The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

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Physicists found a bizarre quantum state in graphene where electrons flow like a liquid and defy basic conduction rules ...

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After two decades of increases, the overall number of physics bachelor’s degrees awarded has declined for the fourth ...