Nobel prize in physics 2026: high energy cosmic neutrinos
Second up for the 2026 Nobel Prizes was the award for physics.
The Guardian reports: Second up for the 2026 Nobel Prizes was the award for physics.
And this year it went to just one scientist, Francis Halzen. The Belgian physicist won the prize based on his work on the IceCube detector that observes ghostly particles called neutrinos.
This science story centres on Belgium. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Francis Halzen, Nobel Prizes and Belgian.
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- Belgium · Europe
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- Francis Halzen, Nobel Prizes, Belgian, IceCube
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- Science
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