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

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 mysteries of brainNobel prize in physics goes to Francis Halzen for south pole work on neutrinosNobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror-image molecules Continue reading...