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Karl Deisseroth (Stanford), Peter Hegemann (Humboldt University, Berlin) and Georg Nagel (Würzburg) share the 2026 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the technique that lets researchers switch individual nerve cells on or off with light. Physics is Tuesday and chemistry Wednesday.

Google filed Nebraska’s new mandatory data-center reports with power and water figures blacked out as trade secrets, but the redacted text could be copied and pasted. The Lincoln site drew 52.65 MW at peak and used about 13 million gallons of water last year. The Papillion site used 548 million gallons, and the three Google sites expect roughly $118 million in 2025 tax refunds.

Global venture funding was $159 billion in Q3, down 25% from Q2 but up 53% year over year. A record 27 companies raised rounds of $1 billion or more and took about a third of all capital. AI took 64% of the total, Databricks and Safe Superintelligence led with $5 billion each, and the $679 billion raised through three quarters is the most ever for that span.