Physics Nobel goes to ghost-particle hunter
nature video · Published on October 6, 2026
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Physicist Francis Halzen has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics today for his work on cosmic neutrinos and founding the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Lizzie and Ben from the Nature Podcast get excited about these ghostly particles and chat about physicists’ reaction to the announcement. Read more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03092-1 Ice Cube images from: Yuya Makino / Ilya Bodo / IceCube / NSF Portrait of Francis Halzen from: Althea Dotzour/University of Wisconsin–Madison - Produced by Dan Fox - Presented by Benjamin Thompson and Lizzie Gibney - Supervising Producer: Shamini Bundell - With thanks to Maren Hunsberger and Micheal Szebor Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday: https://www.nature.com/briefing
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