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IceCube building goals exceeded at South Pole
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2008-09 Antarctic drilling season concludes, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is on track to be finished as planned in 2011.
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UCSD Robots Take Center Stage at National Robotics Conference
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Novel agile robots created by mechanical engineers at UC San Diego recently made their way to Austin, Texas, and took center stage during a keynote address at NI Week , the annual robotics extravaganza hosted ...
Astronomers hit a telescopic jackpot
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Astronomers this year are about to get a windfall of new and improved telescopes of unprecedented power with which to explore the universe. The bonanza arrives 400 years after Galileo spied craters on the moon through the ...
Researchers focus on building telescope at South Pole
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Dec 09, 2008 |
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It's 40 degrees F below zero (with the wind chill) at the South Pole today. Yet a research team from the University of Delaware is taking it all in stride.
AMANDA's First Six Years
Feb 29, 2008 |
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The most recent results from the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array, or AMANDA, located a mile under the ice at the South Pole, have yielded the most stringent prediction yet for the highest possible ...
Scientists build an 'ice top' at the bottom of the world
May 23, 2007 |
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The University of Delaware is helping to build a huge "IceCube" at the South Pole, and it has nothing to do with cooling beverages.
Searching for Exotic Particles from Cosmic-Ray Collisions
Apr 05, 2007 |
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Our planet is constantly bombarded with cosmic rays. Most collide with atoms in our atmosphere, producing sprays of particles that fall to the ground, thousands striking each square meter every second. Cosmic rays with extremely ...
Dark matter hides, physicists seek
Nov 28, 2006 |
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Scientists don't know what dark matter is, but they know it's all over the universe. Everything humans observe in the heavens—galaxies, stars, planets and the rest—makes up only 4 percent of the universe, scientists ...
Polar neutrino observatory takes a big step forward
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Mar 21, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists and engineers has taken a major step toward completion of what will be the world's preeminent cosmic neutrino observatory, harnessing a sophisticated hot-water drill to build ...
South Pole Neutrino Detector Could Yield Evidences of String Theory
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Jan 26, 2006 |
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Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of California, Irvine say that scientists might soon have evidence for extra dimensions and other exotic predictions of string theory. Early results ...
World-class Physics at the Bottom of the World To Be Featured in Global Webcast
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Dec 01, 2005 |
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On Dec. 1, scientists at the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station will participate in a live, worldwide webcast in conjunction with the World Year of Physics (WYOP).
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