How light became a remote control for the brain, and won a Nobel Prize
Euronewsby Marta Iraola Iribarren7d ago
Optogenetics, the technique that lets scientists control brain cells with light, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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Nobel medicine prize honours US and German scientists for optogenetics work
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff7d ago
American scientist Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering discoveries on light and optogenetics that...
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Nobel medicine prize goes to three scientists for research into brain activity
New Indian Expressby Associated Press7d ago
STOCKHOLM: The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.