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IceCube detection of a high-energy particle proves 60-year-old theory
On December 8, 2016, a high-energy particle called an electron antineutrino hurtled to Earth from [...]
UW–Madison scientists play instrumental role in proving viability of innovative gamma-ray telescope
Scientists in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium have detected gamma rays from the Crab [...]
UW–Madison astrophysicists donate computing resources to aid COVID-19 research
Some of WIPAC's computing resources are beingused to simulate protein folding of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible [...]
36th International Cosmic Ray Conference kicks off tomorrow in Madison
The 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) kicks off tomorrow in Madison, WI. ICRC is [...]
IceCube: Antarctic neutrino detector to get $37 million upgrade
IceCube, the Antarctic neutrino detector that in July of 2018 helped unravel one of the oldest [...]
Solving the mysteries of cosmic rays
Since cosmic rays were discovered in 1912, scientists have sought the origins of these mysterious [...]
IceCube search for the ‘sterile neutrino’ draws a blank
In an effort to fill in the blanks of the Standard Model of particle physics, [...]
Feds renew big IceCube observatory contract with UW–Madison
The National Science Foundation today, March 30, announced that it has renewed a cooperative agreement [...]
Antarctic neutrino detector firms up cosmic neutrino sighting
Sorting through the billions of subatomic particles that zip through its frozen cubic-kilometer-sized detector each [...]
Here comes HAWC: New observatory to seek out gamma rays
Image: HAWC Collaboration High on a sleeping Mexican volcano, a new particle astrophysics observatory is [...]
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