Former Southern University professor tied to 2026 Nobel Prize physics discovery

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Former Southern University professor tied to 2026 Nobel Prize physics discovery

BATON ROUGE — A former Southern University professor contributed to research tied to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, the project at the center of the Nobel Prize in Physics.Ali R. Fazely collaborated with University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist Francis Halzen, who received the prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his contributions to the observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. The Ameri…

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