Xtreme News India 06-10-2026 16:30:20 488321829
Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Stockholm - Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. "Francis Halzen has led an international team of researchers and engineers who have provided us with a fantastic instrument. His tenacity and scientific vision has paved the way for a new kind of astronomy," Mark Pearce, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics, said in a news release. Born in Belgium, the 82-year-old scientist is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US Efforts by The Associated Press to reach Halzen were not immediately successful.
