{"data":{"id":2532,"lang":"en","title":"Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Asymmetric Synthesis","summary":"The prize honors non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, work on how molecular handedness can arise.","category":"science","category_label":"Science","published_at":"2026-10-17T10:00:43Z","updated_at":"2026-10-17T10:00:43Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2532-henri-kagan-and-kenso-soai-win-2026-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-for-asymmetric","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2532?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2532.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2026/10/fig_ke_26_3x2-1024x683.jpg","word_count":107,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2026/","domain":"nobelprize.org"},{"url":"https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/henri-kagan-kenso-soai-win-2026-nobel-chemistry-prize","domain":"khaleejtimes.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2606,"title":"Nobelovu cenu za chemii 2026 získali Henri Kagan a Kenso Soai za asymetrickou syntézu","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2606-nobelovu-cenu-za-chemii-2026-ziskali-henri-kagan-a-kenso-soai-za-asymetrickou","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2606?lang=cs"},"content":"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai, shared equally, \"for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.\" The announcement came on October 7.\n\nThe work concerns chirality, the mirror-image property of many molecules. Nobel Committee chair Heiner Linke called it \"foundational chemistry\"; the laureates showed how small imbalances between mirror-image forms can be amplified, shedding light on how chemical asymmetry may have emerged, a long-standing puzzle.\n\nEach laureate receives half of the 12 million Swedish kronor prize (about $1.2 million). The medals will be presented in Stockholm on December 10."}}