Francis Halzen

Principal investigator of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory; professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino discoveries

Awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics went to Francis Halzen for building a telescope out of a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice. The telescope, called IceCube, caught high-energy neutrinos from beyond our galaxy — the first cosmic messengers that are not light.

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