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Nobel physiology or medicine prize goes to 3 optogenetics pioneers

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three U.S. and German scientists for pioneering optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control the activity of specific nerve cells. The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute named Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel as joint laureates. The winners will share the 12 million Swedish crowns prize. This year’s Nobel announcements continue with physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics.

Crypto

Jeevs raises $110 million to expand enterprise stablecoin banking

Enterprise stablecoin banking platform Jeevs has raised $110 million, with the round led by CoinFund and joined by AllianceBernstein, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, GIC and Y Combinator. The company said revenue quadrupled in 14 months and annualised card and payment volume more than tripled to over $5 billion. Stablecoin volume grew to $1.5 billion annualised. Jeevs plans to expand stablecoin card service to 35 countries and introduced a wallet and AI spend tracking.

Industry

UK to use waste heat from data centres to heat 750,000 homes

The British government is pushing a project to use waste heat from data centres and other sites and to upgrade ageing heat networks to provide low-carbon heating to more than 750,000 households. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will provide 90 million pounds to build new heat networks and improve existing ones. The largest project is in London, with a Thames-linked network and a plan to ship hot water by electric barge before pipes are completed.