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Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge

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#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstNatureChemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge by Elizabeth Gibney
2+6 hours 5 minutesScienceNobel Prize honors researchers who solved chemistry's asymmetry mystery by Martin Enserink
3+9 hours 21 minutesThe Japan TimesJapanese scientist Kenso Soai and France’s Henri B. Kagan win Nobel Prize in chemistry
4+9 hours 45 minutesScientific American (limited free articles)2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is award to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their work in 'mirror' chemistry
5+9 hours 51 minutesDeutsche WelleNobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
6+9 hours 52 minutesHacker NewsNobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
7+9 hours 56 minutesSouth China Morning Post (limited free articles)Nobel Chemistry Prize awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
8+9 hours 57 minutesTimes of IndiaFrance’s Henri Kagan, Japan’s Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize by RAJEEV SINGH
9+9 hours 59 minutesNew Scientist (limited free articles)Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror molecules by Carissa Wong
10+10 hours 6 minutesNPRHenri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry by The Associated Press
11+10 hours 10 minutesBBCChemistry Nobel awarded for solving mystery of life's asymmetry
12+10 hours 13 minutesPhys.orgNobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for developing 'spectacular' chemical reactions
13+10 hours 29 minutesThe New York Times (limited free articles)Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai by Cassandra Vinograd
14+10 hours 42 minutesSTAT (paywall)2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘mirror image’ molecule research, with impact on pharmacology by Annalisa Merelli
15+13 hours 1 minuteAl JazeeraHenri Kagan, Kenso Soai win chemistry Nobel for ‘mirror image’ breakthrough
16+16 hours 2 minutesFrance 24Nobel de Química 2026: Kagan y Soai resuelven un misterio de más de un siglo sobre las moléculas de la vida by France 24
17+16 hours 18 minutesFinancial Times (paywall)Nobel Prize in chemistry honours mirror molecule research
18+18 hours 38 minutesThe Economist (paywall)A Nobel for illuminating life’s asymmetry
19+18 hours 48 minutesArs TechnicaChemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand by John Timmer
20+34 hours 30 minutesWIREDLife Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Fernanda González