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  "id": 16158500,
  "title": "Can light switch on memories? What the Nobel Prize science really means for the human brain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/can-light-switch-on-memories-what-the-nobel-prize-science-really",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T05:16:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
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    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/can-light-switch-on-memories-what-the-nobel-prize-science-really-means-for-the-human-brain-1.500720643"
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  "summary": "It started with a question about pond algae. Peter Hegemann wanted to know how Chlamydomonas , a green alga made of a single cell, steers itself towards light. In the early 2000s, he and Georg Nagel found the answer: Channelrhodopsin, a protein that opens a small gate in the cell when light strikes it. Karl Deisseroth, a psychiatrist and bioengineer at Stanford University, then took the leap. He…",
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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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