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Chemistry Nobel 2026 awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai: Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced on October 7, 2026. The award consists of a diploma ...
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Chemistry Nobel 2026 awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
Key FactsKagan and Soai win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Autocatalysis
Oct 7, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: spiegel.de
  • Henri Kagan works at Université Paris-Sud, while Kenso Soai is affiliated with Tokyo University of Science.

  • Their autocatalysis research contributed to developing new medicines, as well as flavorings and dyes.

  • Kagan developed a reaction method in 1986; Soai described the approach in 1995 and produced one mirror-image variant in 2003.

  • The prize carries twelve million Swedish kronor; the formal ceremony is scheduled for December 10.
  • Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have provided a solution to a chemistry puzzle that has endured for over a century: How can homochirality arise spontaneously? The chemical reactions they developed are spectacular.
    — Said by Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, on the significance of Kagan and Soai's work.
I’m An Adult Film Star. I’m Done Hiding What I Need The Money For — Even If It Makes People Uncomfortable.
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Cocaine and antidepressants found in Anele Tembe’s body: Toxicology report notes mix of drugs and alcohol in Tembe’s system
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Cocaine and antidepressants found in Anele Tembe’s body
Atomic memory keeps distant ions entangled for about 10 seconds: Quantum networks, systems that connect devices and allow them to exchange information encoded in ...
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Atomic memory keeps distant ions entangled for about 10 seconds
Bundestag passes emergency care reform - | what changes for patients: The Bundestag passed the reform of emergency care on Thursday. This is intended to relieve ...
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Bundestag passes emergency care reform - | what changes for patients
Individual atomic collisions can now be detected in the lab, potentially opening up pathways to new physics
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Individual atomic collisions can now be detected in the lab ...
Some Medicare enrollees could pay hundreds of dollars more in premiums next year: Premiums for some Medicare Part D prescription drug plans are rising by $50 or ...
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Some Medicare enrollees could pay hundreds of dollars more in premiums ...
This time adjustment was in place for more than 50 years. An international body just abolished it.
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This time adjustment was in place for more than 50 years. An international ...
Christa Pike Was Declared Brain Dead, Set to Be Taken Off Life Support Just Hours Before She Started Talking | An attorney for Christa Pike said at a press ...
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Christa Pike Was Declared Brain Dead, Set to Be Taken Off Life Support ...
Brit nan on life support in Turkey after cardiac arrest faces £25,000 hospital bill
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Brit nan on life support in Turkey after cardiac arrest faces £25 ...
Molecular fingerprints reveal how human activities alter water systems worldwide: A Florida State University–led review shows how ultrahigh-resolution mass ...
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Molecular fingerprints reveal how human activities alter water systems ...
Latinos fear ICE enforcement at emergency rooms, Houston study finds: A survey of patients at Houston Ben Taub and two other hospitals found Spanish-speaking ...
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Latinos fear ICE enforcement at emergency rooms, Houston study finds
New 3D model reveals how shadows reshape chemistry in stellar nurseries: How do young stars reshape the clouds from which they are born? A new high-resolution 3D ...
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New 3D model reveals how shadows reshape chemistry in stellar nurseries
Electron density check offers better starting point for chemistry's most difficult metal molecules
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Electron density check offers better starting point for chemistry's ...
Emergency care reform adopted: What will change: The Bundestag has voted for a reform of emergency care. Patients are to be better managed in the future. However ...
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Emergency care reform adopted: What will change
Superheavy-element compound reveals weaker-than-expected bond due to relativistic effects
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Superheavy-element compound reveals weaker-than-expected bond due to ...
Mazonakis Memorial Nears as Toxicology Tests Guide Investigation: Giorgos Mazonakis memorial takes place on Sunday 18 October in Nikaia as investigators await ...
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Mazonakis Memorial Nears as Toxicology Tests Guide Investigation
Jackie, the famous bald eagle mama in California, died of bird flu: The newly released report stated that Jackie suffered several diseases and a toxicology ...
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Jackie, the famous bald eagle mama in California, died of bird flu
A single carbon atom stitches flat molecules into 3D structures: Flat is fine for a sheet of paper, but many of the most useful molecules need depth. Now ...
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A single carbon atom stitches flat molecules into 3D structures
In Cuba, a different kind of pharmacy is filling the medicine gap: In Havana, Laura Mendoza runs a project called “Medicine Is Not for Sale ...
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In Cuba, a different kind of pharmacy is filling the medicine gap
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is still suffering "a lot of cognitive confusion" after regaining consciousness following her botched ... Show more

‘Angry and confused.’ Christa Pike still suffering after botched execution
Police in Lari have intercepted a tanker camouflaged as a fuel-transportation vehicle carrying 10,000 litres of suspected industrial ethanol along the ... Show more
Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create world’s first nuclear clocks: For almost half a century, physicists have dreamt of the technology, which offers promise ...
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Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create world’s first nuclear clocks
Christa Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed execution, lawyers say
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Christa Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed ...
Three people sprang into action last Sunday after 20-year-old Katonia Watkins sustained life-threatening stab wounds during the annual CIBC Walk for the Cure ... Show more
'Where am I and who are you?’ Those were the first words death row inmate Christa Pike spoke after regaining consciousness following a botched execution ... Show more
Ebola could walk into a pharmacy first, health bodies warn: Kenya Medical Association urges gov’t to provide adequate PPEs to all healthcare facilities ...
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Ebola could walk into a pharmacy first, health bodies warn
Republicans and Democrats find a unifying target: Pharmacy benefit managers: Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their ...
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Republicans and Democrats find a unifying target: Pharmacy benefit ...
Jun Ye: Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics 2026
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Jun Ye
Another Newbury pharmacy break-in……: At least two pharmacies have been targeted for break-ins in Newbury in the past few days.
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Another Newbury pharmacy break-in……
Earth's vital signs are flashing red: Seven of nine key systems have been breached - as scientists warn 'we're rapidly running out of time'
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Earth's vital signs are flashing red: Seven of nine key systems have been ...
Norfolk could be left with just one A&E unit amid possible closures at two hospitals
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Norfolk could be left with just one A&E unit amid possible closures at two ...
Surprising result seen in primordial matter inside atom smasher: Physicists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider on Long Island have seen hints of a phase ...
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Surprising result seen in primordial matter inside atom smasher
Exclusive | Dad says autism ‘miracle drug’ drastically and immediately improved his son’s severe symptoms
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Exclusive | Dad says autism ‘miracle drug’ drastically and immediately ...
Deficiency In An 'Underconsumed' Nutrient Linked To Anxiety: A study suggests nutritional approaches, like supplementation, “may help restore brain chemistry”.
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Deficiency In An 'Underconsumed' Nutrient Linked To Anxiety
What are the Nobel prizes, and when will the 2026 awards be announced?: Winners in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics to be revealed
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What are the Nobel prizes, and when will the 2026 awards be announced?
I almost died of cardiac arrest after ‘dizzy spells’ & blaming ‘buzzing’ on energy drinks – I had a hidden heart problem
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I almost died of cardiac arrest after ‘dizzy spells’ & blaming ‘buzzing’ ...
How ocean chemistry helped life keep breathing: Scientists have helped solve a longstanding mystery about how Earth remained habitable after oxygen first ...
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How ocean chemistry helped life keep breathing
Supermarket giant launches free flu jabs at more than 100 stores across UK – are you eligible?
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Supermarket giant launches free flu jabs at more than 100 stores across UK ...
How private equity is killing public access to hospitals and emergency care
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How private equity is killing public access to hospitals and emergency ...
Anthropic confirms a Bay Area wet lab, denies it is for drug discovery: Anthropic confirms it has set up a wet lab in the Bay Area and says it is not ...
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Anthropic confirms a Bay Area wet lab, denies it is for drug discovery
Hospital unit to move to allow for Pinderfields A&E expansion: A hospital unit is to be relocated to a former council-run care to enable it’s A&E department to ...
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Hospital unit to move to allow for Pinderfields A&E expansion
Almost every second emergency room in Germany is overloaded – | and in some cases so severely that patient safety may be at risk ... Show more

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Key FactsSurvey: Many German Emergency Departments Overloaded
Sep 22, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: zdfheute.de
  • The DGINA survey on June 2, 2026, found that 45 percent of emergency departments were overloaded.

  • The traffic light showed orange for 31.4 percent, red for 8.1 percent, and black for 5.5 percent; black indicated acute patient endangerment.

  • On the survey day, an exit block affected 60.6 percent of participating emergency departments because ward beds were unavailable.

  • The Bundestag debated emergency-care reform in July; its passage is intended for autumn 2026.
  • The emergency departments are bare in the storm of cost pressures in the hospitals. And in the current financial situation, the incentive to cut costs is brutal.
    — Matthias Brachmann, health economist at the University of Witten/Herdecke; commentary on cost pressures and the incentive to cut spending in the health system
Stoke-on-Trent NHS hero, 48, who twice beat cancer loses fight for life: Linsey Ford was well-known in Stoke-on-Trent grassroots football
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Stoke-on-Trent NHS hero, 48, who twice beat cancer loses fight for life
AI scans 4.6 million compounds in hours to predict hydrogen positions in drug-like molecules
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AI scans 4.6 million compounds in hours to predict hydrogen positions in ...
Snapshots reveal key molecular machine in tropical parasites at near-atomic resolution
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Snapshots reveal key molecular machine in tropical parasites at ...
For some individuals with peanut allergies, just inhaling peanut dust can be deadly. But did you know how easy it is for food particles to become airborne? ... Show more
AI may have cracked the antiaging code: A pharmaceutical company called Insilico Medicine believes that the drug they discovered using AI could be the key to ...
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Virtual cells built from 4D AI models and 'digital twins' could speed up drug discovery
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Virtual cells built from 4D AI models and 'digital twins' could ...
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More people are seeking emergency care for gambling, a new study says — and it's mostly men and boys
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More people are seeking emergency care for gambling, a new study says — ...
Top Singaporean chemist Lu Yixin to join Chinese university EIT next year: The distinguished scientist is the latest prominent academic to sign up with the ...
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Top Singaporean chemist Lu Yixin to join Chinese university EIT next year
Chemists overturn 40-year assumption about a key class of superconductors: Scientists at Warwick have shown that a material treated for 40 years as a uniform ...
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Chemists overturn 40-year assumption about a key class of superconductors