Press release EnglishEnglish (pdf)SwedishSwedish (pdf) 7 October 2026 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. KaganUniversité Paris-Sud, France Kenso SoaiTokyo University of Science, Japan “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis” They made chemistry choose a mirror image Some molecules, such as amino acids, exist as two variants that are each other’s mirror image. However, living o...