The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which lies buried in the Antarctic ice sheet, records the collision of elusive sub-atomic particles called neutrinos.
The National Science Foundation has signed a five-year, $34.5 million agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to run the observatory located beneath the ice at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Although managed by UW, the observatory?s construction included contributions from Germany, Belgium and Sweden.