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All the news and science from the 2026 Nobel prizes – podcast

The Guardian UK Wednesday 07 October 2026, 18:54 UTC By Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, with Nicola Davis, Ian Sample and Linda Geddes, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer was Ellie Bury 1 min read
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This year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated work that has been used to develop countless drugs and transform modern medicine, allowed physicists to observe one of the most mysterious particles, and provided a tool that could act as an on/off switch for brain cells. To find out more, Madeleine Finlay talks to our science editor, Ian Sample, and correspondents Nicola Davis and Linda GeddesNobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into...

This year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated work that has been used to develop countless drugs and transform modern medicine, allowed physicists to observe one of the most mysterious particles, and provided a tool that could act as an on/off switch for brain cells. To find out more, Madeleine Finlay talks to our science editor, Ian Sample, and correspondents Nicola Davis and Linda Geddes

Nobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into mysteries of brain

Nobel prize in physics goes to Francis Halzen for south pole work on neutrinos

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror-image molecules

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Madeleine Finlay (PERSON) Ian Sample (PERSON) Nicola Davis (PERSON) Linda GeddesNobel (PERSON) Francis Halzen (PERSON)
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