Antarctic neutrino-hunting project IceCube named Breakthrough of the Year by Physics World
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 10:30
in Astronomy & Space
International high-energy physics research project IceCube has been named the 2013 Breakthrough of the Year by 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.