Nobel Prize 2026: Controlling Brain Cells with Light — Optogenetics Explained | Science Made Simple

Discover how optogenetics won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel discovered how to switch nerve cells on and off with light, changing how scientists study the brain, memory and behaviour. Nobel Prize 2026, optogenetics, brain science, neuroscience, nerve cells, light, medicine, science made simple

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