Nobel chemistry prize co-winner Soai Kenso Soai (C), a professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science, attends a press conference at the university in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2026, after receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Soai and French researcher Henri Kagan shared the prize for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said earlier in the day. A14AA0005630371P

Nobel chemistry prize co-winner Soai Kenso Soai (C), a professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science, attends a press conference at the university in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2026, after receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Soai and French researcher Henri Kagan shared the prize for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said earlier in the day. A14AA0005630371P

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Nobel chemistry prize co-winner Soai Kenso Soai (C), a professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of Science, attends a press conference at the university in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2026, after receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Soai and French researcher Henri Kagan shared the prize for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said earlier in the day. A14AA0005630371P

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