The Shaw Prize is established by Sir Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫 1907–), a leader in the media industry in Hong Kong and a long-time philanthropist, to, in the official words, honor "individuals, regardless of race, nationality and religious belief, who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientificresearch or application, and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on mankind".
Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Adam Riess and two colleagues today were awarded this year's $1 million ShawPrize in astronomy for their discovery that an unexplained, mysterious "dark energy" is driving an ever-faster expansion of the universe.
Co-winners of the 2006 astronomyprize with Riess are Saul Perlmutter of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, and Brian Schmidt of the Mount Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University in Canberra.
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