Back in February, the Ice Cube neutrino array at the South Pole added new strings of detectors to make the clarity of a detected event much better.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory gets a major upgrade beneath the ice
IceCube is headquartered at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and I think has survived budget cuts, so far.
There's more information here: Beyond IceCube
It's a pretty impressive place, in a James Bond villain kind of way. Below the lab picture is the new detector, which also has a bit of a Bondian quality.
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