Friday, November 29, 2013 - 10:30am
A few days ago, the IceCube Collaboration presented strong evidence for an extraterrestrial neutrino flux from an analysis that looked at neutrino-induced events inside the IceCube detector. However, scientists will not be completely sure about its origin until they have an observation of an astrophysical neutrino flux in all possible detection channels. And, more importantly, by looking at the astrophysical neutrino signal in every channel we can learn more details about the origin of cosmic neutrinos and of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR).
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 2:45pm
Last week, Nature published an article on the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, a gamma-ray observatory near Puebla, Mexico. WIPAC at UW–Madison is a collaborating institution. The article details plans for HAWC, scheduled for completion in fall 2014. When complete, it will consist of 300 water-filled tanks housing particle detectors.
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 12:30pm
Since 2009, WIPAC has partnered with the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) and PolarTREC to send high school math and science teachers to the South Pole, working closely with scientists and engineers on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 1:15pm
Today, nearly 25 years after the pioneering idea of detecting neutrinos in ice, the IceCube Collaboration announces the observation of 28 very high-energy particle events that constitute the first solid evidence for astrophysical neutrinos from cosmic accelerators. Details of this research will be published tomorrow, November 22, in Science.
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 3:15pm
Each year, IceCube selects two individuals to serve as the project’s winterovers, to be among the folks who remain at the South Pole throughout the long winter
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 11:30am
Get ready for a journey you will never forget. The fulldome planetarium show Chasing the Ghost Particle: From the South Pole to the Edge of the Universe will open at the Milwaukee Public Museum’s Dome Theater on November 21, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. The show takes audiences on an amazing 30-minute trip from the most extreme places in the universe to inside the IceCube telescope, a huge detector buried deep in the Antarctic ice.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 5:15pm
Life’s a tradeoff. At the South Pole, when winter comes to a close, you trade “cold, dark, and isolated” for “(still) cold, but bright, and less isolated.” With the sun out, you also get sundaes—
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 6:15pm
A few short weeks ago this scene would have looked quite different. But now the sun is out, full force, and the snow is bright white.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 3:00pm
Greenery, and flowers, … this doesn’t look like much like the South Pole. But this photo was taken at an important place in the South Pole station—the greenhouse.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 6:45am
What do a rock, an egg, and a kiwi all have in common? They can all be found at the South Pole.