Nobel Prizes this century and APS Journals

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Since 2000, 30% of all research leading to the Nobel Prize in Physics—and the core discovery papers for over 60% of those prizes—have been published in APS journals.

Moreover, in all but one year since 2011, Physical Review Letters has published at least one key paper cited by the Nobel committee in physics or chemistry.

2026 Nobel Prize in Physics: High-energy neutrinos

Francis Halzen, "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin."

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