The 2018 Breakthrough Prize scientific awards are now available

Annual Award Fund for scientists with the breakthrough Breakthrough Prize Foundation announces the winners of the 2011 Breakthrough Prizes in basic physics, science for life and mathematics along with a number of prizes to encourage young scientists.

The announcement was made on December 4 morning (Vietnam time) during an annual event in Silicon Valley in the city of San Francisco of Californina, USA.

The basic physics Breakthrough Prize was awarded to Charles Bennett, a scientist at Johns Hopkins University; Gary Hinshaw, a scientist at the University of British Columbia, and three scientists from Princeton University including Norman Jarosik, Lyman Page Jr. and David N. Spergel to note their major findings regarding the universe.

Joanne Chory (left) is awarded the Breakthrough Prize in science for life.(Source: Getty images).

The Breakthrough Prize for life service science was awarded to Joanne Chory, from the Salk Biological Research Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute; Don W. Cleveland, from the Ludwig Cancer Research Institute at the University of California in San Diego; Kazutoshi Mori from Kyoto University; Kim Nasmyth from Oxford University; and Peter Walter from the University of California in San Francisco.

In addition, this award honors advances in biotransformation to understand the systems of living organisms and apply them to human life, and works to better understand neurological diseases. .

The Mathematical Breakthrough Prize was awarded to Christopher Hacon, from the University of Utah, and James McKernan of the University of California in San Diego, acknowledging their great progress in this area, evaluating them as good mathematicians. best of the world.

In addition, there are two math and physics prospects for six young researchers to encourage them to look for new advances in science in their future studies.

One of the sponsors for Breakthrough Prize Fund, Mr. Yuri Milner said: "Always need to honor big scientists. Our entire future depends on them."

What is the Breakthrough Prizes Award?

Since its inception in 2012, the Breakthrough Prizes Award has been likened to the "Oscars for science". This is also the prize of science with the largest value with each prize up to 3 million USD. In the past six years, Breakthrough Prizes spent a total of $ 200 million to acknowledge the contributions of many of the world's leading scientists. This year, $ 22 million has been awarded to scientists in the 2018 Breakthrough Prize.

Founder of Breakthrough Prize Fund, CEO and co-founder of Facebook social network, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg said the Breakthrough Prize was born to honor the achievements of labor and creativity of scientists and physicists. and math, who helped humanity better understand the world and inventions, and these findings are contributing to shaping the future of the Earth.

He stressed: "The world needs their inventions, we are steadily progressing to build a better future for everyone."