Friday, April 19, 2024

Canadian wins Nobel Prize in physics

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A Canadian has won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics.

Arthur McDonald is the co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery of neutrino oscillations.

McDonald is a professor emeritus at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.

He will share the prize with his Japanese colleague, Takaaki Kajita.

The two will split about $960,000 in prize money and will receive their gold medal at a ceremony in December.

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