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Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to trio for brain activity decoding technique

October 5, 2026

Summary

Three scientists, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their research into brain activity, which led to a tool using light to unravel how the brain works and could aid in treating conditions like blindness and depression.

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