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Francis Halzen awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube
Original: The # Nobel Prize in # Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Ob
Francis Halzen has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin". Physicists are congratulating Halzen while debating the practice of honouring a single individual for work that depended on a large international collaboration, a recurring criticism of the physics prize.
Why now: The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics is one of the year's most closely followed science news events.
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- The # Nobel Prize in # Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. Obviously congratulations to him, but it always feel weird to award a single… · j_bertolotti@mathstodon.xyz · 12
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