A lucrative prize for fundamental physics was launched on 31 July, with nine researchers each receiving US$3 million. The prize is sponsored by Yuri Milner, a Russian billionaire who once studied for a physics PhD. Milner chose the first winners: Alan Guth, Andrei Linde, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Juan Maldacena, Nathan Seiberg, Edward Witten, Alexei Kitaev, Maxim Kontsevich and Ashoke Sen, who will, in turn, select future winners.
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