What to know

• The trio was recognised for discoveries that enabled scientists to control the activity of individual nerve cells using light, opening new ways to study the brain.S1
• Three scientists to share 12m Swedish kronor prize for their work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2026 has been awarded to three scientists for their work on investigating the mysteries of the brain.Karl...S2
• Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann developed optogenetics, which uses light and genetics to control individual cellsS3