NSF mid-scale award sets off the first extension of IceCube
The National Science Foundation has approved full funding to upgrade the IceCube detector, extending its scientific capabilities to lower energies and thus enabling IceCube to reach neutrino energies that overlap with the energy ranges of smaller existing neutrino detectors worldwide.
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New technique for neutrino point-source searches
Neutrinos are one of the best sources of information about extreme-energy astrophysical phenomena at the far reaches of the observable universe.
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Dealing with dust in Antarctic ice
Even in Antarctica, scientists have to deal with a little dust in their detectors.
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Week 38 at the Pole
It’s time for sunglasses now at the South Pole—the sun has definitely made its presence clear. And it’s here to stay, or rather for a good long while anyway.