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NBC News. (2026, October 6). Nobel Prize in physics to be awarded in Stockholm. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/nobel-prize-physics-awarded-stockholm-rcna601807

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm will announce the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday. Last year's award recognized research into quantum tunneling with practical applications in technology like MRI machines and cellphones. The prizes this week also include chemistry and literature awards, followed by the peace prize and economics prize later in October. Each laureate receives 12 million Swedish kronor ($1.2 million).
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On Tuesday, Francis Halzen, a Belgian physicist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the South Pole. The observatory uses a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice to detect high-energy neutrinos from space, shedding light on distant cosmic phenomena. Halzen's contributions were recognized as "decisive" by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which noted his visionary approach and scientific leadership since first proposing the concept in 1988. The prize includes a sum of 12 million Swedish kronor (approximately $1.2 million).

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🔮 STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.
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Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and laid the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers.
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🔮 STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.
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STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. asserted
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Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and laid the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers. asserted
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The announcements of this year’s prizes began Monday with the Nobel Prize in medicine being awarded to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. asserted
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This week’s awards continue Wednesday with the chemistry prize and literature on Thursday. asserted
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After Friday’s peace prize is awarded, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on Oct. 12. asserted
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