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  "id": 12615850,
  "title": "Japan's Kenso Soai Named Co-Winner of 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/japans-kenso-soai-named-co-winner-of-2026-nobel-prize-in-chemistry",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T11:01:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100701005/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Kenso Soai, professor emeritus at Tokyo University of Science, and Henri Kagan, who is affiliated with Universite Paris-Sud in France. The two scientists were selected for \"the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic ...",
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        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "Japan's Kenso Soai and France's Henri Kagan win Nobel chemistry prize",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/japans-kenso-soai-and-frances-henri-kagan-win-nobel-chemistry-prize",
        "published": "2026-10-07T08:50:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Henri Kagan, Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/henri-kagan-kenso-soai-win-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:49:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Henri Kagan, Kenso Soai win Nobel for 'making chemistry choose a mirror image'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/henri-kagan-kenso-soai-win-nobel-for-making-chemistry-choose-a-mirror",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:49:56.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-goes-to-henri-b-kagan-and-kenso-soai",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:51:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2026 Awarded To Henri B Kagan, Kenso Soai",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2026-awarded-to-henri-b-kagan-kenso-soai",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:56:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2026 Awarded To Henri Kagan, Kenso Soai For Breakthrough In Asymmetric Synthesis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2026-awarded-to-henri-kagan-kenso-soai-for",
        "published": "2026-10-07T10:52:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais",
        "title": "Premio Nobel de Química para Henri Kagan y Kenso Soai por arrojar luz en el misterio de las asimetrías de la naturaleza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/premio-nobel-de-quimica-para-henri-kagan-y-kenso-soai-por-arrojar-luz",
        "published": "2026-10-07T11:58:45.000Z"
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