Georg Nagel
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A list of this year’s Nobel Prize winners
STOCKHOLM | This year’s Nobel Prize awards concluded Monday after two economists won the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on models that help manage economic shocks. The award ceremonies will be held on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, who founded the prizes. The prize money this year […]
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Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity
STOCKHOLM | The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel carried out research that opened a new field with the wonky name optogenetics, combining light with genes to […]