Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize for neutrino research

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Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.
He was honoured for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole.
The observatory detects high-energy 'ghost particles' called neutrinos from space.

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Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The observatory, a massive detector built into the ice at the South Pole, is designed to capture rare, high-energy neutrinos originating from distant cosmic events like exploding stars. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised Halzen's vision and leadership in creating a "new kind of astronomy" by detecting these elusive 'ghost particles'.

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Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which detects high-energy subatomic particles known as neutrinos from a facility at the South Pole.

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