Six scientists receive lifetime award at int'l science congress

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Six scientists receive lifetime award at int'l science congress

2025-07-14 12:23 Last Updated At：16:47

The 2025 International Congress of Basic Science(ICBS) opened on Sunday at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, with six preeminent scientists honored with the Basic Science Lifetime Award – the highest distinction in fundamental research.

Honorees include Samuel Chao Chung Ting, Steven Chu, David Gross, Robert Tarjan, Shigefumi Mori, and George Lusztig, in recognition of their enduring contributions to Mathematics, Physics, and Information Science and Engineering.

Four Fields Medalists, three Nobel Laureates, and two Turing Award winners, including Shing-Tung Yau and Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, also attended the congress.

Addressing the opening ceremony, ICBS President and Fields Medalist Shing-Tung Yau highlighted recent breakthroughs in mathematics, physics, and information science. He expressed the belief that a new era driven by theoretical breakthroughs and technological innovations may be dawning.

Nearly 1,000 experts, scholars, and students convened at the China National Convention Center. They will engage in deep discussions over the coming two weeks on cutting-edge progress in mathematics, physics, and information science and engineering.

Initiated by Shing-Tung Yau in 2023, ICBS is held annually with the theme "Advancing Science for Humanity".

Japanese PM Takaichi's cabinet resigns

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi resigned with her cabinet on Wednesday.

Cabinet ministers of the Takaichi administration submitted letters of resignation en masse at a cabinet meeting, which started shortly after 09:00 local time, as parliament is set to convene for a new session in the afternoon to elect a new prime minister.

After the vote, the new premier will finalize cabinet appointments, and the chief cabinet secretary is scheduled to announce the lineup.

Takaichi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to be reinstated as prime minister, given that her party currently holds more than two-thirds of the seats in the powerful lower house.

With Takaichi's cabinet appointed just months ago in October and the ruling coalition winning the Feb. 8 general election, changes to the lineup are unlikely, local media said.