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UW-Madison professor wins Nobel Prize for physics for Antarctic neutrino research
Original: UW-Madison professor who hunts mysterious particles in Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work detecting mysterious particles, known as neutrinos, in ice beneath Antarctica. The research involves instruments buried deep in the Antarctic ice that catch rare particle interactions. The prize recognizes decades of effort to observe these elusive particles and opens new windows on the universe.
Why now: The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics has drawn fresh attention to the scientist and his Antarctic neutrino detection work.
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