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The 2016 Breakthrough Prize ceremony was held November 8, 2015 at NASA’s Hangar 1 in Mountain View, California.
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Aug 16, 2016 · Ryan Chester accepts the Breakthrough Junior Challenge live onstage at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony. The 2016 Breakthrough Prize ceremony was held November 8, 2015 at NASA’s...
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Laureates receive $3 million and are honored at a globally broadcast award ceremony. The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Yuri and Julia...
2016 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony. The 2016 Breakthrough Prize ceremony was held November 8, 2015 at NASA’s Hangar 1 in Mountain View, California. Host Seth MacFarlane was joined by Christina Aguilera, Russell Crowe, Kate Hudson, Hilary Swank, Lily Collins, Thomas Middleditch and Martin Starr, who presented the Breakthrough Prizes alongside ...
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Founded in 2012 by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Jack Ma and Cathy Zhang, Yuri Milner and Julia Milner, and Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough Prize is an annual award honoring the outstanding achievements in life sciences, physics and mathematics. The prizes aim to celebrate scientists and generate excitement about the pursuit o...
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The Breakthrough Prize ceremony is an annual celebration to honor the new laureates and introduce them to the public. It is broadcast globally and features short films about the scientists and their work, presentations by celebrities and live music from world-renowned artists.
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Nov 8, 2015 · The 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics ($3 million) was awarded to five experiments investigating neutrino oscillation and will be shared equally among all five. The teams include Daya Bay (China); KamLAND (Japan); K2K / T2K (Japan); Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (Canada); and Super-Kamiokande (Japan).
