The winners of the 2026 Rank Prizes in Nutrition and Optoelectronics have been announced.
LONDON, Dec. 2, 2025 --
Rank Prize in Nutrition
Professor David E. Salt (University of Nottingham) and Professor Martin Broadley (Rothamsted Research and University of Nottingham) are the winners of the 2026 Rank Prize for Nutrition. Fusing advances in high-throughput elemental profiling with genetics, their ground-breaking research has revealed how plants accumulate mineral nutrients and trace elements from the soil. By profiling soil and crop quality, their work is transforming dietary interventions in low and middle-income countries and enhancing nutrition and health outcomes for their citizens.
Professor John Mathers, the Chair of the Rank Prize Nutrition Committee, said that "the seminal research by Professors Salt and Broadley has shown that dietary mineral deficiencies, also known as "hidden hunger", can be overcome. Their demonstration that soil and plant mineral profiling can be used to inform efforts by governments and NGOs to better target dietary interventions is helping to improve the health of millions of people worldwide."
Rank Prize in Optoelectronics
Professor Susumu Noda (Kyoto University, Japan) is the winner of the 2026 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics. Over more than 25 years of dedicated research, he has developed a pioneering new form of semiconductor laser, the
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