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🏆BREAKING! 2026 Kavli Prize laureates announced. https://lnkd.in/gnJd9zrg Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi / The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has announced the 2026 Kavli Prize laureates. 10 scientists with 9 different nationalities and hailing from three continents are honored for their research: ·THE KAVLI PRIZE IN ASTROPHYSICS IS AWARDED TO: Vasily Belokurov（英国剑桥大学）, Amina Helmi（Rijksuniversiteit Groningen） and Rodrigo Ibata（Université de Strasbourg）, for uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy was built through hierarchical accretion. ·THE KAVLI PRIZE IN NANOSCIENCE IS AWARDED TO: Eva Y. Andrei（Rutgers University–Newark）, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero（美国麻省理工学院） and Allan H. MacDonald（美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校）, for foundational work that established the field of Twistronics. ·THE KAVLI PRIZE IN NEUROSCIENCE IS AWARDED TO: Christine Holt（英国剑桥大学）, Kelsey Martin（Simons Foundation）, Erin Schuman（Max Planck Institute for Brain Research） and Oswald Steward（美国加州大学尔湾分校）, for the discovery of local protein translation in neurons and establishing its importance for brain development and plasticity. The Kavli Prize is an international science prize awarded every other year to researchers who have made groundbreaking contributions in three fields: astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. Each prize carries a cash award of USD $1,000,000. Since 2008, the Kavli Prize has honored 83 scientists, with aureate affiliations spanning 40+ universities across North America, Europe, and Asia—a mark of truly global reach. See the full story: https://lnkd.in/gnJd9zrg #KavliPrize #HigherEd #2026KavliPrize #University