Nobel Prize on Mr.Yamhttps://mr.nickyam.com/tags/nobel-prize/Recent content in Nobel Prize on Mr.YamHugoen-usMon, 12 Oct 2026 22:58:00 +0800A Beam of Light as the Brain's Switch: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicinehttps://mr.nickyam.com/Tech/The-Brain-Light-Switch-2026-Nobel-Prize/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:58:00 +0800https://mr.nickyam.com/Tech/The-Brain-Light-Switch-2026-Nobel-Prize/<p>The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three names: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel. The official citation reads: &ldquo;for the discovery of light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.&quot;[1]</p> <p>The award, which sounds a little abstract at first, tells a rather romantic story: humanity spent decades, and finally learned to use a beam of light to switch on or off a specific group of nerve cells in the brain, with precision.</p>