In the News
External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.
Congressman Mike Bishop and Congressman John Moolenaar both issued statements to advocate for the full funding request of $97.2 million for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at MSU.
he Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will get the full amount of federal funding requested under a bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee. The spending bill includes $97.2 million for construction of the FRIB at Michigan State University.
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is a major new scientific user facility under construction in the United States for nuclear science research with beams of rare isotopes. FRIB is funded by the United States Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) and is located on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. FRIB will support the mission of the Office of Nuclear Physics in the DOE-SC.
Among the potential cuts: $17 million of the $97 million earmarked for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a state-of-the-art nuclear physics laboratory at Michigan State University being hyped as the future of cancer research, medical imaging and national defense.
In the Energy Department budget, President Donald Trump calls for cutting nearly $20 million in funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.
A proposed $17 million cut in federal funding for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams next year would push back the project’s completion and increase costs, according to the project's director.
The Senate Energy and Technology Committee Thursday unanimously approved State Sen. Rick Jones’ resolution urging Congress to continue funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.
Imagine being able to view microscopic aspects of a classical nova, a massive stellar explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star, in a laboratory rather than from afar via a telescope. Cosmic detonations of this scale and larger created many of the atoms in our bodies, said MSU's Christopher Wrede, who presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
Imagine being able to view microscopic aspects of a classical nova, a massive stellar explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star, in a laboratory rather than from afar via a telescope. Cosmic detonations of this scale and larger created many of the atoms in our bodies, said MSU's Christopher Wrede.
To determine how the universe’s heavy elements—gold, silver and many others—came about, a team of international researchers is studying both the largest and smallest things known to us—stars and atoms. The team, led by scientists from MSU, is providing critical data to computer models of what are known as stellar events—supernovas and neutron stars mergers, to be exact.
Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how our galaxy formed. The astronomers are part of JINA-CEE—the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics – Center for the Evolution of the Elements—which is headquartered at MSU.
Nearly 4,000 members of the public attended the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory open house on Aug. 20. The "Rare Access” event included activities, demonstrations, presentations and tours.
