Beneath 1.5 kilometers of ice near the geographic South Pole, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is on the hunt for ghost particles.
As the world’s first gigaton neutrino detector, IceCube is used by astrophysicists to better understand cosmic objects by observing the neutrinos — abundant, nearly massless, and mysterious elementary particles — that they produce. […]
IceCube collaborator Ali Kheirandish received a 2025 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Early Career Scientist Prize. Kheirandish accepted the award on July 15 during the opening ceremony of the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) held in Geneva, Switzerland. He was recognized for “his theoretical insights in associating X-ray emitting active galaxies […]
The results of the twelfth edition of the IceCube Impact Awards were announced during IceCube’s spring collaboration meeting dinner at the Uppsala Castle in Uppsala, Sweden. During the ceremony, IceCube spokesperson Erin O’Sullivan gave each recipient a certificate and mug to commemorate their achievements. The awardees are Christoph Günther (RWTH Aachen University); Sarah Mechbal (DESY); […]
This story was originally published by the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University. Drexel Physics alum Stephen Sclafani, PhD ’23, is the recipient of the American Physical Society’s Ceclia Payne-Gaposchkin Doctoral Dissertation Award in Astrophysics. This award recognizes doctoral thesis research in astrophysics and encourages effective written and oral presentation of research results. Sclafani was recognized for […]
IceCube collaborator and Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) Professor Gwenhaël Wilberts Dewasseige was recently elected to the prestigious Collegium of the Royal Academy of Belgium in the Class of Sciences. The Collegium, a subdivision of the Royal Academy of Belgium, is made up of researchers under the age of 40 who have demonstrated significant achievement […]
IceCube collaborators Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, associate professor in the Department of Physics at Drexel University, and Doug Cowen, professor of physics at Penn State University (PSU), are two of the 2024 fellows announced by the American Physical Society (APS) a few days ago. For Kurahashi Neilson, this award acknowledges her “outstanding contributions and leadership in […]
This year, IceCube collaborator and Harvard University physics professor Carlos Argüelles-Delgado is among 10 emerging research leaders selected for the 2024-2026 cohort of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Azrieli Global Scholars program, generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation. This ambitious next-generation initiative provides two years of unrestricted funding to talented researchers tackling important and […]
University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist Francis Halzen has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Halzen is one of 120 scientists elected this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to the academy’s announcement of the new members this week. Election to the academy is among the highest honors that a scientist can receive. […]
Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla was recently awarded the 2021-2022 Rajib Goyal Prize in Physical Sciences, which “honors Indian scientists who have made a mark in basic and applied sciences research.” The Goyal Prizes were instituted by the late philanthropist Ram S. Goyal to honor Indian scientists and social activists working towards the service of India. Agarwalla […]
The results of the eleventh edition of the IceCube Impact Awards were announced today during IceCube’s spring collaboration meeting dinner in Münster, Germany. During the ceremony, IceCube spokesperson Ignacio Taboada gave each recipient a certificate and mug to commemorate their achievements while those who could not attend joined virtually. The awardees are Lasse Halve (RWTH […]