#IceCube10 – Celebrating 10 Years of IceCube
#IceCube10 – Celebrating 10 Years of IceCube
The hunt for neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts
In 2012, shortly after the IceCube Neutrino Observatory was completed, the IceCube Collaboration announced in Nature an important and unexpected result in neutrino astrophysics: gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which were one of the two leading candidates for sources of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, did not report any neutrino excesses. Since [...]
IceCube photo wins first prize in IUPAP photo contest
Former winterover Yuya Makino was recently awarded First Prize in the “At a Glance” category for The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 100 photo contest for his entry titled "Chasing Ghost Particles at the South Pole." The IUPAP 100 photo contest celebrates the beauty of physics and [...]
Week 30 at the Pole
Although it is still night at the South Pole, the sun is making a slow rise toward the horizon, and it's getting close to twilight. Some folks are excited to see the sun again, while others mourn the end of winter. But it will take weeks for the sun to [...]