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  "id": 12459803,
  "title": "Physicist Wins Nobel Prize for Developing a Massive, Ice-Embedded Observatory That Detects Ghostly Cosmic Particles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/physicist-wins-nobel-prize-for-developing-a-massive-ice-embedded",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T19:51:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicist-wins-nobel-prize-for-developing-a-massive-ice-embedded-observatory-that-detects-ghostly-cosmic-particles-180989627/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison led the effort to build the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica. His work birthed the field of neutrino astronomy",
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      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for work on ghost particles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/francis-halzen-wins-nobel-physics-prize-for-work-on-ghost-particles",
        "published": "2026-10-06T12:18:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}