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Nobel Prize 2026: How an Alga Gave Neuroscience a Light Switch
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine honours optogenetics. Meet the scientists who turned a single-celled alga's light sensor into a switch for the brain.
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Nobel Prize winners in medicine, chemistry and biology: who they are and the work that won the prize.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine honours optogenetics. Meet the scientists who turned a single-celled alga's light sensor into a switch for the brain.