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The recipients of the six awards in science, literature, economics and peace work will be announced this week.
On October 5, 2026, this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced.The winners are Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel.The reason for the award is the discovery of light-controllable ion channels and optogenetics.
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.
With this year's Nobel Prize winner announcements beginning on Monday, among those experts believe could be in line for the $1.2 million prizes are GLP-1 researchers, a Ukrainian children's rights
Explore the complete 2026 Nobel Prize announcements schedule, dates, and category-wise winner details from October 5 to October 12, 2026.
Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.