480?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2480.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1451187580459-43490279c0fa?w=800","word_count":103,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2026-as-it-happens-live/4024303.article","domain":"chemistryworld.com"},{"url":"https://newsbytesapp.com/news/science/these-are-the-winners-of-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/story","domain":"newsbytesapp.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2554,"title":"Nobelovu cenu za chemii získali Henri Kagan a Kenso Soai za průlom v chiralitě","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2554-nobelovu-cenu-za-chemii-ziskali-henri-kagan-a-kenso-soai-za-prulom-v-chiralite","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2554?lang=cs"},"content":"The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on October 7 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for their work on non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.\n\nTheir discoveries address a chemical puzzle more than a century old: why molecules of life exist predominantly in one of two mirror-image forms. Soai's autocatalytic reaction showed how a tiny imbalance can amplify itself, while Kagan described non-linear effects in asymmetric catalysis.\n\nThe work matters for drug manufacturing, where the wrong mirror-image form of a molecule can be ineffective or harmful. Last year's prize went to Kitagawa, Yaghi and Robson for metal-organic frameworks."}}