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2026 NOBEL PRIZE

Physiology or Medicine

Karl Deisseroth

Karl Deisseroth

Peter Hegemann

Peter Hegemann

Georg Nagel

Georg Nagel

For their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics

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Chemistry

Henri B. Kagan

Henri B. Kagan

Kenso Soai

Kenso Soai

For the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis

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Physics

Francis Halzen

Francis Halzen

For decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin

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