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

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Birmingham researchers share £4m funding to unlock the secrets of Earth's radiation belts - crucial for protecting satellites and forecasting space weather.