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2025 Lasker Awards Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers  The New York Times University of Iowa doctor wins ‘American Nobel’ for significant cystic fibrosis research  The Des Moines Register Breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends life by decades earns its developers a $250,000 ‘American Nobel’  Live Science Vertex Scientists Awarded the 2025 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for Pioneering Discoveries in …

Key Takeaways Scientists have used laser-excited thorium-229 to probe for ultralight dark matter, even without a fully built nuclear clock. Thorium-229’s unique nuclear transition offers up to a billion times more sensitivity to fundamental forces than current methods. This new technique opens a fresh path for dark matter searches, potentially detecting effects 100 million times weaker than gravity. For nearly …