Neutrino Astronomy at the South Pole: latest Results from AMANDA-II
  AMANDA-II is the largest neutrino telescope collecting data at the moment, and its main goal is to search for sources of high energy extra-terrestrial neutrinos. The detection of such sources could give non-controversial evidence for the acceleration of charged hadrons in cosmic objects like Supernova Remnants, Micro-quasars, Active Galactic Nuclei or Gamma Ray Bursts. No significant excess has been found in searching for neutrinos from both point-like and non-localized sources. However AMANDA-II has significantly improved analysis techniques for better signal-to-noise optimization. The km$^3$-scale IceCube telescope will enlarge the observable energy range and improve the sensitivities of high energy neutrino searches due to its 30 times larger effective area. 
Paolo Desiati (for the IceCube Collaboration)