Here's the news report from my colleague @danclery.bsky.social, explaining the novel detector that Halzen developed, and summarising the astrophysical results it has obtained.
"very few [people] thought it would work, including myself” said Halzen
☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
"very few [people] thought it would work, including myself” said Halzen
☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Architect of polar neutrino detector wins physics Nobel
Francis Halzen honored for work on IceCube Neutrino Observatory, used to discover ghostly particles from far off universe
www.science.org
October 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Here's the news report from my colleague @danclery.bsky.social, explaining the novel detector that Halzen developed, and summarising the astrophysical results it has obtained.
"very few [people] thought it would work, including myself” said Halzen
☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
"very few [people] thought it would work, including myself” said Halzen
☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
Congratulations to Francis Halzen, founder of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, for receiving the Nobel Prize in physics.
Halzen is recognised for his contributions to neutrino astrophysics, using the observatory at the South Pole that he proposed and led. ☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
Halzen is recognised for his contributions to neutrino astrophysics, using the observatory at the South Pole that he proposed and led. ☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
Nobel Prize in Physics 2026
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 was awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
www.nobelprize.org
October 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Congratulations to Francis Halzen, founder of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, for receiving the Nobel Prize in physics.
Halzen is recognised for his contributions to neutrino astrophysics, using the observatory at the South Pole that he proposed and led. ☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
Halzen is recognised for his contributions to neutrino astrophysics, using the observatory at the South Pole that he proposed and led. ☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/s... ⚛️🧪#FrancesHalzen
Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Francis Halzen for Work on Neutrinos
The Nobel Committee praised his “vision and scientific leadership” at a research project at the South Pole.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:39 PM
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/s... ⚛️🧪#FrancesHalzen
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For Belgium, Nobel Prizes in physics are like buses: you wait 112 years for the first, and then two come along within 13 years. François Englert shared it with Peter Higgs in 2013, now Francis Halzen gets one all to himself in 2026. physicsworld.com/a/how-long-d... 🧪⚛️ #NobelPrize
How long did it take for countries to claim a Nobel laureate? – Physics World
Deciding where a prize winner is from can be tricky, but Hamish Johnston tries his best
physicsworld.com
October 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
For Belgium, Nobel Prizes in physics are like buses: you wait 112 years for the first, and then two come along within 13 years. François Englert shared it with Peter Higgs in 2013, now Francis Halzen gets one all to himself in 2026. physicsworld.com/a/how-long-d... 🧪⚛️ #NobelPrize
A rare solo #NobelPrize in physics goes to neutrino scientist Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. Full coverage here: physicsworld.com/a/francis-ha... 🧪⚛️
Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics – Physics World
Astrophysicist wins for his work detecting cosmic neutrinos
physicsworld.com
October 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
A rare solo #NobelPrize in physics goes to neutrino scientist Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. Full coverage here: physicsworld.com/a/francis-ha... 🧪⚛️
Could we use cosmic neutrinos to contact extra-galactic civilizations? "This has already been proposed by several friends of mine. It has been speculated that this would be an ideal way to communicate with aliens but I don't think I will go there." - Francis Halzen, 2026 physics #NobelPrize 🧪⚛️
October 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Could we use cosmic neutrinos to contact extra-galactic civilizations? "This has already been proposed by several friends of mine. It has been speculated that this would be an ideal way to communicate with aliens but I don't think I will go there." - Francis Halzen, 2026 physics #NobelPrize 🧪⚛️
Nobel Prize Laureate Francis Halzen: ”This was a kind of adventure and success was not guaranteed. Many talented people joined me, and thats why I’m here." ⚛️
Our warmest congratulations! Read the popular science background to this year’s #NobelPrize in Physics at: www.kva.se/nobelphysics2026
Our warmest congratulations! Read the popular science background to this year’s #NobelPrize in Physics at: www.kva.se/nobelphysics2026
October 6, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Nobel Prize Laureate Francis Halzen: ”This was a kind of adventure and success was not guaranteed. Many talented people joined me, and thats why I’m here." ⚛️
Our warmest congratulations! Read the popular science background to this year’s #NobelPrize in Physics at: www.kva.se/nobelphysics2026
Our warmest congratulations! Read the popular science background to this year’s #NobelPrize in Physics at: www.kva.se/nobelphysics2026
The impressive list of #NobelPrizes in physics related to neutrinos 🧪⚛️:
1988 - discovery of muon neutrino 🚨
1995 - detection of neutrino 💡
2002 - detection of cosmic neutrinos 🎇
2015 - neutrino oscillations 🌊
2026 - discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos 💥
1988 - discovery of muon neutrino 🚨
1995 - detection of neutrino 💡
2002 - detection of cosmic neutrinos 🎇
2015 - neutrino oscillations 🌊
2026 - discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos 💥
October 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The impressive list of #NobelPrizes in physics related to neutrinos 🧪⚛️:
1988 - discovery of muon neutrino 🚨
1995 - detection of neutrino 💡
2002 - detection of cosmic neutrinos 🎇
2015 - neutrino oscillations 🌊
2026 - discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos 💥
1988 - discovery of muon neutrino 🚨
1995 - detection of neutrino 💡
2002 - detection of cosmic neutrinos 🎇
2015 - neutrino oscillations 🌊
2026 - discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos 💥
Why are there so many physics #NobelPrizes about neutrinos? "The neutrino has such peculiar properties, the fact it interacts so infrequently in material, and in this case it’s a way of bringing information about distant cosmic sources that we are unable to acquire in other ways." - Mark Pearce 🧪⚛️
October 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Why are there so many physics #NobelPrizes about neutrinos? "The neutrino has such peculiar properties, the fact it interacts so infrequently in material, and in this case it’s a way of bringing information about distant cosmic sources that we are unable to acquire in other ways." - Mark Pearce 🧪⚛️
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October 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This year's #NobelPrize in Physics has gone to Francis Halzen "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin". This was our "breakthrough of the year" in 2013: physicsworld.com/a/cosmic-neu... 🧪⚛️
Cosmic neutrinos named Physics World 2013 Breakthrough of the Year – Physics World
IceCube experiment at the South Pole tops our list of the 10 key breakthroughs in physics
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October 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
This year's #NobelPrize in Physics has gone to Francis Halzen "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin". This was our "breakthrough of the year" in 2013: physicsworld.com/a/cosmic-neu... 🧪⚛️
EMBL congratulates Francis Halzen on winning the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics! ⚛️
He received the award “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
He received the award “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
October 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
EMBL congratulates Francis Halzen on winning the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics! ⚛️
He received the award “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
He received the award “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
Bonus: the first physics #NobelPrize winner from Sweden, where this year's laureates will be announced in just a few minutes, was an engineer by the name of Gustaf Dalén. If you're not Swedish, you've probably never heard of him, so here's his story: physicsworld.com/a/the-physic... 🧪⚛️
The physics Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of – Physics World
Margaret Harris uncovers the stories behind two lesser-known laureates: Gabriel Lippmann and Gustaf Dalén
physicsworld.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Bonus: the first physics #NobelPrize winner from Sweden, where this year's laureates will be announced in just a few minutes, was an engineer by the name of Gustaf Dalén. If you're not Swedish, you've probably never heard of him, so here's his story: physicsworld.com/a/the-physic... 🧪⚛️
Finally, deciding where a #NobelPrize laureate is "from" can be tricky when people, national boundaries and national identities are all in flux. Here's a story about that + the length of time it took for various countries to get their first physics Nobelist: physicsworld.com/a/how-long-d... 🧪⚛️
How long did it take for countries to claim a Nobel laureate? – Physics World
Deciding where a prize winner is from can be tricky, but Hamish Johnston tries his best
physicsworld.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Finally, deciding where a #NobelPrize laureate is "from" can be tricky when people, national boundaries and national identities are all in flux. Here's a story about that + the length of time it took for various countries to get their first physics Nobelist: physicsworld.com/a/how-long-d... 🧪⚛️
We've also profiled Hideki Yukawa, the first physics Nobel laureate from Japan, whose pioneering work laid the groundwork for a post-war generation of Japanese particle physicists. physicsworld.com/a/particle-p... 🧪⚛️
Particle physicist Hideki Yukawa: Japan's first Nobel laureate – Physics World
Yukawa laid the foundation for an active post-war generation of particle physicists in Japan
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October 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
We've also profiled Hideki Yukawa, the first physics Nobel laureate from Japan, whose pioneering work laid the groundwork for a post-war generation of Japanese particle physicists. physicsworld.com/a/particle-p... 🧪⚛️
Next, Abdus Salam, the first physics Nobel laureate from what is now Pakistan, though he hasn't received nearly as much honour in his homeland as he has in the other places he lived: physicsworld.com/a/abdus-sala... 🧪⚛️
Abdus Salam: Pakistan's first (and so far only) physics Nobel prize-winner – Physics World
Matin Durrani looks at the work of Abdus Salam, who was born a century ago this year
physicsworld.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Next, Abdus Salam, the first physics Nobel laureate from what is now Pakistan, though he hasn't received nearly as much honour in his homeland as he has in the other places he lived: physicsworld.com/a/abdus-sala... 🧪⚛️
While we wait for this year's #NobelPrize in physics, check out our coverage of notable past prizes. This year, we're telling the stories of the first physics Nobel laureates from selected countries. First up: C V Raman, the first Indian physics laureate. physicsworld.com/a/c-v-raman-... 🧪⚛️
C V Raman: the physicist with a 'Himalayan ego' who went to Stockholm convinced he’d win a Nobel prize – Physics World
Preetish Kakoty describes why India's only Nobel-prize-winning physicist went to Sweden on a whim
physicsworld.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
While we wait for this year's #NobelPrize in physics, check out our coverage of notable past prizes. This year, we're telling the stories of the first physics Nobel laureates from selected countries. First up: C V Raman, the first Indian physics laureate. physicsworld.com/a/c-v-raman-... 🧪⚛️
Join leading experts in nuclear fusion at this exciting webinar. ⚛️
Physics World Live, in partnership with Reports on Progress in Physics (ROPP), is bringing together top panellists to discuss nuclear fusion.
📅 Thursday 22 October | ⏰ 3 PM BST
👉 Reserve your free place: https://ow.ly/OWCb50ZTqvU
Physics World Live, in partnership with Reports on Progress in Physics (ROPP), is bringing together top panellists to discuss nuclear fusion.
📅 Thursday 22 October | ⏰ 3 PM BST
👉 Reserve your free place: https://ow.ly/OWCb50ZTqvU
October 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Join leading experts in nuclear fusion at this exciting webinar. ⚛️
Physics World Live, in partnership with Reports on Progress in Physics (ROPP), is bringing together top panellists to discuss nuclear fusion.
📅 Thursday 22 October | ⏰ 3 PM BST
👉 Reserve your free place: https://ow.ly/OWCb50ZTqvU
Physics World Live, in partnership with Reports on Progress in Physics (ROPP), is bringing together top panellists to discuss nuclear fusion.
📅 Thursday 22 October | ⏰ 3 PM BST
👉 Reserve your free place: https://ow.ly/OWCb50ZTqvU
Wilson:
"The sky, the sunsets, the Illinois landscape all looked better at the higher level…
I concluded that the building should be at least 200 feet tall, and taller if possible."
It turned out to be 239 feet.
So that's at least one use for helicopters in accelerator physics.
🚁⚛️
4/4
"The sky, the sunsets, the Illinois landscape all looked better at the higher level…
I concluded that the building should be at least 200 feet tall, and taller if possible."
It turned out to be 239 feet.
So that's at least one use for helicopters in accelerator physics.
🚁⚛️
4/4
October 6, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Wilson:
"The sky, the sunsets, the Illinois landscape all looked better at the higher level…
I concluded that the building should be at least 200 feet tall, and taller if possible."
It turned out to be 239 feet.
So that's at least one use for helicopters in accelerator physics.
🚁⚛️
4/4
"The sky, the sunsets, the Illinois landscape all looked better at the higher level…
I concluded that the building should be at least 200 feet tall, and taller if possible."
It turned out to be 239 feet.
So that's at least one use for helicopters in accelerator physics.
🚁⚛️
4/4
This #WorldTeachersDay, we celebrate the educators who bring physics to life every day. ⚛️
Hear how physics educators use the American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher to discover new ideas and support their teaching.
▶️ Watch the video: https://aippub.org/4ydZMIU
Hear how physics educators use the American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher to discover new ideas and support their teaching.
▶️ Watch the video: https://aippub.org/4ydZMIU
Voices From Our Community: Teaching Resources
Published by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), t...
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October 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This #WorldTeachersDay, we celebrate the educators who bring physics to life every day. ⚛️
Hear how physics educators use the American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher to discover new ideas and support their teaching.
▶️ Watch the video: https://aippub.org/4ydZMIU
Hear how physics educators use the American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher to discover new ideas and support their teaching.
▶️ Watch the video: https://aippub.org/4ydZMIU
Our feature on 50 years of Hofstadter's butterfly would be extra timely if Douglas Hofstadter himself were to win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics (as his dad once did). You never know... 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/hofstadter...
physicsworld.com/a/hofstadter...
Hofstadter’s butterfly turns 50: a fractal hiding in quantum matter – Physics World
Indu Satija celebrates the golden anniversary of Hofstadter’s butterfly
physicsworld.com
October 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Our feature on 50 years of Hofstadter's butterfly would be extra timely if Douglas Hofstadter himself were to win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics (as his dad once did). You never know... 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/hofstadter...
physicsworld.com/a/hofstadter...
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win Nobel Prize for "discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics" - a breakthrough that enables mapping of the brain in a way that we could once only dream of. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/inventors-...
Inventors of optogenetics win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – Physics World
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel are joint winners of the 2026 prize
physicsworld.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win Nobel Prize for "discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics" - a breakthrough that enables mapping of the brain in a way that we could once only dream of. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/inventors-...