Francis Halzen Wins Nobel Prize for Neutrino Discoveries

Francis Halzen Wins Nobel Prize for Neutrino Discoveries

Francis Halzen, a Belgian-American physicist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on high-energy neutrinos. His contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole enabled the detection of cosmic 'ghost particles' originating from extreme astrophysical events.

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