Quantum sensors and quantum computers may benefit from a reduction in cosmic-ray muons offered in places like the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD.
Deep Science and Dark Mysteries, a project supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) brought a group of Lutheran pastors to SURF for dialogue on the research at America’s Underground Lab.
South Dakota Mines physics major Ryan Cantz has been selected to receive a Conference Experience for Undergraduates Award for the upcoming American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics scientific meeting.
SURF is seeking applicants for its 2026 Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program. Each year, the SURF AiR program invites a selected artist to create work inspired by the underground research facility and the world-leading experiments it hosts.
In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help astronomers find a supernova right as it begins.
This article launches a series celebrating the people whose contributions to the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) Foundation are advancing the future of America’s Underground Lab.
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