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March 1, 2016 (San Francisco) – The Breakthrough Prize has opened the public nomination period for its 2017 prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics. Prizes will be presented in the late fall of 2016 at a globally televised, gala awards ceremony in Silicon Valley. Nominations can be submitted online through May 31, 2016.
The 2016 Breakthrough Prize ceremony was held November 8, 2015 at NASA’s Hangar 1 in Mountain View, California. Host Seth MacFarlane was joined by Christina ...
Nov 9, 2015 · MIT researchers took home several awards last night at the 2016 Breakthrough Prize ceremony at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.. Edward Boyden, an associate professor of media arts and sciences, biological engineering, and brain and cognitive sciences, was one of five scientists honored with the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, given for “transformative ...
Nov 9, 2015 · At a gala ceremony held in Silicon Valley on November 8, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), the Kamioka Liquid-scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND), and the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment (Daya Bay) were among five neutrino experiments awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
JOHN HARDY poses with the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at the 2016 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on November 8, 2015, in Mountain View, CA. John Hardy, PhD, discusses his groundbreaking work unraveling the genetics of Alzheimer's disease, and what it was like to receive the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a lavish Oscars ...
* The Prize recognizes living members of the experiments. We regret that prizes cannot be claimed on behalf of team members who have since passed away. All eligible winners of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics must claim their prize by October 1, 2016. Claims made after that date will not be accepted.
Acceptance remarks at the 2016 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in Silicon Valley, CA: If you try asking “why” enough times about something you’ve experienced, you’ll probably stumble upon a science concept that explains your question. It’s important to learn about the sciences to understand how the world really works.
