HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 16 August 2024 - The Future Science Prize committee announces the winners of 2024 on August 16^th. Prof. Hongkui Deng receives the Future Science Prize in life sciences for his pioneering work on using small molecules to change cell fate and state, in particular to reprogram somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells. Prof. Tao Zhang and Prof. Yadong Li receive the Future Science Prize in physical sciences for their seminal contributions to the development and application of Single-Atom Catalysis. Prof. Binyong Sun receives the Future Science Prize in mathematics and computer science, for his remarkable contributions to the representation theory of Lie groups.