The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to 13,508 physicists across four collaborative projects at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland.
Key Highlights
- The prize is dubbed the “Oscars of Science.” The award was announced on April 5 as part of the 11th annual Breakthrough Prizes.
- Six prizes worth $3 million each were announced in Life Sciences, Mathematics and Fundamental Physics.
- The awards were established in 2013 by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, former Google chief Sergey Brin, genomics company 23&Me founder Anne Wojcicki, and tech investor couple Yuri and Julia Milner.
- The prize celebrates individual achievements and honours scientists as the heroes of society, aims to inspire the next generation of scientists, and pursues science for the benefit of all as a global, apolitical organization.
(Source: IE)
