Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror molecules
· New Scientist
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai are the winners of the 2026 Nobel prize in chemistryNiklas Elmehed/Nobel Prize Outreach
The 2026 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their discovery of how to make molecules form the correct kind of mirror image. This enabled the molecules to be mass produced with chemical properties that are useful in various applications, such as medicines and agriculture.
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