Francis Halzen Wins Nobel Prize in Physics for Neutrino Research

Francis Halzen, an 82-year-old Belgian-born scientist affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on high-energy neutrinos from space. The Nobel committee recognized his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos, which it described as "ghostly messages from space." His research into capturing neutrinos at the South Pole dates back to the 1980s.