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Creative CommonsMines computer science professor Nirmalya Thakur’s accolades include over 120 citations of a recent research paper and the creation of an unbeatable tic-tac-toe game. Now, he wants to use the power of artificial intelligence to directly improve lives. -
Lee Strubinger/SDPBDeep underground a new shaft is being built to bring massive steel beams to a neutrino experiment at the Sanford Underground Lab. The challenge – getting tons and tons of metal nearly a mile deep into an old mine shaft.
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Quantum computing isn’t the future anymore. South Dakota lawmakers want to ensure the state keeps pace with this emerging technology with a quantum research center. -
The Museum of Geology has now been open to the public for 100 years. We learn about the awe-inspiring specimens on display and their scientific significance. -
Twenty-six Attorney Generals asking the Federal Communications Commission to put restrictions on telemarketers using artificial intelligence. -
A teaching technique from a Spearfish classroom has been published in a peer-reviewed journal. We talk to two of the authors about finding the fun in DNA sequencing. -
South Dakota Mines researchers discover microbes that mineralize CO2 from the air into solid rock. Carbon capture and sequestration has been a hot topic in the state for the past year. -
Engineering students from SDSU will progress to the next stage of NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar Challenge. -
Excavation of three underground caverns to study neutrinos in the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead is nearly complete. -
Sanford Underground Research Facility is announcing a new initiative to build more research space in Lead. The building will be located near the main entrance to the underground lab. -
A small earthquake shook the ground near Wakonda, South Dakota. We ask state geologist Tim Cowman what causes these quakes. One cause goes all the way back to the ice age. -
Quantum computing is a piece of the future, and South Dakota Mines received a grant to support their own program.
