{
  "id": 12370418,
  "title": "Kommentar: Der Medizin-Nobelpreis zeigt: Deutschlands Forschung kann Weltspitze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/kommentar-der-medizin-nobelpreis-zeigt-deutschlands-forschung-kann",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:23:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kommentare/kommentar-medizin-nobelpreis-zeigt-dass-deutsche-forschung-weltspitze-kann/100259917.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A recent investor praised German research and entrepreneurship, stating that \"we must celebrate ourselves more.\" In this week, Germany has ample reason to celebrate: Two researchers, Peter Hegemann from Berlin and Georg Nagel from Würzburg, have jointly received the Medicine Nobel Prize for their discovery of optogenetics. They shone light into nerve cells, revealing how the brain functions. This discovery and revolution in neuroscience, which is used to treat blindness, Parkinson's, and depression, did not originate in Silicon Valley, but in German laboratories. The Nobel Prize belongs to Hegemann and Nagel, but it also says something about the country they research and teach in: The talents and institutes are here. German research can compete worldwide!\n\nResearch is the beginning of many things: companies, jobs, economic growth, and sovereignty – which is more important than ever in a geopolitically tense situation. Right now, with shrinking industry and young skilled workers emigrating, this country needs role models at least as much as any other reform.",
  "summary": "Peter Hegemann und Georg Nagel sind der lebende Beweis dafür, was dieses Land leisten kann. Man müsste den Erfolg nur konsequenter nutzen, für Kapital und für Talente.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}