The announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize winners is underway. On Wednesday (October 7), the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry were announced on the third day of the annual awards.

Henry B. Kagan and Kenso Sōwai jointly won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year.

The Chemistry laureates were announced from Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, at around 3:45pm Bangladesh time on Wednesday.

Earlier, on Monday (October 5), the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced on the first day. Three scientists—Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel—jointly received the award for discoveries related to light-controlled ion channels and optogenetics.

On Tuesday (October 6), the Physics Nobel laureate was announced on the second day. Scientist Francis Halzen received the award in recognition of his major contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources.

The Nobel Prize announcements will continue with Chemistry on Wednesday, Literature on Thursday and the Peace Prize on Friday. The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on October 12.

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced from Oslo, the capital of Norway, while the laureates in the other categories will be announced from Stockholm.

The Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901, five years after the death of Swedish scientist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. Nobel’s will specified prizes in five fields. In 1968, Sweden’s central bank established the prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel.

The laureates will formally receive their awards on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. The prizes include a cash award, a diploma and a gold medal.