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Davis-Bahcall Scholars look forward to 2021 program

March 27, 2020
Davis-Bahcall Scholars program postponed; students invited back next year
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Milestone reached in Yates Shaft top-down maintenance

March 23, 2020
Infrastructure crews reach 4850 Level in the skip compartments of the Yates Shaft
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Beyond a scientist

March 16, 2020
All at once, Norris is a learned physicist, dance instructor, solar eclipse chaser, bridge enthusiast and genealogy tracker
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Teams continue to grow at Sanford Lab

March 9, 2020
The Sanford Lab security team grew by five members within the last year
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What we know about dark matter

March 2, 2020
Although scientists have yet to find the spooky stuff, they aren’t completely in the dark
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Polar bear on the loose for the Polar Plunge

February 24, 2020
Employee’s passion for Special Olympics South Dakota inspires Polar Plunge fundraiser at Sanford Lab
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An unexpected encounter with mathematics

February 24, 2020
Meet Travis Kowalski, speaker for Deep Talks: Pi Day
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1970s photographs show facility before it was reborn for science

February 18, 2020
Tom Regan revisits photographs he took in the 1970s to see areas of the facility that are being transformed today
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LBNF/DUNE pre-excavation work continues above and below ground

February 18, 2020
Pre-excavation phase involves the rehabilitation of infrastructure created for gold mining operations
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Microbial community could help map the subsurface

February 10, 2020
Researchers ask microorganisms for directions through the subterranean networks they colonize