(FILES) US President Barack Obama presents mathematician and computer scientist Margaret Hamilton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 22, 2016. Hamilton, who led the development of the computer system used by NASA's Apollo lunar program, has died at the age of 90, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she worked for nearly twenty years, announced on October 7, 2026 (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Japanese chemist Kenso Soai receives a bouquet of flowers from a university staff member before the press conference at Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, after winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Japanese chemist Kenso Soai, speaks during a news conference at Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, after winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Students wait for a chance to see Japanese Nobel laureate Kenso Soai following his press conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo on October 7, 2026. France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on October 7 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to manipulate forms of key molecules, a crucial breakthrough for drug manufacturing. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Students wait for a chance to see Japanese Nobel laureate Kenso Soai following his press conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo on October 7, 2026. France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on October 7 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to manipulate forms of key molecules, a crucial breakthrough for drug manufacturing. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

A reporter listens to Japanese Nobel laureate Kenso Soai speak in a press conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo on October 7, 2026. France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on October 7 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to manipulate forms of key molecules, a crucial breakthrough for drug manufacturing. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Japanese Nobel laureate Kenso Soai walks past mediapersons following a press conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo on October 7, 2026. France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on October 7 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to manipulate forms of key molecules, a crucial breakthrough for drug manufacturing. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Japanese Nobel laureate Kenso Soai walks past mediapersons following a press conference after winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Tokyo University of Science in Tokyo on October 7, 2026. France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on October 7 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how to manipulate forms of key molecules, a crucial breakthrough for drug manufacturing. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)