Kagan and Soai receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry — Deutsche Welle

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai. They received the award for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, Deutsche Welle reports.

The award and monetary prize

Nobel Prize laureates receive a personally designed diploma, a medal, and a document stating the monetary award. This year, its amount was set at 12 million Swedish kronor — slightly more than €1 million or $1.2 million.

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Nobel Week

Earlier this week, the prize in medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their work on optogenetics — a method of controlling nerve cells using light. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Belgian astrophysicist Francis Halzen for research into a rare group of neutrinos.

The Nobel Prize in Literature laureate is due to be announced on Thursday, while the Peace Prize laureate will be announced on Friday. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on Monday.