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Four individuals standing inside the DUNE Cavern--the massive size of the cavern dwarfs the people -- giving scale.

Mines Students Visit SURF 4850 Level

Part of SURF’s mission is to inspire learning across generations, this photo essay showcases our effort to share world-class research with future scientists and engineers.

LZ sets a world’s best in the hunt for galactic dark matter and gets a new look at neutrinos from the sun’s core

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment analyzed the largest dataset ever collected by a dark matter detector. The record-breaking results provide the strongest constraints yet on low-mass WIMPs, proposed dark matter particles.

December 08, 2025

SURF launches John Bahcall Colloquium with inaugural lecture by Neta Bahcall in Rapid City

The Institute for Underground Science at SURF is launching the John Bahcall Colloquium, a monthly series of scientific lectures to build intellectual community while delving into the wide range of disciplines being researched at SURF.

January 27, 2026

SURF completes Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade with team of South Dakota contractors

SURF recently completed a major upgrade to the wastewater treatment plant, ensuring many more years of clean water in local streams.

October 13, 2025

The Institute for Underground Science at SURF Announces 2026 Davis-Bahcall Scholars

The program is named in honor of experimental physicist Ray Davis Jr. and theoretical physicist John Bahcall.

March 17, 2026

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Top South Dakota university students present SURF based research at 2024 Legislative Session

Baily May, a sophomore at BHSU, and Noah Everett a senior at Mines, will present SURF based research in the capitol rotunda.

February 26, 2024

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