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  "id": 12425715,
  "title": "Nobel-winning technique uses colored light to help scientists map and control the brain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/nobel-winning-technique-uses-colored-light-to-help-scientists-map-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T16:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
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    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-nobel-technique-scientists-brain.html"
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  "summary": "The brain is unbelievably complicated, which is both daunting and fascinating for neuroscientists like me. In the space of a cubic millimeter—about the size of a single poppy seed—there are tens of thousands of neurons and other brain support cells, all influencing each other's function.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Switching on brain cells: the Nobel-winning science of optogenetics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/switching-on-brain-cells-the-nobel-winning-science-of-optogenetics",
        "published": "2026-10-05T21:56:30.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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