1. 01

    Clifford P. Brangwynne and Anthony A. Hyman

    Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

    Clifford P. Brangwynne

    Princeton University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Marine Biological Laboratory

    Anthony A. Hyman

    Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

    For discovering a fundamental mechanism of cellular organization mediated by phase separation of proteins and RNA into membraneless liquid droplets.

  2. 02

    The Muon g-2 Collaborations

    Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

    The Muon g-2 Collaborations at CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Fermilab

    For multi-decade, groundbreaking contributions to the measurement of the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment, pushing the boundaries of experimental precision and igniting a new era in the quest for physics beyond the Standard Model.

  3. 03

    Carolina Figueiredo

    2026 Vera Rubin New Frontiers Prize

    Carolina Figueiredo

    Princeton University

    For contributions to the geometric structure of scattering amplitudes, revealing hidden relations among quantum field theories.

  4. 04

    Rosa Rademakers and Bryan Traynor

    Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

    Rosa Rademakers

    VIB, University of Antwerp, and Mayo Clinic

    Bryan Traynor

    National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health

    For the discovery of the most common genetic cause of ALS and frontotemporal dementia which charted the path for new mechanistic studies of these diseases.

  5. 05

    Stuart H. Orkin and Swee Lay Thein

    Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

    Stuart H. Orkin

    Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Swee Lay Thein

    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

    For elucidating the mechanism driving the switch from fetal to adult hemoglobin and validating it as a therapeutic target for sickle-cell disease and beta-thalassemia.

  6. 06

    Frank Merle

    2026 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics

    Frank Merle

    CY Cergy Paris Université and Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques

    For breakthroughs in nonlinear evolution equations, with regards to their stability, singularity formation, or resolution into solitons.

  7. 07

    David J. Gross

    2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

    David J. Gross

    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

    For a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, from the strong force to string theory, and for tireless advocacy for basic science worldwide.

  8. 08

    Jean Bennett, Katherine High and Albert Maguire

    Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

    Jean Bennett

    University of Pennsylvania

    Katherine A. High

    University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Rockefeller University

    Albert Maguire

    University of Pennsylvania

    For developing a therapy for inherited retinal degeneration that became the first FDA-approved gene therapy for a genetic disease.