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What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee

22 publications, in the order they reported. The story spread over 124 hours 33 minutes. 21 of the 22 wrote their own headline, so the rest are likely the same wire copy. Words in highlight are ones the first headline did not use. All top stories · On NewsMarkets

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Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstSTAT (paywall)What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee by Annalisa Merelli
2+40 hours 23 minutesTimes of IndiaHow the first CT scan detected a brain cyst and led to a Nobel Prize by TOI SCIENCE DESK
3+55 hours 53 minutesNatureMedicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light: live updates by Miryam Naddaf
4+61 hours 33 minutesScienceMethod for controlling brain cells with light wins Nobel by Science News Staff
5+65 hours 23 minutesScientific American (limited free articles)2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for work on optogenetics
6+65 hours 26 minutesHacker News2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Deisseroth, Hegemann, Nagel
7+65 hours 27 minutesThe Japan TimesScientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
8+65 hours 30 minutesDeutsche WelleGerman and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine
9+65 hours 30 minutesNew Scientist (limited free articles)Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogenetics by Michael Le Page
10+65 hours 37 minutesFrance 24Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel by FRANCE 24
11+65 hours 38 minutesSouth China Morning Post (limited free articles)Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to 3 scientists for optogenetics development
12+65 hours 49 minutesThe New York Times (limited free articles)Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience by Leo Sands
13+66 hours 3 minutesBBCNobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings
14+66 hours 4 minutesNPRNobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity by The Associated Press
15+66 hours 25 minutesPhys.orgUS-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
16+67 hours 30 minutesFinancial Times (paywall)Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for light-based brain mapping
17+70 hours 11 minutesAl JazeeraNobel medicine prize honours US and German scientists for optogenetics work
18+70 hours 39 minutesMedPage TodayNobel Medicine Prize Goes to 3 Scientists for Research Into Brain Activity same headline as NPR
19+71 hours 37 minutesThe Economist (paywall)The Nobel for medicine goes to lighting up the brain
20+73 hours 52 minutesArs TechnicaControlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel by John Timmer
21+113 hours 7 minutesThe GuardianMoment Karl Deisseroth tells his family he won the Nobel prize in medicine – video
22+124 hours 33 minutesWIREDThe Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light by Fernanda González