Henry Kagan and Kanso Sui, two French and Japanese scientists, have been jointly selected as the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research on mirror images of molecules.

Henry Kagan and Kanso Sui, two French and Japanese scientists, have been jointly selected as the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research on mirror images of molecules.

The Nobel Academy announced this news on Wednesday, October 15.

The research of these two scientists played a crucial role in drug development.

The jury announced that these two researchers "discovered nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis" were recognized as worthy of receiving this award.

Heiner Link, chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, announced the names of these two scientists as Nobel Chemistry laureates, saying: "This year's prize is about basic chemistry. Many molecules exist in two different forms; Like my hands are mirror images of each other, they look similar, but they are not the same. I can't fit my hands together.

These two scientists will share a sum of 12 million Swedish kroner, equivalent to about 1.2 million dollars. The Chemistry Nobel is always the third prize announced during Nobel Week, after the Medicine and Physics prizes.