Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel

Over decades of research, scientists have built up a partial picture of what specialized cells within the brain and spinal ...
Wired

The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light

The Karolinska Institute awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine to researchers Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University in Berlin, and Georg Nagel of the ...
Hackaday

Two Microcontrollers Talking, All It Needs Is An LED

There are some projects that seem at first sight to be easy, but anyone who tries them finds a whole heap of unexpected problems and turns to the off-the-shelf device. PCB antennas for example, or ...
Nature

Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on ...
Women's Health

8 Best LED Face Masks in 2026, Tested by Dermatologists and Beauty Editors

As our beauty editor, I’m often asked by my friends about LED face masks. Do they actually work? The short answer is yes, but there are some caveats. These devices use various wavelengths, with red ...