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2026 GOLDEN GOOSE AWARDEES
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Everyday Phenomena and Finding Beauty in Nature’s Disordered Systems
AWARDEE: Sidney R. Nagel
FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES: National Science Foundation, Department of Energy
Holiday Lights and Hurricane Recovery: Satellite Images Illuminate Earth at Night
AWARDEES: Miguel O. Román, Eleanor Catherine Stokes, Zhuosen Wang, Virginia Kalb, Ranjay Man Shrestha
FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES: NASA
From Noisy Lab Experiment to Novel Cancer Technology
AWARDEE: Zhen Xu
FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES: National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense
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