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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to France's Henri Kagan, Japan's Kenso Soai

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday that Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for resolving a 100-year-old chemical mystery. The prize consists of 12 million Swedish kronor, approximately $1.2 million. The evidence indicates the prize was awarded to both researchers for their collaborative work, though the specific details of their 100-year-old mystery are not described in the provided text.

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• Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a 100-year-old chemical mystery.
• The prize amount is 12 million Swedish kronor, equivalent to about $1.2 million.

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The provided evidence does not specify the exact nature of the 100-year-old mystery, the dates of the research, or the specific experimental methods used by the researchers.

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