Carl June and Michel Sadelain are the Qs who supplied a secret agent – the CAR T cell – with the technology to liquidate cancers. They will be honored at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony. Watch the worldwide premiere April 21 — streaming here and at youtube.com/watch?v=XnNsH2….

The detective work of four great scientists has identified the leading genetic causes of Parkinson's disease. We celebrate them at this year's Breakthrough Prize ceremony. See them at the worldwide premiere April 21 — streaming here and at youtube.com/watch?v=XnNsH2….
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We’re delighted to announce the all-star lineup of science and entertainment luminaries at this year’s Breakthrough Prize ceremony, with James Corden returning to host for a third time. See them at the worldwide premier April 21 — streaming here and at youtube.com/watch?v=XnNsH2….

The 10th #BreakthroughJuniorChallenge competition is officially underway! Can all you science communicators age 13-18 produce even more amazing explainer videos than last year? Enter at breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org and you could win a $250k college scholarship. youtu.be/l6UIWW6Q9do

Breaking news: the Event Horizon Telescope team unveils strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*. This new image suggests that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes.

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Alanna Krolikowski presented at the 2023 Breakthrough Discuss conference, pushing for protection of scientific opportunities on the moon. Watch the full talk at youtu.be/93u-hC-WlyY?si…

The life sciences, physics and mathematics are all seeing remarkable progress. If you think somebody at the forefront of that progress deserves a Breakthrough Prize — or a New Horizons or Maryam Mirzakhani Prize for early-career researchers, submit a nomination at…

Jinyoung Park followed a unique path to become a mathematician — her contributions to the resolution of several major conjectures on thresholds and selector processes earned her the 2023 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony.

What makes a #Breakthrough [Prize Winner]? Penn Medicine's four Breakthrough recipients, Carl June, Katalin Kariko, The Drew Weissman Lab and Dr. Virignia Lee reflect on their challenging paths to success and offer inspiration for the next generation of scientists. spr.ly/6010V7IkE

Titled ‘Yamanaka Factors’, Sia Godika’s video is based on discoveries made by 2013 Breakthrough prize winner & Nobel Laureate Shinya Yamanaka who identified genetic factors that “turn back the clock” on adult cells

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Big congratulations to our new Breakthrough Junior Challenge winner, Sia Godika. Watch her get surprised with the news! youtu.be/skzLX33ueEU

The discovery of six synched sub-Neptune planets around the star HD 110067 got us thinking that this would be a cool system to scan for radio signals. The SETI Institute's Carmen Choza led the analysis of data from the Breakthrough backend Green Bank Observatory iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384…

The EHT has released new images of the M87* black hole from observations taken in April 2018. The brightness peak of the ring has shifted by about 30º compared to 2017, consistent with our theoretical understanding of variability from turbulent material around black holes.

A new paper by University of Toronto / Breakthrough Listen undergraduate intern Peter Ma (with Steve Croft chrislintott & Andrew Siemion) presents a new technique for investigating candidate SETI signals akin to 'reverse image search' algorithms used by search engines academic.oup.com/rasti/article/…

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The search for alien technosignatures has dramatically expanded thanks to a new experiment involving an alliance between the SETI Institute, Breakthrough Listen and National Radio Astronomy Observatory | NRAO. The new project is called COSMIC and is in operation at the VLA. @spacedotcom

Applications are invited for the Breakthrough Listen Postdoctoral Fellowship, designed for early-career researchers in astronomy, astrophysics, and computer science Department of Physics at University of Oxford my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Mae Jemison introduces “The Pursuit of Interstellar Missions and Science” at Breakthrough Discuss. Watch more from the conference at youtu.be/W8rYOYnqa5Q.

The life sciences, physics and mathematics are all seeing remarkable progress. If you think somebody at the forefront of that progress deserves a Breakthrough Prize, or a New Horizons or Maryam Mirzakhani Prize for early-career researchers, submit a nomination at…

👩‍🔬 👏 In 2023, we supported research projects through grants and celebrated the extraordinary scientific achievements of our Fellows. Funding from the not-for-profit Breakthrough Prize Foundation helped us support 21 Ukrainian researchers impacted by the war with Russia. Find out…