
Frenchman Henri Kagan and Japanese Kenso Soar rewarded for their work in asymmetric organic synthesis.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Frenchman Henri Kagan and Japanese Kenso Soar for their work on nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
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Annual announcement of the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this Wednesday, October 7, to the Frenchman Henri Kagan and the Japanese Kenso Soar. It rewards his work “for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis,” the organization awarding the prize announced on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Belgian-American Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on a giant particle detector at the South Pole. Halzen supervised the gigantic IceCube project in Antarctica. He is the first to obtain such an award in the field of physics individually since 1992.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded this Tuesday to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to the American Karl Deisseroth and the Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their research on optogenetics and the functioning of memory.
French astronaut Sophie Adenot, aboard the ISS for eight months, sees her return to Earth postponed until Wednesday October 7 due to bad weather conditions in the landing zone off the coast of California, NASA announced on Saturday.

French astronaut Sophie Adenot, on board the ISS for almost eight months, sees her return to Earth postponed until Wednesday at the earliest due to unfavorable weather conditions in the landing zone off California, according to NASA.
Researchers have discovered a new species of poison frog in Ecuador, named Excidobates perplexus. Threatened by illegal gold panning and the mining industry, it is distinguished by its varied colors despite belonging to the same species.

Two new islands have emerged near Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano after eruptions in September disrupted air traffic. Their exact composition remains to be determined in the field.