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Welcome to our 2026 interns and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) participants! We’re excited to see this group gain hands-on experience and spend the summer learning at America’s Underground Lab.

📸: Matt Kapust, SURF

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Thank you to Angela White, a doctoral researcher working on the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, for an engaging Deep Talks presentation. If you missed last week’s talk, you can watch the recording here: https://t.co/cqRUHcq1eu

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Microbes found by Dr. Tanvi Govil and her team, deep below the earth at SURF, are being used to engineer enzymes that can pull CO2 gas directly from coal-fired power plant emissions. The new technology could help reduce carbon in the atmosphere.

https://t.co/71aWFLbQA3

[Fermilab @Fermilab]

#Flashback to yesterday's beam signing! ✍️

As the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment moves into this next phase, we’re grateful to everyone in Illinois and South Dakota who continues to welcome and champion this groundbreaking science.
@SanfordLab @DUNEScience @LBNFacility

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REMINDER FOR SOUTH DAKOTA NEIGHBORS! Beam-signing event tomorrow. We hope you can join us and put your name on a piece of science history! ✍️ @Fermilab @SanfordLab @LeadChamber

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A mile underground, @DUNEScience is taking shape. At @SanfordLab, one of the first structural beams — part of an in kind contribution from @CERN — for the far detector's cryostat is being lowered underground.

https://t.co/QrCp5fiaYk

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Missed our latest lecture? You can now watch the recording of April's John Bahcall Colloquium about CASPAR—Astrophysics Deep Underground.

https://t.co/sB8FRoF6yC

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6,100 feet.
27,000 pounds.
One new rope for the Ross Cage.

SURF recently completed a full wire rope change on the Ross Cage. This system safely transports people, equipment, and materials nearly a mile below the surface.

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This beam weighs nearly 8 tons and measures 43 feet in length. This successful test lift marks a step toward transporting 2,100 structural components for @DUNEscience.

Building DUNE is like building a ship in a bottle... except the neck of that bottle is nearly a mile long.

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SURF has successfully completed the first test lift of one of the long steel beams that will be used in the cryostats, 4850 feet underground at SURF!

📸: Matt Kapust, SURF

See more incredible photos here: https://t.co/e3E6WpnSEf

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DUNE Caverns Named 2026 Project of the Year 🏆 #DUNEscience
Read more: https://t.co/vWx0bGKnJm

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Join us tomorrow for the next John Bahcall Colloquium featuring CASPAR, the first deep underground accelerator in the United States, located on the Ross Campus at the 4850-foot level of SURF.

https://t.co/RQnW0uO1M8

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Last week, SURF welcomed Dr. Neta Bahcall underground for a tour of the 4850 Level, home to @DUNEscience , @LZdarkmatter, & CASPAR experiments. We’re grateful for the opportunity to share spaces where the next generation of neutrino science will unfold.

📸 Stephen Kenny, SURF

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We’re pleased to welcome Linn Evans to the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA) Board of Directors. Appointed by Gov. Larry Rhoden, Evans brings deep leadership and underground mining experience to support SDSTA’s mission at SURF. Welcome, Linn!

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SURF's at #APSSummit26 this week!

If you’re attending the American Physical Society Global Physics Summit in Denver, stop by and see the SURF team at Booth #1728. Learn more about the science happening at America’s Underground Lab.

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ICYMI: The February 2026 edition of SURF’s Deeper Talks series covered the low-background counting infrastructure of the Black Hills State University Underground Campus (BHUC).

See the recording: https://t.co/aDMqiNCoAL

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Save the date! #NeutrinoDay returns July 11, 2026 — a city-wide science festival in Lead hosted by the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

We recognize the women and girls whose curiosity, persistence, and work continue to advance world-class science and inspire learning across generations.

#womeninscience #WomenInSTEM #UndergroundScience

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This shot, taken by @sdsmt physics Ph.D. candidate Abbi Elger, shows the view down the pre-analyzing-magnet section of the CASPAR beamline.

Submit a photo for photo of the week to [email protected].

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Congratulations to the 2026 SURF Artist in Residence, Rachel Berg!

We look forward to welcoming Berg back to Lead, SD, this summer and seeing America's Underground Lab through her artistic eye. Learn more about Rachel at https://t.co/hr3PSZ5dB9