Breakthrough Prize Gala Honors Scientific Achievements with $3 Million Awards

The 11th annual event in Los Angeles celebrated groundbreaking research in life sciences, physics, and mathematics, blending science with celebrity glamour.

• Six $3 million Breakthrough Prizes were awarded for advancements in GLP-1 medicines, multiple sclerosis treatment, gene-editing technologies, particle physics, and mathematics.
• The Fundamental Physics Prize was shared by over 13,500 researchers from CERN for their work on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.
• Dennis Gaitsgory received the Mathematics Prize for his role in proving the geometric Langlands conjecture.
• Prominent attendees included Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Katy Perry, and Gwyneth Paltrow, highlighting the event's intersection of science and celebrity.
• The gala emphasized the role of private philanthropy in supporting scientific research, especially as public funding faces challenges.

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