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UW-Madison Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Original: UW-Madison professor who hunts mysterious particles in Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who studies mysterious particles detected in Antarctic ice has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. The scientist's work involves hunting elusive particles, believed to be neutrinos, using detectors embedded deep in the Antarctic ice sheet. The announcement is drawing attention to UW-Madison and to particle physics research conducted at the South Pole.

Why now: The announcement of the new Nobel Prize in Physics laureates has just been made.

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