Why Algae Research Led to Brain Memory: Understanding Optogenetics Through Experiments

Optogenetics became a hot topic with the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Optogenetics is a technology that uses ...

Why Do Salamanders Grow Back Limbs While Humans Don't!? A Regeneration Researcher Answers a 12-Year-Old's Question

Why can salamanders regrow lost limbs, bones and all, while humans cannot do the same? Based on an article where a ...
Nature

Breaking down nerve-cell scaffold relieves chronic pain in mice

Unplugging the cellular machinery that amplifies pain signals provides relief for mice with chronic nerve injuries 1. After an initial injury, neurons that gather information from outside the body ...
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Nobel medicine prize goes to scientists who learned to control nerve cells with light

Three scientists share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled optogenetics, using light to control nerve cells. Three scientists have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Trio of Scientists Wins Medicine Nobel for a Method to Turn Nerve Cells On and Off With Light, Helping to Unravel the Brain’s Mysteries

Optogenetics works like a precise, light-controlled switch for nerve cells in the brain. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP via Getty Images This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Stanford professor wins Nobel Prize for breakthrough in controlling nerve cells with light

Stanford University professor Karl Deisseroth has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Courtesy Stanford University A Stanford University professor was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in ...
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2026 Nobel Medicine Prize Awarded for Discoveries on How Nerve Cells Shape Memory, Feelings and Behaviour

Summary The Prize was awarded to Karl Deisseroth from the US, and Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel from Germany, who will equally share a prize money of 12 million Swedish kronor.
Stanford Daily

How opsins became traffic signals for nerve-cell production — and brain research

Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, has devoted the better part of two decades of his career to the development and promulgation of optogenetics, which has immeasurably improved scientists’ ability to probe the ...
Stanford Daily

Stanford University professor Karl Deisseroth wins 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, a Stanford University professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine “for discoveries ...
USA Today

Trump posts GOP senator's cell phone number in bid to make daylight saving time permanent

Trump posts GOP senator's cell phone number in bid to make daylight saving time permanent President Donald Trump appeared to share what he said is the personal cell phone number of Sen. Tom Cotton ...
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Contest-Winning Microscope Video Is Full of AI Confabulations, Scientists Say

The winner of Nikon's 2026 Small World In Motion contest said he used AI to post-process real video. Reading time 3 minutes Japanese optics company Nikon has stated it is “carefully re-reviewing” ...
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Part of a nerve cell Crossword Clue

We have the 4-letter answer for Part of a nerve cell crossword clue, last seen in the NYT Midi Crossword October 3, 2026 puzzle. Let us help you solve the crossword clue that has you stumped so you ...