Mason Wakley tells the full story of how Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai's work on non-linear effects and asymmetric autocatalysis ...

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Kagan and Soai have been recognised specifically ‘for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric ...

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This year's laureates didn't invent asymmetric synthesis, but filled in our understanding of how it works and how we can do ...