Nobel Prize in Chemistry: France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai honoured for the mirror-molecule puzzle
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SenegalDakar takes away from the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry the scientific enigma: the Senegalese press explains the chirality of living things and the "spectacular reaction" of Kenso Soai, more than the national record.
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JapanTokyo hails a Japanese Nobel laureate in chemistry, the second in a row, by placing Kenso Soai, a child of Hiroshima, at the centre of the story, before the enigma of mirror molecules.
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the narrative highlights the mystery of the origin of life's chirality.
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pharmaceutical use is mentioned in one sentence, without example.
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JapanNational
Kyodo puts the succession of Japanese chemistry laureates at the forefront of the narrative.
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The Mainichi publishes a text from a US agency with no additional Japanese source in the excerpt.
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12 million Swedish crowns
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026
millions of Swedish crowns
only one reports itthis press does not report this figure