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Non-profit advances the mission of science, science education in South Dakota

September 21, 2020
The SDSTA introduces non-profit fundraising entity: the Sanford Underground Research Facility Foundation
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Miller appointed as inaugural director of the SURF Foundation

September 21, 2020
New director envisions the future of the SURF Foundation, works to propel forward motion
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APS designates Sanford Lab, Morgan State University as historic physics sites

September 14, 2020
The pioneering neutrino research done by Ray Davis over nearly three decades forever changed our understanding of the Standard Model of Physics
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Quieting the quantum realm

September 4, 2020
LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration publishes 1,200 assays, creates library for future rare event searches
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Researchers taking inventory of the Universe have found too much and too little

August 31, 2020
After an unexpected tally of lithium in space, researchers try to pinpoint where cosmological estimates may have gone awry.
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BHSU Underground Campus finds new home on the 4850 Level

August 24, 2020
The BHSU Underground Campus moves across the 4850 Level, from the Ross Campus to the Davis Campus
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Sanford Lab supports undergraduate experiences during COVID-19

August 17, 2020
In 2020, students gain real-world experience in environments where even experts are reexamining how to move science forward
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Researchers complete sensitive upgrade to the Majorana Demonstrator

August 17, 2020
Despite COVID-19-influenced delays, the Majorana Demonstrator collaboration completed a detector swap
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From SURF to CERN... and back

August 7, 2020
Employees, researchers had nine weeks to walk 5,000 miles. They did it in four.
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Sanford Lab highlights recent facility upgrades and improvements

August 6, 2020
Sanford Underground Research Facility houses cutting-edge science experiments. Here are some of the upgrades to the laboratory they call home.