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Three Scientists Win 2026 Nobel Prize In Medicine

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  1. Asia and Oceania The Hindu
  2. Russia MK
  3. Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia APA (Azerbaijan)
  4. Europe DW (English)
  5. Russian-language media abroad Meduza
  6. Middle East Gulf News
  7. Ukraine Obozrevatel
  8. USA NYT
  9. Canada The Globe and Mail
  10. Africa Punch (Nigeria)
  11. China Xinhua
  12. Latin America Colombia One

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Ukraine Nobel Prize winners in physiology and medicine announced: what a discovery they made Obozrevatel · 1 headline from this part of the world Europe US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics Phys.org · 12 headlines from this part of the world China Trio win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels, optogenetics Xinhua · 6 headlines from this part of the world Russia Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Research in Optogenetics Kommersant · 18 headlines from this part of the world

How it is reported

Russia less than usual

RBC original
Neuroscientist spoke about the importance of the discovery of Nobel laureates in medicine
Kommersant original
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for research on the work of neurons
TASS original
Expert Sokolova: the discoveries of Nobel laureates helped partially restore vision to the blind
Rossiyskaya Gazeta original
Nobel laureates in medicine and physiology have opened a new era in neuroscience
TASS original
Scientist Kuzmin: the discoveries of Nobel laureates will help to study the brain
Khabr original
2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for research on brain mystery
RBC original
Who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2026?
Vademecum original
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for the development of optogenetics
RIA Novosti original
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists for discoveries in optogenetics
N+1 original
Nobel Prize in Physiology awarded for light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics

Russian-language media abroad

BBC Russkaya sluzhba original
Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology awarded for discoveries in the field of light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics
DW na russkom original
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to American Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegeman and Georg Nagel
DW na russkom original
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to the American Karl Deisseroth and the Germans Peter Hegeman and Georg Nagel
Meduza original
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for creating optogenetics

Ukraine less than usual

Obozrevatel original
Nobel Prize winners in physiology and medicine announced: what a discovery they made

Belarus, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Kursiv (Kazakhstan) original
Nobel Prize in medicine will be awarded to the creators of optogenetics
Tengrinews (Kazakhstan) original
The first Nobel Prize-2026 was given for the discovery of a way to turn on and off nerve cells with light
Gazeta.uz (Uzbekistan) original
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for creating optogenetics
Report.az (Azerbaydzhan) original
Nobel Prize winners in medicine and physiology announced for 2026
Zerkalo (Belarus) original
Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine announced
BelTA (Belarus) original
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to scientists for discoveries in the field of optogenetics
APA (Azerbaijan)
Nobel Prize laureates in medicine announced

USA

Science
Method for controlling brain cells with light wins Nobel
STAT
2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for brain research tool called optogenetics
NYT
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience

Canada

The Globe and Mail
Nobel medicine prize goes to three scientists for research into brain activity
The Globe and Mail
Nobel prize awarded to researchers who learned how to light up the brain

Europe

France 24
Switching on brain cells: the Nobel-winning science of optogenetics
To Vima (Greece, English)
Optogenetics Pioneers Win 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Physics World
Inventors of optogenetics win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Novinite (Bulgaria)
Three Scientists Win 2026 Nobel Prize In Medicine
RTÉ News (Ireland)
German, US scientists win Nobel prize for optogenetics
Phys.org
US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
The Local Sweden
US-German trio win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
Le Monde (English)
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work
France 24
Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly awarded to ​Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann ​and Georg Nagel
New Scientist
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogenetics

China

SCMP
Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to 3 scientists for optogenetics development
Xinhua
Trio win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels, optogenetics

Asia and Oceania

Japan Today
German and U.S. scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
Taipei Times
Nobel medicine prize goes to US, German scientists
Channel NewsAsia
Medicine Nobel goes to US-German trio for pioneering light-based control of cells
Dawn (Pakistan)
German, US scientists win Nobel prize for work that has helped understand how the brain works
Dawn (Pakistan)
German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work that has helped understand how the brain works
The Korea Times
German, US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
Japan Times
Scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on “light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”
Express Tribune (Pakistan)
German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
NDTV
Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To 3 Scientists For Research Into Brain Activity
The Hindu
2026 Nobel medicine prize: Trio wins for optogenetics work

Middle East

Arab News
US and German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain
Times Kuwait
Nobel Medicine Prize 2026 honours Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
Times of Oman
German and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine
Anadolu Agency
PROFILE - Who are the winners of 2026 Nobel Medicine Prize?
Anadolu Agency
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to US' Karl Deisseroth, Germany's Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel
Gulf News
Trio wins Nobel medicine prize for optogenetics work

Latin America

Colombia One
2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine Honors Scientists Who Made Optogenetics Possible

Africa

The Citizen (Tanzania)
US and German scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on light and brain
Graphic Online (Ghana)
German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
Punch (Nigeria)
Deisseroth, Hegemann, Nagel win 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine

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