Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for neutrino research
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Belgian physicist Francis Halzen has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located two kilometres beneath the South Pole's surface. The facility detects neutrinos, near-massless particles that pass through matter, including human bodies, in their trillions every second. Scientists say studying these particles offers crucial insight into cosmic events s…
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