A taxpayer’s guide to the galaxy
April 6, 2013 in The Daily Republic
Researchers trying to parlay South Dakota’s $44 million mine bet into scientific gold.
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Scientists ready dark matter search at Homestake lab
February 1, 2013 in The Daily Republic
LEAD (AP) Scientists hoping to detect dark matter deep in a former South Dakota gold mine are hoping to flip the switch on their experiment next month.
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Dark-matter detector has new home in South Dakota
July 13, 2012 in The Daily Republic
LEAD (AP) After a painstakingly slow two-day move from the earth’s surface, the world’s most sensitive dark-matter detector has a new home nearly a mile underground in a shuttered South Dakota gold mine.
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South Dakota gold town becomes scientific hub
May 30, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
LEAD, S.D. (AP) Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe. Continue Reading
New lab turns Homestake gold town into scientific hub
May 30, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Wednesday, when part of the closed Homestake Gold Mine officially becomes an underground campus, Lead’s name will be known in scientific circles as the place where the elusive stuff called dark matter might finally be detected. Continue Reading
Dark matter lab moves underground in South Dakota
March 19, 2012 in The Daily Republic
LEAD (AP) Scientists will begin the process to move the most sensitive dark matter detector in the world into the Davis Cavern of the Sanford Lab later this month. Continue Reading
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