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A radio antenna being lowered down into a borehole through Antarctic ice during the construction of the Askaryan Radio Array. Credit: ARA Collaboration; NSF

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Physicists have for the first time detected cosmic rays using the trail of radio waves they leave in ice. Researchers hope that honing this technique will help them to spot a more exciting prize: elusive, ultra-high-energy neutrinos.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01282-5

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- Alden, N. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 151003 (2026).

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