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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. New York Times Homepage and South China Morning Post Asia are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 7 Oct 2026, 09:55 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Kagan, Soai win Nobel Chemistry Prize for work ‘spectacular’ chemical reactions
- Picked up by New York Times Homepage
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- The New York TimesNobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai
- South China Morning PostKagan, Soai win Nobel Chemistry Prize for work ‘spectacular’ chemical reactions