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Submarines help students learn science and engineering
The South Dakota Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduates Program (SD GEAR UP) hosted a four-week summer camp in June 2013 at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) in Rapid City, […]
Read ArticlePublic Universities Rewarded for Research Innovations
From the South Dakota Board of Regents: PIERRE, S.D. – Six university proposals geared to promote research-driven economic development, along with a major collaborative project on security and anti-counterfeiting technology, will benefit from $1 million […]
Read ArticleConverting water to hydrogen fuel using sunlight
Sunlight is widely regarded as the most abundant energy source on Earth. It is clean, free, renewable, and it depletes no fossil fuels.For these reasons, scientists have spent many years developing ways to convert sunlight […]
Read ArticleSanford Lab, BHSU announce $4.2M partnership
By Wendy Pitlick Black Hills Pioneer SPEARFISH — Officials with the Sanford Lab and Black Hills State University have announced plans to combine resources to create a $4.2 million Sanford Science Education Center on the […]
Read ArticleQuick Codes Go Undercover
Quick response (QR) codes are becoming ubiquitous. When read by a cellphone, these small squares of black square dots provide additional details on a product, service or activity. Now, a team of scientists from two […]
Read ArticleEngineering Activities Help to Connect K-12 Students with Complex Science
Hands-on engineering activities are being developed and tested that showcase how the Sanford Underground Research Facility operates. While much of the scientific research of the underground lab in Lead, South Dakota is quite esoteric and […]
Read ArticleStudent research presentation competition winners to attend national conference in Nashville
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Three South Dakota graduate students will be traveling to the 23rd National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Conference to be held in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 3-7, 2013.
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