Nobel Prize in Chemistry
An annual award conferred by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to recognize scientists who have made major contributions in the field of chemistry.
Core Facts
Demis Hassabis was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Hassabis was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to AlphaFold.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to French chemist Henri Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai in recognition of their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalytic reactions in asymmetric organic synthesis.
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AI pioneers won the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for contributions of neural networks to protein folding and physical modeling.
In October 2024, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper (Google DeepMind) and David Baker (University of Washington) for AlphaFold's breakthrough in protein structure prediction.
Chemists Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for revealing the selection mechanism of molecular chirality (according to a YouTube science current-affairs channel).
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for their contributions to the field of asymmetric organic synthesis.
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to List and MacMillan for their contributions to asymmetric organocatalysis.
The two scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for researching how to precisely construct useful molecules with a single chiral site in chemical reactions.
The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to William Knowles, Ryoji Noyori, and Barry Sharpless in recognition of their pioneering contributions to chiral catalytic hydrogenation and chiral catalytic oxidation reactions.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henry B. Kagan and Kenzo Soai for their pioneering work in the field of asymmetric organic synthesis.
This year's Chemistry Nobel Prize was awarded to Henry B. Cogon and Kenzo Soai for the nonlinear effects and autocatalytic reactions they discovered in asymmetric organic synthesis.
The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Knowles, Noyori and Sharpless for their pioneering contributions to asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation and oxidation reactions.
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Demis Hassabis was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
75%VerifiedHassabis was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to AlphaFold.
75%VerifiedThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to French chemist Henri Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai in recognition of their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalytic reactions in asymmetric organic synthesis.
80%UnverifiedThe 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to William Knowles, Ryoji Noyori, and Barry Sharpless in recognition of their pioneering contributions to chiral catalytic hydrogenation and chiral catalytic oxidation reactions.
60%UnverifiedAI pioneers won the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for contributions of neural networks to protein folding and physical modeling.
50%UnverifiedThe 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to List and MacMillan for their contributions to asymmetric organocatalysis.
50%UnverifiedThe Nobel Committee stated that the amplification factor in the chiral amplification experiment was as high as 630,000-fold.
50%Partially VerifiedChemists Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for revealing the selection mechanism of molecular chirality (according to a YouTube science current-affairs channel).
70%Partially VerifiedThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henry B. Kagan and Kenzo Soai for their pioneering work in the field of asymmetric organic synthesis.
65%UnverifiedIn October 2024, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper (Google DeepMind) and David Baker (University of Washington) for AlphaFold's breakthrough in protein structure prediction.
50%UnverifiedThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for their contributions to the field of asymmetric organic synthesis.
60%UnverifiedThe 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Knowles, Noyori and Sharpless for their pioneering contributions to asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation and oxidation reactions.
60%UnverifiedThe two scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for researching how to precisely construct useful molecules with a single chiral site in chemical reactions.
50%UnverifiedThis year's Chemistry Nobel Prize was awarded to Henry B. Cogon and Kenzo Soai for the nonlinear effects and autocatalytic reactions they discovered in asymmetric organic synthesis.
50%UnverifiedThis year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to French researcher Henri B. Kagan and Japanese scholar Kenso Soai.
50%UnverifiedJapanese chemist Kenso Soai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
50%UnverifiedWhen the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced, domestic Chinese-language media were unable to immediately provide Kenso Soai's specific Chinese name due to the lack of a standardized translation.
50%UnverifiedKenso Soai is one of the two recipients of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the other being a scholar of French origin.
50%UnverifiedThe 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai.
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