StockholmLight now switches individual neurons on and off in living brains.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share 12m Swedish kronor.
Hegemann and Nagel showed microbial light-sensing proteins act as light-controlled ion channels, and Deisseroth adapted them for neurons in living animals.
The Nobel season opened Monday, with the remaining prizes announced through the week.
How each outlet framed it
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- The Guardian
- notes only 14 of 235 Nobel laureates have been women
- MoneyControl
- reconstructs discovery progression—Hegemann on light-sensing proteins, Nagel on ion-channel function, Deisseroth on practical neuronal control method
- South China Morning Post
Sources: The Guardian, MoneyControl, South China Morning Post