The IceCube project has been awarded the 2013 Breakthrough of the Year by the British magazine Physics World. The Antarctic observatory has been selected for making the first observation of cosmic neutrinos, but also for overcoming the many challenges of creating and operating a colossal detector deep under the ice at the South Pole. […]
Detector
Early IceCube Tests: Greenland, 1990
Before there was IceCube, there was AMANDA, and before there was AMANDA, there were a couple people testing the idea for an in-ice neutrino detector in Greenland. […]
Southern works on Antarctica Telescope
A Southern University physics team is helping to unlock the secrets of the universe as its research work comes to fruition at the South Pole. […]
Symmetry Breaking
The on-line version of Symmetry Magazine features the completion of the construction of the IceCube neutrino telescope. […]
The Polar Particle Hunter
IceCube Collaboration member Spencer Klein reflects on the final string of the South Pole detector. […]
Antarctic Neutrino Hunt
The World’s Coldest Physics lab
An article on the Quantum of Knowledge blog details IceCube”s scale and purpose and outlines the importance of the neutrino as an astronomical messenger. […]
Underground Physics Lab
An audio interview with IceCube Collaborator and University of Alberta faculty Darren Grant. […]
Massive Detector Complete
Antarctic Sun writer Peter Rejcek reports on detector completion from the South Pole. […]
Top 10 electronics stories of 2010
EE Times rates IceCube as one of the most top electronics stories, along with quantum film, solar cells, and other exciting discoveries. […]