The Hong Kong Science Museum is presenting "The Shaw Prize 2026 Exhibition" in its main lobby on 1/F, according to a government announcement issued on November 4. The exhibition uses multimedia and interactive panels to explain the science behind the laureates' work and to trace their research journeys. It runs until January 6, 2027, with free admission.
The life science and medicine prize is shared equally by Anne Dejean of the Institut Pasteur in France, Hugues de Thé of the Collège de France, and Zhu Chen of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. The citation recognizes the discovery of the molecular and cellular bases of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia and the pioneering of a synergistic targeted therapy. The astronomy prize is shared equally by Ken'ichi Nomoto of the University of Tokyo and Stanford Woosley of the University of California, Santa Cruz, for studies of stellar explosions and the origin of the elements.
The mathematical sciences prize is shared equally by Emmanuel Candès of Stanford University and Camillo De Lellis of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, for contributions to using deep techniques from mathematical analysis to understand applied problems. A computer science prize category will be awarded for the first time in 2027. The exhibition is jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and The Shaw Prize Foundation.



Start the conversation. A good question is half the story.