This year’s laureates
The people, fields, and discoveries honored by this year’s Nobel Prizes, as they’re announced.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Optogenetics: Discovery of a neuronal switch
Karl Deisseroth
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Peter Hegemann
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Georg Nagel
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2026 has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of neuroscience through the development of optogenetics...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis
Henri B. Kagan
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Kenso Soai
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The discovery and theoretical explanation by Henri B. Kagan of non-linear effects (NLE) in asymmetric catalysis...
Nobel Prize in Physics
Elusive particles from the universe captured at the South Pole
Francis Halzen
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The neutrino, a fundamental particle proposed by Wolfgang Pauli in 1930, was introduced to explain the continuous beta-decay spectrum...