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Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics
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Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. “It was a great surprise, and I obviously didn’t expect it,” Halzen said, s...

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