Francis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering a telescope that paved the way for a new kind of astronomy. Scientists used this telescope, embedded deep in the ice at the South Pole, to detect ghostly particles whizzing from the far reaches of the universe known as high-energy neutrinos.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for “decisive 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 principal investigator at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen, a pioneering Belgian astrophysicist whose work developing a massive observatory in Antarctica to detect “ghostly” cosmic particles laid the foundations for an “entirely new type of astronomy.”
A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of physics was awarded the Nobel Prize of Physics in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct. 6.
Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
UW-Madison professor and researcher Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize for physics for his ground-breaking work detecting neutrinos, high-energy particles from deep space, under more than a mile of ice in Antarctica.
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,
Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.
Belgian-born physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space, shedding light on the distant universe.
A national animal welfare group says federal documents show repeated incidents of monkeys suffering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s National Primate Research Center.
Highland Avenue will close at the railroad tracks between Campus Drive and the VA driveway starting at 5 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9 for a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad crossing replacement project.
Amanda White Eagle received a call about four years ago from a Wisconsin couple wanting to donate their home and property to a tribal nation. She had just started her position as director of the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was surprised there wasn’t a ready pathway available for the couple to follow.
Patients may continue to experience fear of recurrence, fatigue and changes in how they feel or function, said Dr. Kim Dittus, an oncologist at the UW Health Carbone Cancer Center.
At UW-Madison’s Lakeshore Nature Preserve last week, Cathie Bruner stood on a grassy berm that she says contains more than meets the eye.
The list of UW-Madison alumni and faculty members who have won the Nobel Prize now numbers 19, with Francis Halzen’s win of the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics.
