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  "title": "The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/the-science-behind-the-nobel-winning-technology-that-controls-neurons-12712814",
  "topic": "science",
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  "published": "2026-10-07T20:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Optogenetics revolutionized neuroscience, but its origins come from an entirely brainless organism—an alga.",
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        "title": "The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light",
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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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