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Daily briefing: Medicine Nobel prize goes to optogenetics


Three pioneers of optogenetics have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Plus, the funniest nature photography and the physics behind a new science-fiction novel.

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2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for work on optogenetics