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Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
Original: 'Ghost particle' hunter Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
Francis Halzen, the physicist behind the hunt for 'ghost particles' — neutrinos detected deep in ice at observatories like IceCube in Antarctica — has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, according to Reuters. The honour recognises decades of work detecting these elusive particles, which pass through matter almost unnoticed and carry information from the universe's most violent events.
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