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German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics

American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter ​Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their discoveries on light and optogenetics ‌that have helped understand how the brain works. The Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute medical university said Deisseroth, 54, Hegemann, 71, and Nagel, 73, were selected for their "discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics." BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” pic.twitter.com/pkDDEBWtkz — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2026 Optogenetics "makes it possible to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain," said Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet. "This ​method...
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Yemen's armed forces say it is conducting strikes against Houthis in Sanaa

Yemen's armed forces said ‌early on Sunday it was conducting strikes against the Houthis in the capital Sanaa and the group's ​stronghold Saada. A spokesperson for Yemen's armed forces, ​which are aligned with the internationally recognised government, ⁠said forces were targeting what he described ​as "vital targets", without providing further details. Yemen's Houthi-run Al ​Masirah TV reported earlier an attack it said was carried out by Saudi Arabia on Sanaa. There was no ​immediate Saudi confirmation on the report. Read: Yemen sees widest escalation in 3 weeks as displacement nears 200,000 The conflict between ​the Houthis and forces aligned with the government ‌mostly ⁠stopped after a 2022 truce, but fighting has broken out again in a spillover from the wider war between Iran and the United States. Hostilities ​resumed this ​year after ⁠the Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in July and began ​attacking Saudi territory and shipping, while Houthi ​forces also ⁠made major territorial gains along Yemen's Red Sea coast. Saudi Arabia has responded with air strikes in ⁠Yemen ​and backed government forces fighting ​to repel the Houthis.

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