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Researchers Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 for the discovery of channelrhodopsin in the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which allows the activation of nerve cells by light, thus advancing the field of optogenetics. #Optogenetică #PremiulNobel #CercetareBiologică (translated)

Scott Aaronson, a professor and director of the computer science department at the University of Texas at Austin, described the change with a suggestive comparison: a man who has spent his entire life learning to survive in a tropical rainforest suddenly discovers, right next to him, a huge resort complex equipped with a helipad and heated pools. #InteligențaArtificială #Matematică #Cercetare (translated)

O echipă de cercetători din cadrul Institutului de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Ecologie Acvatică, Pescuit și Acvacultură (ICDEAPA) Galați a reușit, în premieră națională, reproducerea controlată și dezvoltarea larvară în laborator a crevetelui oriental de râu (Macrobrachium nipponense). https://www.infoest.ro/stiri/gl/icdeapa-si-crevetele-de-rau.htm

"Then why did she actually die?" The WHO still does not know how Daria Shipilova from the Scientific Research Institute for Plague Control in Irkutsk, Siberia, and the Far East became infected, or with which specific viral disease, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the director of the department for epidemic and pandemic control within the organization. #ciumă #OMS #Siberia (translated)

SUA, Google, and Meta are collaborating with the nonprofit organization Biohub on a $1.8 billion project aimed at creating extensive biological data sets to help artificial intelligence better understand cells and accelerate drug development. #InteligențăArtificială #CercetareBiologică #InvestițiiȘtiințifice (translated)

The health authority in Russia stated that there is no risk of a plague epidemic following the death of an employee at the plague research institute, although the World Health Organization has requested additional information regarding the cause of death, and approximately 200 people were initially placed in quarantine. #Ciuma #Rusia #SanatatePublica (translated)

"In the biological samples taken from the young woman, no microorganisms related to her professional activity were found." The governor of the Irkutsk region, Igor Kobzev, stated on Monday that an inspection carried out by the supervisory authority Rospotrebnadzor determined that the woman died of pneumonia, the cause of death being "undetermined." #ciumă #Rusia #cercetare (translated)

Russian authorities deny the imposition of measures to combat the plague in the context of the death of a laboratory technician in Siberia, who is believed to have been infected with pneumonic plague, while Washington calls for transparency from Moscow. #ciumă #Rusia #cercetare (translated)

The Kremlin announced that Russian authorities are monitoring the epidemiological situation following the suspicious death of an employee of the Antiplague Research Institute in Irkutsk, in the context of which sanitary control measures have been ensured and coordination with the World Health Organization. #ciumă #Siberia #sănătatepublică (translated)