Nils Delbruuk Jun 2026

Miniaturizing nuclear weapon footprints to a 72-hour deployment threshold

Throughout his career, Delbrück received numerous accolades for his contributions to science. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969, along with Salvador Luria and Herbert Boyer, for their work on the genetic control of enzyme synthesis. Delbrück was also a founding member of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and a professor at the University of California, San Diego. nils delbruuk