2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos

The 82-year-old scientist won the prize for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica

Belgium’s Francis Halzen realised that ice at the South Pole could be used to track particles known as neutrinos.

The Nobel Committee for Physics also said Halzen’s work was instrumental to the construction of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica.

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.

Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and his discovery of high-energy

Francis Halzen is a leader in the study of neutrinos, ghostly particles from across the universe that hint at exciting new physics