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Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for neutrino work

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Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, announced on Tuesday, for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos. According to Le Monde, Halzen initiated the installation of a neutrino detector under the Antarctic ice, and the physics prize is the second of this Nobel season after the medicine prize on Monday.

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