The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long baseline neutrino experiment, which will measure the oscillation probabilities of neutrinos and antineutrinos at unprecedented precision to quantify the Charge-Parity (CP) violation in the leptonic sector. These measurements require a precision detector calibration that constrains the uncertainties from relevant detector...
Kritika Thakur1, Chirag Abrol2, David R. Salem1, and Rajesh K. Sani1,2, Tanvi Govil1
1 Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD, USA
2 Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD, USA
In the quest for sustainable biopolymers, Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) stand out for their...
In the United States, addressing the detrimental effects of freeze-thaw phenomena on highway infrastructure alone costs approximately $2 billion annually. Frost-heave and thaw-weakening pose significant challenges to civil infrastructure in cold regions. Psychrophiles have evolved a range of adaptations to cope with the stresses imposed by freeze-thaw cycles. This research project presents the...
A biofilm is a layer of microbial cells associated with a surface enclosed in an extracellular polymeric matrix. Research in biofilms is associated with the benefits and drawbacks of its growth, which include roles in bioremediation and wastewater treatment as the pros and influence on human health as the cons. We have initially grown biofilms on a glass surface and subsequently obtained its...
1 Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD, USA
2 Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD, USA
Sustainable production of biofertilizers offers an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical fertilizers, mitigating runoff and reducing industrial production. Here, we propose...
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a long-baseline neutrino experiment that will send an intense beam of neutrinos through two particle detectors: a near detector located at Fermilab (Chicago), and far detector located at ~1.5 km underground at Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota.
The first far detector module (FD1) will employ Horizontal Drift (HD)...
Hints of neutrino oscillations were first apparent in the solar electron neutrino deficit observed by the Davis Solar Neutrino experiment in the Homestake Mine (Lead, SD). Subsequent experiments showed that neutrinos oscillate - proving they are massive. This, paired with the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) effect explaining how matter alters oscillations, allows for a full explanation of...
When completed, the far detector of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), which will be located nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD, will be the world’s largest and most advanced liquid argon time projection chamber-based neutrino detector. DUNE's goal is to answer open questions on neutrino properties and to explore potential...
Global nutrient demand, economic pressures, and declining crop prices drive fertilizer demand, necessitating sustainable solutions to safeguard soil, crop, and environmental health. To address these concerns, we aim to develop a microbial-based bio-fertilizer for the agricultural industry, mitigating chemical fertilizer's environmental and socio-economic impacts. The objective of the research...
Abstract: The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) is a 26-ton water Cherenkov neutrino detector along the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. Its primary physics goals are the measurement of final-state neutron yield of neutrino interactions and of charged-current cross section of muon neutrinos. ANNIE is also a prime staging ground for up-and-coming technologies...
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) demonstrate remarkable metabolic adaptability spanning various environments, including marine sediments, wastewater systems, and oil reservoirs, highlighting their substantial metabolic flexibility influenced by the variability in pH conditions. Nevertheless, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying their adaptation strategy remain elusive. Investigating the...
Jasmeet Kaur1, Antonia Gibbs2, Tanvi Govil2, and Rajesh K. Sani1,2
1 Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, SD,
USA
2 Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota Mines,
Rapid City, SD, USA
Sustainable agriculture holds immense promise in meeting the food demands of our ever-expanding global population....
In the standard model of particle physics (SM), the neutrino is an elementary particle that is significantly lighter than other massive particles and can exist in one of three flavor or mass states. Because of this, neutrinos can change states as they undergo a process called neutrino oscillations. Neutrino-oscillation parameters have been measured in many experiments and are mostly consistent...
