{"id":"9e5917f1-37ac-4268-9240-4f2aa11f3060","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3370059/nobel-chemistry-prize-awarded-henri-b-kagan-and-kenso-soai","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"Kagan, Soai win Nobel Chemistry Prize for solving chemical asymmetry puzzle","plainHeadline":"Kagan and Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Kagan and Soai awarded for solving homochirality mystery in asymmetric synthesis.","Prize cited discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in chemistry.","Homochirality: only one mirror-image form of amino acids is used in proteins.","The discoveries enable chemists to drive reactions toward required chirality for pharmaceuticals.","Award announced by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; each Nobel valued at 12 million kronor."],"topics":["Science","Education","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T09:55:49.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-07T10:39:49.596Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/8394f037-4dfa-4f77-8bb8-2e420dc2a83d","storyId":"8394f037-4dfa-4f77-8bb8-2e420dc2a83d","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/07/1fe5ac61-21d3-4429-a281-f21199ee3075_800919a9.jpg?itok=W54ez7Yo&v=1791369326","author":"Agencies","dek":"The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for solving the mystery of why only one version of some molecules’ mirror-image forms appears in nature, a discovery decisive for the development of pharmaceuticals."}