Nobel-winning light-gated ion channels find new life in agriculture
The 2026 Nobel Prize-winning optogenetics technology is now being adapted to probe plant immune signaling, screen novel insecticides, and guide ...
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OCT-guided laser and gold nanorods deliver opsin genes to degenerating retinas without viruses
Researchers report a non-viral, OCT-guided method using gold nanorods and a 980-nm laser to deliver the opsin MCO-020 to targeted ...
Light-Activated Brain Switches Earn 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering light-gated ...
Light-Switching Brain Proteins Earn 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering light-gated ...
Nobels oblige
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours optogenetics, a technique rooted in algal research that is now transforming ...
Bacterial Bioelectricity at Fifteen: From Provocative Spikes to Programmable Microbial Collectives
Fifteen years ago, a genetically engineered rhodopsin-based voltage reporter called PROPS captured the first optical recordings of fast membrane-potential transients ...
Light-Switched Opioid Painkiller Promises Relief Without Addiction Risk
Researchers have created a light-switchable morphine derivative that delivers potent, localized pain relief in preclinical models while avoiding addiction, tolerance, ...
Silent Synapses Wake Up: How Dormant Brain Connections Could Reshape Treatment of Disease
A sweeping review reveals how dormant silent synapses are activated through coordinated molecular machinery, and how their failure or overactivation ...
Scientists discover the brain’s sleep pressure runs on an oscillating two-cell switch
New research in fruit flies shows that sleep pressure is encoded and enacted by a half-center oscillator of mutually inhibitory ...
Optogenetics Pioneers Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on light-gated ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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