Report: Nobel week: light-controlled brains, particles from outer space and mirror molecules

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The available account reports that breaking down this year’s Nobel Prize–winning science, from switching brain cells on and off with light to catching cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules. The report also notes that Plus, a 194-year-old tortoise’s DNA might hold the key to a longer life.

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