Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Announces 2025 Cozzarelli Prize Winners, Selecting Six Outstanding Papers Contributing to Scientific Advancement

Yusaco Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Shinichi Yamakawa) is pleased to announce that the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has revealed the six winning papers for the 2025 Cozzarelli Prize.

The Cozzarelli Prize recognizes papers of scientific excellence and originality. Each year, one of the most outstanding papers is selected from each of the six scientific classes based on the organizational structure of the NAS.

■ 2025 Winning Papers and Fields

・Class I: Physical and Mathematical Sciences

“Physics-tailored machine learning reveals unexpected physics in dusty plasmas”

<https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505725122 >
(Open Access Paper)

・Class II: Biological Sciences

“The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition”
<https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2422968122 >

(Open Access Paper)

・Class III: Engineering and Applied Sciences

“Viscoelastic structural damping enables broadband low-frequency sound absorption”

<https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520808122 >

・Class IV: Biomedical Sciences

“Inhibiting 15-PGDH blocks blood–brain barrier deterioration and protects mice from Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury”

<https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2417224122 >
(Open Access Paper)

・Class V: Behavioral and Social Sciences

“The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research”

<https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518075122 >

(Open Access Paper)

・Class VI: Applied Biological, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
“A quantitative risk assessment framework for mortality due to macroplastic ingestion in seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles”

<https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415492122 >

(Open Access Paper)

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Reference: PNAS Press Release

https://www.nasonline.org/news/pnas-2025-cozzarelli-recipients/