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French-Japanese duo wins Nobel for solving chemical asymmetry puzzle
15+ min ago (428+ words) The pair were honoured "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis", the jury said. Stockholm (AFP) — France’s Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel chemistry prize for solving the mystery of…...
French Holocaust survivor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
35+ min ago (360+ words) Henri Kagan was awarded the Nobel Prize for his joint effort to selectively create mirror image versions of molecules A Holocaust survivor has won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for solving a long-standing problem of how to selectively produce mirror-image…...
Why is there no Nobel Prize for mathematics? Here’s what we know
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (493+ words) Every year, the Nobel Prizes recognise breakthroughs in fields ranging from physics and chemistry to medicine and literature. But there is one subject many people might expect to see on the list that is missing, mathematics. So, did Alfred Nobel…...
Changing the playing field in nickel catalysis | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Illinois
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (678+ words) Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported a breakthrough in nickel catalysis that harnesses a rare oxidation state of nickel that has proved challenging to control yet is highly valued for its potential to facilitate important chemical reactions....
Greener molecular intermediates may aid drug design
50+ min ago (360+ words) Scientists at Rice University have simplified their approach to synthesize a highly versatile family of precursors en route to biologically active compounds. Their method should make drug design and development cheaper and more environmentally friendly. Their work appears in the…...
Chemists challenge conventional understanding of how photocatalysis works
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (191+ words) Study results appear online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The conventional understanding is that the production of hydrogen from water is promoted due to a fast transfer of excited electrons from the semiconductor to…...
Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2026 Awarded To Henri Kagan, Kenso Soai For Breakthrough In Asymmetric Synthesis
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (337+ words) Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis,” the award-giving body said. The chemistry honour, traditionally the third award announced during Nobel…...
Photo-Catalysis
50+ min ago (80+ words) One common mechanism by which catalysts operate is by lowering the transition state barrier to reaction. We are investigating the ability of the hydrogen bonding of water to the transition state to catalyze simple organic reactions such as dehydration and…...
Could a Small Bias Lead to Life? Thinking About the Origin of Life from Enantiomers, Asymmetric Organic Synthesis, Nonlinear Effects, and Autocatalysis
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1611+ words) Introduction: Why did life choose 'one form'? Long ago, on an Earth where life did not yet exist. There were no cells, plants, or animals, but it is believed that small molecules, the building blocks of life, were gradually being…...
Collaboration Reveals How Light Unlocks Chemistry of Nickel Catalyst
50+ min ago (607+ words) Lakshmy Kannadi Valloli of Brookhaven Lab's Chemistry Division performing experiments at Brookhaven's Laser Electron Accelerator Facility. These experiments created a solvent radical and followed the chemistry as it produced a previously unknown intermediate form of a nickel-based catalyst. The newly…...