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October 6—BREAKING—The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. Halzen is a Belgium-born physicist, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and principle investigator at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica.
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Francis Halzen is a leader in the study of neutrinos, ghostly particles from across the universe that hint at exciting new physics
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