Frederick Reines
Physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
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Died
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Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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Contributions to particle physics included the discovery of the neutrino. Collaborated on experiments at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and later at the University of California, Irvine. Published over 200 scientific papers and mentored numerous students throughout an academic career. Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for work in detecting neutrinos.
Discovered the neutrino
Received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995
Conducted experiments at Los Alamos
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