City Pulse highlights the MSU Science Festival’s STEAM Expo Weekend, which took place 5-6 April 2025. FRIB had a presence at the expo, recreating the nuclei of stars and duplicating their reactions through hands-on activities.
The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Science has approved $49.7 million for MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. MSU will use the funds to build one of the two parts needed for the planned High-Rigidity Spectrometer (HRS), which will significantly expand its ability to conduct research.
One of the nation's premier research facilities located at Michigan State University is getting a multi-million dollar upgrade. Late last month, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science approved $48.5 million for MSU's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science (DOE-SC) has recently approved funding for a significant addition to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University. The department allocated $49.7 million to start the execution of a new instrument, the High-Transmission Beam Line (HTBL), an integral part of the High Rigidity Spectrometer (HRS). This new development marks another step in DOE-SC’s ongoing investment in FRIB, which has received more than $1.5 billion since 2012.
Scientists—including researchers from the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams—measured the energy width of a lithium-7 nucleus in beryllium-7 decay, setting a lower limit on the spatial extent of neutrino wavepackets. The findings provide insights into neutrino properties and weak nuclear decays.