Category Archives: WIPAC

Experience Extreme South Pole Science at UW-Fond du Lac on Feb. 25

Image: J. Yang FOND DU LAC, Wis. –The community is invited to Extreme South Pole [...]

Feb 15 Physics Fair @ UW-Madison

The 2013 UW Physics Fair. Image: L. Norris, IceCube We’re excited to be part of [...]

South Pole Science at UW-Barron County

Jim Madsen at the South Pole. Image: J. Roth, NSF On most days, the South [...]

Madison-area teacher and students headed to Antarctica

Students and teachers reviewing equipment that will be taken along on their Antarctic expedition. Image: [...]

WIPAC spring high school internship program begins

Three area high school students working together on an LED project. Image: L. Norris, IceCube [...]

Wisconsin or Antarctica?

The polar vortex that has enveloped the Midwest has created an interesting scenario: temperatures in [...]

WIPAC professor Stefan Westerhoff named 2013 APS fellow

Stefan Westerhoff, University of Wisconsin–Madison physics professor and faculty member at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle [...]

IceCube awarded the 2013 Breakthrough of the Year

The IceCube Lab in March, 2013. Apart from the U.S. flag, the flags from Chile [...]

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 [...]

HAWC explores gamma-ray astronomy

The above image depicts HAWC as it will appear when construction is complete in 2014. [...]