American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Prize 2026 in Economic Sciences for their work on macroeconomic stabilisation. The award, announced on 12th October by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, is for studies that assist Governments and central banks in better managing inflation, unemployment and economic volatility by implementing more effective fiscal and monetary policies.  …

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel are the 2026 recipients of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries related to light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. On October 5, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced the winners, for research that has revolutionised the study of the brain.  Who Won the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026? Three scientists behind …