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Francis Halzen, principal investigator of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work in detecting high-energy neutrinos from space and establishing neutrino astronomy as a new way to study the universe.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed an integrated nanophotonic platform that can store multiple photons simultaneously for over one microsecond. The chip-based quantum memory uses erbium-doped thin-film lithium niobate waveguides arranged in an atomic frequency comb pattern to capture and hold photons.

Google will launch a prototype satellite on October 1 to test its Tensor Processing Units in space as part of Project Suncatcher. The mission will evaluate how AI chips perform under radiation, thermal extremes, and the physical stresses of spaceflight, marking the tech giant's first step toward potential orbital computing infrastructure.

EPFL engineers built a sliding fiber motor that turns voltage into linear motion without gears, for soft robots and wearable devices.

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai share the prize for reactions that turn a tiny imbalance into a single molecular handedness.