Yearly Archives: 2013
Week 51 at the Pole
The summer season isn’t long at the South Pole, from about late October through early [...]
WIPAC professor Stefan Westerhoff named 2013 APS fellow
Stefan Westerhoff, University of Wisconsin–Madison physics professor and faculty member at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle [...]
Week 50 at the Pole
It was a week filled with movement outdoors. First up, snow needed to be moved. [...]
IceCube awarded the 2013 Breakthrough of the Year
The IceCube Lab in March, 2013. Apart from the U.S. flag, the flags from Chile [...]
Week 49 at the Pole
It looks like IceCube winterover Ian Rees is practicing a good luge position, but he’s [...]
Neutrino telescope shines light on the last glaciation
From the most remote location on Earth, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory peers into deep space. [...]
BigData project uses gaming hardware to tackle radio data challenges
Large physics experiments are often developed in remote areas: the vast plains of Argentina, a [...]
Week 48 at the Pole
That’s IceCube winterover Ian Rees (facing) near the drill while it’s being prepared to access [...]
A new summer for IceCube: the polar season that may have not happened
Austral summers are not as exciting as they once were for IceCube. There are no [...]
Growing evidence of an astrophysical neutrino flux in IceCube: results from neutrino-induced particle showers
Results from several new analyses with partial IceCube configurations are being published these days. The [...]