The TAMBO collaboration, a proposed tau neutrino detector planned for Peru's Andes Mountains, is involving anthropologists and social scientists in roughly a quarter of its planning meetings, including jointly leading siting decisions. The project, co-led by physicist Carlos Argüelles, is currently funding a pilot experiment called TAMBITO to help identify a suitable canyon location before building the full 5,000-detector array.
nature.com
· 2026-11-10
University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist Francis Halzen has received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on astrophysical neutrinos, built around the IceCube Neutrino Observatory he helped develop beneath Antarctic ice. IceCube uses thousands of light sensors in a cubic kilometer of ice to detect neutrinos and has traced them back to cosmic sources such as supermassive black holes.
slashdot.org
· 2026-10-07
Physicist Francis Halzen received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for establishing the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and discovering high-energy neutrinos originating from space. The award was announced on October 6 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with Halzen emphasizing the collaborative effort behind the project. Neutrinos, abundant yet elusive particles, are key to understanding energetic cosmic events, and IceCube’s location at the South Pole enables unique astrophysical insights.
nature.com
· 2026-10-06
A study slated for publication in Physical Review D proposes that neutrinos switching between types inside a collapsing star's core could help resolve long-standing mismatches between supernova models and observations. Current simulations of core-collapse supernovae largely ignore this flavor-swapping behavior, even though neutrinos play a central role in triggering the explosion. The researchers suggest accounting for these identity changes could bring predicted supernova rates and outcomes closer to what astronomers actually observe.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-16
Researchers have proposed an explanation for why solar and atmospheric neutrino detectors have historically measured fewer neutrinos than theoretical models predicted. The finding addresses a decades-old puzzle in particle physics tied to how neutrinos change type, or 'flavor,' as they travel.
nature.com
· 2026-08-27
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