More than 1,000 researchers from around the world will come to use Michigan State University's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams once it's finished in 2022. But first, they'll need to have their research work approved. That process will begin in the spring of 2020, when FRIB hosts a proposal preparation workshop. A subscription to the Lansing State Journal is required to view this article.

After more than five years of construction, Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, often referred to as FRIB, is nearing completion. A subscription to the Lansing State Journal is required to view this article.

By crafting massive versions of sodium, neon, and other elements, physicists are testing what's possible—and impossible—in nature.

The maximum number of neutrons that can be packed into fluorine and neon isotopes have been determined by nuclear physicists working on an experiment in Japan. These are the first new measurements of the neutron dripline in 20 years and could provide physicists with important information about how to model the atomic nucleus.

Researchers have identified the largest possible isotopes of fluorine and neon, extending the neutron “dripline” for the first time in 20 years.