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6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space
STOCKHOLM —
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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.
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"Francis Halzen has led an international team of researchers and engineers who have provided us with a fantastic instrument.
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His tenacity and scientific vision has paved the way for a new kind of astronomy," Mark Pearce, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics, said in a news release.
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Halzen spoke to the committee by phone from Italy on Tuesday.
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"It was a great surprise and I obviously didn't expect it," he said.
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Halzen said it was predicted before that he would win the Nobel Prize but the announcement still made him feel "strange."
Born in Belgium, the 82-year-old scientist is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the U.S. Efforts by The Associated Press to reach him were not immediately successful.
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a research facility located at the South Pole in Antarctica, according to its website, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison is its lead institution.
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Yet they are everywhere: they spew from stars like the sun and trillions zip through our bodies every second.
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Scientists can't glimpse the mysterious ghost particles zooming around on their own.
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Instead, they measure what happens when the tiny particles collide with other bits of matter, producing flashes of light or charged particles.
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Halzen studied a rare gang of neutrinos that scientists consider messengers from the cosmos, offering clues to how the universe evolved.
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His research into capturing neutrinos at the South Pole dates back to the 1980s.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award 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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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.
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This week's awards continue Wednesday with the chemistry prize and literature on Thursday.
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After Friday's peace prize is awarded, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on Monday.
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The Aporia
