Halzen Wins Nobel Prize for Ice

worldOctober 8, 2026·141 words·2 min read

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Halzen Wins Nobel Prize for Ice

Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2026. The prize is for IceCube, a huge piece of ice at the South Pole. He is 82 and lives in the United States. His university leads the IceCube work.

A neutrino is a very small piece from space. Neutrinos come from the sun. Huge numbers go through a person's body every second. They have no electric charge, so they go straight. Halzen had this idea in 1988. The ice has thousands of light sensors. A blue light shows where a neutrino came from.

Halzen was surprised by the prize. He spoke by phone from Italy. The news felt strange. He hopes the prize will help a new plan. Very few people believed in the ice plan. The prize is about 1.2 million dollars. IceCube shows events that normal telescopes can not see.

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n.: a thing you get for good work
n.: a very small piece from space
n.: plus or minus power in a thing
n.: a small tool in ice that sees light
n.: a tool for seeing far things
adj.: not usual and a surprise
n.: a big school after normal school
n.: an end of the Earth

Vocabulary Translations· 8 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

prizen.

a thing you get for good work

thứ bạn nhận vì làm việc tốtuma coisa que você ganha por um bom trabalho良い仕事でもらうものiyi iş için aldığın şeyuna cosa que recibes por un buen trabajorzecz, którą dostajesz za dobrą pracęشيء تحصل عليه لعمل جيدiets dat je krijgt voor goed werkвещь, которую дают за хорошую работу因为做得好而得到的东西일을 잘해서 받는 것

neutrinon.

a very small piece from space

một mảnh rất nhỏ từ không gianum pedaço muito pequeno do espaço宇宙から来るとても小さな粒uzaydan gelen çok küçük bir parçaun trozo muy pequeño del espaciobardzo mały kawałek z kosmosuقطعة صغيرة جداً من الفضاءeen heel klein stukje uit de ruimteочень маленький кусочек из космоса来自太空的非常小的碎片우주에서 온 아주 작은 조각

chargen.

plus or minus power in a thing

sức cộng hoặc trừ trong một thứforça de mais ou menos numa coisaものの中のプラスかマイナスの力bir şeydeki artı ya da eksi güçfuerza de más o de menos en una cosasiła plus albo minus w rzeczyقوة زائد أو ناقص في شيءplus- of minkracht in een dingсила плюс или минус в вещи东西里正或负的力어떤 것 안의 더하기나 빼기 힘

sensorn.

a small tool in ice that sees light

dụng cụ nhỏ trong băng nhìn thấy ánh sánguma ferramenta pequena no gelo que vê luz氷の中で光を見る小さな道具buzda ışığı gören küçük bir araçuna herramienta pequeña en el hielo que ve la luzmałe narzędzie w lodzie, które widzi światłoأداة صغيرة في الجليد ترى الضوءeen klein gereedschap in ijs dat licht zietмаленький инструмент во льду, который видит свет冰里能看见光的小工具얼음 속에서 빛을 보는 작은 도구

telescopen.

a tool for seeing far things

dụng cụ để nhìn những thứ ở xauma ferramenta para ver coisas longe遠いものを見る道具uzak şeyleri görmek için araçuna herramienta para ver cosas lejanasnarzędzie do widzenia dalekich rzeczyأداة لرؤية الأشياء البعيدةeen gereedschap om verre dingen te zienинструмент, чтобы видеть далёкие вещи用来看远处东西的工具먼 것을 보는 도구

strangeadj.

not usual and a surprise

không bình thường và là điều bất ngờnão normal e uma surpresaふつうでなく、びっくりすることnormal değil ve bir sürprizno normal y una sorpresanie zwykłe i niespodziankaليس عادياً وهو مفاجأةniet gewoon en een verrassingне обычное и неожиданность不寻常而且让人吃惊보통이 아니고 놀라운 일

universityn.

a big school after normal school

trường lớn sau trường bình thườnguma escola grande depois da escola normal普通の学校のあとの大きな学校normal okuldan sonraki büyük okuluna escuela grande después de la escuela normalduża szkoła po zwykłej szkoleمدرسة كبيرة بعد المدرسة العاديةeen grote school na de gewone schoolбольшая школа после обычной школы普通学校之后的大学校보통 학교 다음의 큰 학교

polen.

an end of the Earth

một đầu của Trái Đấtuma ponta da Terra地球の端Dünyanın bir ucuun extremo de la Tierrakoniec Ziemiطرف من الأرضeen eind van de aardeконец Земли地球的一端지구의 한 끝

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Question 1: True or False

He is 82 years old.

This idea came in 1998.

The prize money is about 1.2 thousand dollars.

Huge numbers of these tiny pieces go through a body every second.

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Why do these tiny pieces go straight?

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What does the blue light show?

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After the call from Italy, the news seemed ______ to him.

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