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Japanese Researcher Kenso Soai Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Japanese organic chemist Kenso Soai and French researcher Henri Kagan. The two were honored for their discovery of "nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis." The prize recognizes their contributions to organic chemistry, particularly research on nonlinear effects and autocatalytic processes in asymmetric synthesis.