Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry

Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7680x5120+0+0/resize/7680x5120!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F29%2Ffd%2F9336bb2d466fa157fb66cc2cdaf2%2Fap26280356127391.jpg' alt='Portraits of Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai are shown on the screen as they are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 7, 2026.'/><p>Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.</p><p>(Image credit: Fredrik Sandberg)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-146849' />