Just now, a single person won the Nobel Prize in Physics!

What happened: The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to one person, Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin Madison, for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica and the discovery of high energy astrophysical neutrinos. Key numbers: IceCube sits 1450 to 2450 meters deep in Antarctic ice, built from 86 cables and 5160 optical Why it matters: The content states this opens the door to high energy neutrino astronomy, following visible light, radio, X rays, and gravitational waves. The 2013 detection won the Physics World Breakthrough of the Year award.

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