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Optogenetics enables researchers to manipulate the activity of neurons and other cells with light,
with high temporal and spatial precision,
to study their effects on physiology and behaviour.
In the early 2000s, Nagel, Hegemann and colleagues discovered a genetically encoded algal light-gated ion channel, which they termed channelrhodopsin,
and demonstrated that illumination of this channel triggered depolarizing currents when expressed in frog oocytes and mammalia…

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for discoveries leading to ...

PAC linked to GOP firm is boosting Ohio socialist in Senate race
A socialist candidate in the hotly contested Senate race in Ohio says a mysterious super PAC sending out mailers on his behalf is “deceiving” voters.

Greg Levy’s campaign said in a social media post on Sunday that it had nothing to do with the flood of mailers urging Ohio voters to
“Join the Revolution” and touting his calls to “Free Palestine” and adopt a $30 minimum wage.
The campaign said it is con…

PAC linked to GOP firm is boosting Ohio socialist in Senate race
The socialist candidate says the effort is “deceiving” voters.

Niners activate TE George Kittle off physically unable to perform list https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-activate-te-george-kittle-off-physically-unable-to-perform-list

NASA’s Nancy Grace #Roman Space Telescope team completed a marathon of activities to fine-tune the observatory’s vision and prepare the primary instrument for routine use: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/2026/10/14/nasa-roman-team-checks-out-main-instrument-sharpens-telescopes-focus/ - the Wide Field Instrument’s performance is nearly 30% better than the Roman team predicted.

Cowboys Add Former Giants Starting DT to Active Roster https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/elijah-garcia-nfl-news-practice-squad-transactions/

49ers activate George Kittle, increasing his chances of playing Week 1 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7533482/2026/08/23/49ers-george-kittle-activated-achilles-injury/

Schools in at least three states will be equipped with drones this year that can zoom through halls, smash windows and pepper-spray active shooters if teachers report a threat.
At least nine schools
— three in Florida, five in Georgia and one in Colorado
— will have storage boxes that house the plastic, nonlethal aircraft made by Austin-based Mithril Defense.
The drones, which can be activated by teachers, are capable of reaching a shooter within 15 seconds.
The…

Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters
The plastic, nonlethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers, will be at the ready in a handful of schools in Florida, Georgia and Colorado.

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This is Robert Garcia,
the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.
Donald Trump’s Administration is committing crimes on a weekly basis.
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Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer given to a high profile activist
who is currently fighting a case in which he allegedly wiped a security-focused Android phone
before Customs and Border Protection (CBP) could search it.
The case, which 404 Media first covered and has now received widespread and national attention,
has important ramifications for privacy
and when someone can still be charged with an offense even if authorities don’t have suspic…

University Rescinds Job Offer to Activist Who Allegedly Wiped Phone Before DHS Could Search It
Samuel Tunick allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before CBP officials could search it, in what has become a high profile civil liberties case. Now Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer to him.