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Science Matters

From Earth’s poles to black holes, NSF stories about transforming the world through science.

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IceCube rendering

IceCube: A decade in review

The beginning It took seven years to construct the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, designed to search for nearly massless subatomic particles called neutrinos. However, planning began much earlier.
A flat snowy landscape is shown beneath a blue sky

The glacier of greatest concern

Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting because of climate change, and a collapse of the glacier could raise sea levels significantly around the world.