The unveiling of this year's awards is now underway. Here's what to know about the winners who have been announced—and the honors yet to come.

The unveiling of this year's awards is now underway. Here's what to know about the winners who have been announced—and the honors yet to come.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries involving light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel academy announced on Monday. Optogenetics combines optics and genetics to enable non-invasive stimulation of neurons.