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Scientists Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Asymmetric Synthesis

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kensō Soai for their groundbreaking work on asymmetric synthesis. Their research focused on designing chemical reactions that produce a single mirror-image form of a molecule, a critical advancement for the development of pharmaceuticals and other biologically active compounds. This discovery has significant implications for the efficiency and specificity of drug manufacturing. AI

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Scientists Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Asymmetric Synthesis

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