STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. Karl Deissero...

Nobel Prize 2026 in Physiology or Medicine announced on October 5, 2026. The winners will get a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor .

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists who created a tool using light to help unravel how the brain works.

The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded who created a tool using light to help unravel how the brain works.

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.

Three scientists won the 2026 Nobel Medicine Prize for pioneering optogenetics, a light-based technique that transformed brain research and neuroscience.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for pioneering optogenetics, which “is now being used in laboratories around the world to reveal the brain’s mysteries.”

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists – Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel – for their work developing a technique to decode the inner workings of the brain.

Understanding how the brain creates memories, feelings, and behaviours has long been one of neuroscience's biggest challenges. Optogenetics has opened a new way of studying these processes by allowing scientists to switch individual nerve cells on or off in a living brain.

The first Nobel of the year honours a breakthrough that allows scientists to probe brain circuits with remarkable precision.

The first Nobel of the year honours a breakthrough that allows scientists to probe brain circuits with remarkable precision.

Sweden: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries

Three scientists have been honoured with the 2026 Nobel Prize 2026 in physiology or medicine for their breakthrough research concerning the use of light in controlling the cells, light-gated ion...