The recognition focuses on a topic in chemistry linked to the asymmetries found in nature, according to the wording reported in the available sources.
According to EL PAÍS, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award. The source identifies the two laureates as Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai.
The rationale, as it emerges from the materials provided, concerns the relationship between nature’s asymmetries and the mystery of mirror images.
The New Indian Express also reported on the Nobel being awarded to Kagan and Soai, linking it to research into the “mirror image mystery”.
The two publications used as the basis for the news report are dated October 7, 2026.
The available material adds no details about Kagan and Soai’s individual scientific contributions: the recognition is described through the broader theme of asymmetries and mirror images.
With the award to Kagan and Soai, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry thus recognizes research presented by the sources as relating to a fundamental question in nature and chemistry: its asymmetry.