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US and German Scientists Win Nobel Medicine Prize for Light-Based Brain Research
Original: US and German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain
Scientists from the United States and Germany have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on how light can be used to study and control brain activity. The findings, honoured by the Nobel Assembly in Stockholm, are widely recognised as foundational for optogenetics, a technique that lets researchers switch specific neurons on and off with light and has transformed modern neuroscience.
Why now: The Nobel Assembly's annual medicine announcement is one of the most closely followed awards in science.
Nobel PrizeNobel AssemblyUnited StatesGermanyoptogenetics
Evidence
- US and German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain · Reuters
- US and German Scientists Win Nobel Medicine Prize for Work on Light and Brain · U.S. News & World Report
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