{
  "id": 12601377,
  "title": "Kagan, Soai win Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing ‘spectacular’ chemical reactions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kagan-soai-win-nobel-chemistry-prize-for-developing-spectacular",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:55:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3370059/nobel-chemistry-prize-awarded-henri-b-kagan-and-kenso-soai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. “So this year’s prize is about foundational chemistry. Many molecules occur in two different versions. Like my hands. They are one another’s mirror image, they look alike, but they are not identical. I cannot put my hands…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nature",
        "title": "Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/chemistry-nobel-for-solving-mystery-of-how-handed-organic-molecules",
        "published": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}