In the News
External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading two nuclear physics research projects within the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing, or SciDAC, program from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. One of the projects is called Nuclear Computational Low-Energy Initiative, or NUCLEI. The other is Exascale Nuclear Astrophysics for FRIB, or ENAF. FRIB refers to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a DOE-supported research, teaching and training center located at Michigan State University.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science is investing in machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to accelerate the speed of research and development in nuclear science. Michigan State University researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams are leading five of these new grant projects.
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at Michigan State University is home to a world-unique particle accelerator designed to push the boundaries of our understanding of nature. Now, FRIB is accelerating that work with a form of artificial intelligence known as machine learning with support from the Office of Nuclear Physics and the Office of High Energy Physics at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.
Nature published an article about a recent publication (“First observation of oxygen-28”). In the publication, the authors state that experiments reveal that the isotope oxygen-28 exists in an unbound state, casting doubt on its magic status. FRIB’s Michael Thoennessen is one of the authors of the publication.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) has awarded $529 million to continue world-leading nuclear science research at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University. The new cooperative agreement provides $529,068,000 over five years to operate FRIB as a DOE-SC user facility to enable unprecedented discovery opportunities envisioned by a user community of 1,800 scientists who support the mission of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics.
A new Oak Ridge National Laboratory study reveals an unforeseen atomic nucleus shape change, using data from the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to explore the long-lasting excited state of sodium-32, challenging nuclear shape and energy correlations.
Timothy Gray of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory led a study that may have revealed an unexpected change in the shape of an atomic nucleus. The study used data collected from the first experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
Using data collected in 2022 from the first experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at Michigan State University, Timothy Gray of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory led a study that may have revealed an unexpected change in the shape of an atomic nucleus. The surprise finding could affect our understanding of what holds nuclei together, how protons and neutrons interact and how elements form.
Using data collected from the first experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Timothy Gray of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory led a study that may have revealed an unexpected change in the shape of an atomic nucleus. The surprise finding could affect our understanding of what holds nuclei together, how protons and neutrons interact and how elements form.
USA Today published the Detroit Free Press article about FRIB ("At an MSU lab, the secrets of the atom—and the universe—are being discovered"), originally published 4 August in the Free Press. (A subscription is required to read the article.)
At a large, new facility on Michigan State University's campus, the boundaries of nuclear science are being taken further than they've ever gone before. And scientists from around the world are lining up to get involved. The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, is a three-decade dream. The $730 million facility took almost 14 years to build, and was made possible by more than $635.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science and $94.5 million from the state of Michigan.
At the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams on Michigan State University's campus, the boundaries of nuclear science are being taken further than they've ever gone before. And scientists from around the world are lining up to get involved. (A subscription is required to read the article.)
