{"693772":{"#nid":"693772","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for the Advent of Neutrino Astronomy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EFrancis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering a telescope, the\u0026nbsp;IceCube Neutrino Observatory,\u0026nbsp;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 known as neutrinos whizzing in at high energies from the far reaches of the universe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/ignacio-taboada\u0022\u003EIgnacio Taboada\u003C\/a\u003E, a physicist at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a former IceCube spokesperson, said that he and his colleagues had expected Dr. Halzen to win a Nobel Prize for some time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cHe has been relentless in the pursuit and promotion of the field of neutrino astronomy for decades,\u201d Dr. Taboada said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EFrancis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering a telescope, the\u0026nbsp;IceCube Neutrino Observatory,\u0026nbsp;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 known as neutrinos whizzing in at high energies from the far reaches of the universe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/ignacio-taboada\u0022\u003EIgnacio Taboada\u003C\/a\u003E, a physicist at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a former IceCube spokesperson, said that he and his colleagues had expected Dr. Halzen to win a Nobel Prize for some time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cHe has been relentless in the pursuit and promotion of the field of neutrino astronomy for decades,\u201d Dr. Taboada said.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-11-04 17:33:56","changed_gmt":"2026-11-05 14:43:14","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The New York Times ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/06\/science\/nobel-prize-physics.html","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"191584","name":"IceCube Neutrino Laboratory"},{"id":"175788","name":"Nobel Prize in Physics"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}