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UW–Madison scientists and staff key in revealing neutrinos emanating from galactic neighbor with a gigantic black hole

For the first time, an international team of scientists has found evidence of high-energy astrophysical [...]

Week 42 at the Pole

Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, IceCube/NSF Sometimes it’s just plain quiet at the Pole. It’s summer, the sun’s [...]

IceCube analysis indicates there are many high-energy astrophysical neutrino sources 

Back in 2013, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory—a cubic-kilometer neutrino detector embedded in Antarctic ice—announced the [...]

Newly discovered optical effect allows IceCube to deduce ice crystal properties

Every second, 100 trillion neutrinos pass through the human body. These tiny, almost massless particles [...]

Week 41 at the Pole

Wenceslas Marie-Sainte, IceCube/NSF So, you’ve arrived at the Geographic South Pole—or have you? The sign [...]

Week 40 at the Pole

Moreno Baricevic, IceCube/NSF Now there’s a bright sun! And it looks like it’s shining over [...]

Scaling to infinity and beyond: Using Google Cloud to explore the origins of the universe

Original article appears on blog from Transform with Google Cloud website. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory [...]

Week 39 at the Pole

Moreno Baricevic, IceCube/NSF Last week was another quiet week at the Pole. And it was [...]

Week 38 at the Pole

Moreno Baricevic, IceCube/NSF There’s nothing wrong with “quiet,” especially where detector operations are concerned. That’s [...]

Carlos Argüelles chosen as one of Science News’ 2022 SN 10: Scientists to Watch

IceCube collaborator and Harvard physics professor Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado was chosen as one of Science News’ [...]