2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discoveries in Sensing Temperature and Touch

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October 04, 2021

Physiology 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discoveries in Sensing Temperature and Touch David Julius's and Ardem Patapoutian's research revealed the molecular basis of these basic senses By Tanya Lewis

Mental Health Experimental Brain Implant Could Personalize Depression Therapy Symptoms subsided for one woman after a carefully targeted neural circuit was stimulated By Gary Stix

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Climate Change To Beat the Heat, Phoenix Paints Its Streets Gray A reflective gray material can lower road surface temperatures By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

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FROM THE ARCHIVE What Chili Peppers Can Teach Us about Pain U.C. San Francisco researcher and Breakthrough Prize–winner David Julius talks about capsaicin, opioids and snake vision By Tanya Lewis | September 2019

QUOTE OF THE DAY "The work by David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian has unlocked one of the secrets of nature." Patrik Ernfors, member of the Nobel Committee

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