Jarillo-Herrero is co-recipient of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience 'for foundational work that established the field of twistronics.' His co-recipients are professors Eva Y. Andrei at Rutgers University and Allan MacDonald from the University of Texas at Austin. These three physicists are being honored for the theoretical foundation and experimental validation of a new field of 'twistronics,' where superconductivity, magnetism, and other properties can be obtained by rotating two-dimensional materials such as graphene to a 'magic angle.' A partnership among the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and the Kavli Foundation, the Kavli Prizes are awarded every two years to 'honor scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience that transform our understanding of the big, the small and the complex.' The laureates in each field will share $1 million. 'Pablo's groundbreaking research has once again been...
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