# Nobel Prize in Physics Celebrates the Thrill of Neutrino Research

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for work on neutrino oscillations, the discovery that these ghostly subatomic particles change type and therefore have mass — a finding that upended the standard model of particle physics. Nature describes the researchers behind the field as "adrenaline junkies," racing to catch rare signals in vast underground and Antarctic detectors. The recognition underscores how neutrino physics has reshaped cosmology and the study of the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance.

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### Science
- [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03095-y) — 2026-10-06