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South Dakota Science and Technology Authority
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In The News
Sanford Lab in the news
- USD gets $3 million federal grant for Sanford Lab project, Rapid City Journal, 8/26/10
- Deep Pumping, Black Hills Pioneer, 08/26/10
- Looking for Deep Life, Black Hills Pioneer, 08/19/10
- Innovation, SD Public Radio, 07/23/10
- Big Plans for Deep Science
Symmetry, February 2010 - SD Governor praises underground science lab
Bloomberg Businesssweek, 04/28/10 - DUSEL Review Under Way in Rapid City
Rapid City Journal 04/13/10 - Sanford Lab celebrates banner year
Black Hills Pioneer 12/31/09 - Dark Matter, Entrepreneurship in South Dakota and The Lives of Stars
South Dakota Public Broadcasting 12/18/09 - The Sanford Lab's race for Dark Matter
South Dakota Public Broadcasting 12/15/09
Underground
These galleries are in two categories: surface to 4,850-foot level and below the 4,850-foot level. |
Surface
The Homestake Mining Co. donation included 186 surface acres and many buildings and other infrastructure to the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority. |
Special Events
These galleries include special events and tours for scientists, contractors and others. |
Science
More than 20 different experiments already are underway at Sanford Underground Laboratory. Many of these projects are researching how best to install larger experiments later on. |
Historic
In 1965, Dr. Ray Davis installed a solar-neutrino detector 4,850 feet underground in the Homestake gold mine. In 2002 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work here. |