External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.

  • 10 February 2021
  • Yahoo News

A $13 million project is aiming to harvest isotopes at Michigan State's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.

  • 2 February 2021
  • Physics World

Creating a new cutting-edge accelerator isn’t cheap or easy. But the upcoming Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in Michigan promises great things for nuclear physicists, especially those with applications in mind.

https://prod-physicsworld-iop.content.pugpig.com/blog/2021/01/27/the-beams-at-t…
  • 28 January 2021
  • Newswise

Scientists have identified three distinct shapes in stable nickel-64, a stable isotope of nickel. This discovery increases the predictive power of such nuclear structure calculations for nuclei that can only be reached at next-generation rare-isotope facilities such as the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.

https://www.newswise.com/doescience/stable-nickel-64-nuclei-take-three-distinct…
  • 3 December 2020
  • Futurity

One of the most important reactions in the universe can get a huge and unexpected boost inside exploding stars known as supernovae, according to new research. Luke Roberts, an assistant professor at FRIB and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University, implemented the computer code that the team used to model the environment inside a supernova.

https://www.futurity.org/supernova-carbon-atoms-2481572/
  • 2 December 2020
  • ScienceDaily

Michigan State University researchers have discovered that one of the most important reactions in the universe can get a huge and unexpected boost inside exploding stars known as supernovae. This finding also challenges ideas behind how some of the Earth's heavy elements are made.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201202192713.htm
  • 19 November 2020
  • Phys.org

The nuclear theory research of Saori Pastore, assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, directly complements experimental work in the national nuclear and particle physics program, like the work that will be conducted at FRIB.

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-nuclear-nuclei.html
  • 30 October 2020
  • WKAR

In this radio interview, FRIB Laboratory Director Thomas Glasmacher explains how FRIB works and what it means for FRIB to be a user facility for the Office of Nuclear Physics in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.

https://www.wkar.org/post/msu-s-frib-cutting-edge-science-and-developing-next-g…
  • 23 October 2020
  • MSUToday

Michigan State University not only has the nation’s top nuclear physics program, it’s also home to one of the field’s most prolific authors, B. Alex Brown. The professor of physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, who also works at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, has published over 800 papers during his career, including a paper 30 years ago that still shapes the way people talk about nuclear science today. The prominent journal Physical Review C is featuring that paper in a special collection of articles to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2020/celebrating-milestone-in-nuclear-physics
  • 30 September 2020
  • WKAR

The U.S. Department of Energy has designated the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility. U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced the designation at a special ceremony held at MSU in a tent adjacent to FRIB on the 29th of September. DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar was on hand for the ceremony.

https://www.wkar.org/post/us-department-energy-designates-frib-doe-office-scien…
  • 29 September 2020
  • MLive

U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette traveled to East Lansing to officially designate Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams as a user facility under the Office of Science.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/09/michigan-states-frib-gets-officia…
  • 29 September 2020
  • Lansing State Journal

A $730 million state-of-the-art nuclear science research facility at Michigan State University got federal approval to welcome scientists from around the world and remains on target to open in 2022. MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams gained its official certification as an Energy Office of Science user facility from the U.S. Department of Energy.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2020/09/29/michigan-state-msu-fr…
  • 29 September 2020
  • WKAR

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University has reached another milestone on its journey towards completion. “FRIB,” as it’s commonly known, has been designated as a user facility by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science. That means researchers from around the world will have access to the giant particle accelerator that will produce rare isotopes not otherwise found in nature.

https://www.wkar.org/post/energy-secretary-designates-f-rib-user-facility