The star-studded event celebrated achievements by the world’s top scientists in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and ...

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

Modeling the Dynamics of Life: New Frontiers in Biological Physics and Mechanics is a special Collection of the npj Biological Physics and Mechanics journal, dedicated to the development and ...

Six Breakthrough Prizes of $3 million each were awarded in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and Mathematics. In addition, the foundation announced eight early-career physicists and mathematicians ...

Sarah Lindh ’08 grew up with a deep-rooted passion for science—an interest sparked early by a family filled with engineers. She developed a strong passion for physics early on and knew that science ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Once upon a time, long ago, the world was encased in ice. That’s the tale told by sedimentary rock in the tropics, many geologists ...

One of the winners reportedly ‘regrets’ his life’s work, citing risks posed by AI. One of the winners reportedly ‘regrets’ his life’s work, citing risks posed by AI. is a senior science reporter ...

From the Earth’s hidden turbulent currents to the delicate vortices shimmering around a fly’s beating wings, Xuehao Zang sees motion as nature’s most expressive system — one that governs how life ...

From your morning coffee to your evening phone scroll, physics is quietly running the show. Heat, motion, and energy transfer are everywhere—guiding how appliances work, how we move, and even how we ...