External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.

  • 20 February 2019
  • Phys.org

A collaboration between FRIB and the Department of Statistics and Probability at MSU estimated the boundaries of nuclear existence by applying statistical analysis to nuclear models, and assessed the impact of current and future FRIB experiments.

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-heavy-nuclei-machine.html
  • 11 February 2019
  • Science Daily

Researchers have measured for the first time the nuclei of three proton-rich calcium isotopes.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190211140039.htm
  • 20 November 2018
  • Engineering News-Record Midwest

The Engineering News-Record Midwest recognized the FRIB Project in the Higher Education/Research category of its 2018 Best Projects award program.

https://www.enr.com/articles/45892-higher-educationresearch-michigan-state-univ…
  • 25 October 2018
  • WKAR

Interview with Dean Lee, a professor of physics at MSU's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.

http://www.wkar.org/post/msu-frib-researcher-dean-lee-works-understand-nature-a…
  • 19 August 2018
  • Lansing State Journal

In 2008, the chant went “Bring FRIB to our crib” – in a bid to construct the world’s leading rare isotope research facility right here in Greater Lansing.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/editorials/2018/08/19/editori…
  • 18 August 2018
  • Lansing State Journal

The Lansing State Journal posted a photo gallery about the 2018 FRIB and NSCL Open House.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2018/08/18/msus-…
  • 15 August 2018
  • Lansing State Journal

A decade ago, MSU defied expectations and beat out a national laboratory for the chance to design and build the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. Some 400 scientists and engineers are now working inside the advanced nuclear research site.

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2018/08/15/decade-later-fr…
  • 12 July 2018
  • Phys.org

Researchers from MSU and the RIKEN Nishina Center in Japan discovered eight new rare isotopes of the elements phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, scandium and, most importantly, calcium.

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-heaviest-calcium-atom-rare-isotopes.html
  • 9 July 2018
  • Digital Journal

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first periodic table of elements. At stages the table has been added to, as new elements are discovered or, these days, ‘manufactured’. Just how far can the table keep growing?

http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/science/essential-science-what-a…
  • 28 June 2018
  • TechCentury

The Engineering Society of Detroit recognized the FRIB Project at its 44th annual ESD Construction and Design Awards. (See pages 16-17 of the magazine.)

https://issuu.com/techcentury/docs/esd-tc-summer2018?e=16402727/62814237
  • 20 June 2018
  • Sci-News.com

At 150 years old, the periodic table of chemical elements is still growing. How far can the periodic table go? Some answers can be found in a paper published in the journal Nature Physics by MSU Professor Witek Nazarewicz.

http://www.sci-news.com/physics/periodic-table-limits-06118.html
  • 20 June 2018
  • Scienmag

The US Department of Energy Office of Science's Office of Nuclear Physics awarded the 'Isotope Development and Production for Research and Applications' grant to an MSU chemistry professor. It is a two-year $356,598 grant.