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Francis Halzen Awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for Neutrino Research
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Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica. Halzen led an international team that developed a groundbreaking instrument for detecting neutrinos, a field the committee described as paving the way for a new kind of astronomy.
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