The prize awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Winners have been named in medicine, physics and chemistry, with a total prize pool of 12 million Swedish kronor. Medicine highlights optogenetics; physics advances neutrino research; chemistry recognizes work on mirror-image molecules. The literature prize and economics prize will be awarded later this week and next week respectively.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has recognized Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for discovering nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, solving a century-old mystery about how homochirality emerges. The winners have reshaped how scientists design reactions used to make pharmaceuticals, with the work spanning decades from the 1980s to the early 2000s, and the prize money totaling 12 million kronor.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Kagan and Soai for discoveries in nonlinear effects and autocatalysis that drive selective production of one molecular mirror image. The work advances understanding of homochirality and underpins drug design. Other Nobel prizes this week include medicine and physics.
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Anne Carson. Articles from multiple outlets highlight Carson's hybrid oeuvre and its blending of poetry, translation, and classical texts. The reporting notes Icelandic locale, archival translations, and the prize’s significance amid debates on euro-centrism and sexism.