In the News
External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.
A nuclear science research facility at Michigan State University is on track to get the full $100 million requested by the Obama administration to continue construction this fiscal year.
It’s a cutting edge multi-million dollar facility that has scientists and researchers excited. We’re talking about the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, also known as FRIB. Its walls are being built right now on the campus of Michigan State University.
Leaders in Lansing are hoping a new cutting-edge scientific research facility at Michigan State University might lead to an economic boom.
So you have particle, zooming through a particle accelerator at nearly half the speed of light. Your job: To keep it on track so it collides with a target. The collision provides information about such things as how the elements were formed.
The Greater Lansing region is taking steps to develop its fledgling particle acceleration industry. The Lansing Economic Area Partnership has created an action plan to attract new businesses to the region that relate to the research conducted at Michigan State University’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and the work being done at Niowave and Ionetix.
Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon had a surprise for federal officials visiting as part of the 50 Years of Beam program Thursday morning.
Construction is moving ahead of schedule at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University. Sen. Gary Peters toured the project yesterday to see its development firsthand. Current State’s Kevin Lavery spoke with Senator Peters about his observations.
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) toured the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams or FRIB on Monday as part of his bipartisan effort to continue funding to the project and help shape new legislation regarding nation-wide research.
It's full steam ahead on the FRIB. In scientific terms, "What we're going to do is accelerate particles up to half the speed of light, smash those particles onto a target and then produce rare isotopes," said the FRIB's Deputy Project Manager, Paul Mantica.
Construction on MSU's $730 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is nine weeks ahead of schedule and crews are preparing to install the first pieces of technical equipment later this year.
It’s the cutting edge research facility that’s being built at Michigan State University and its future could unlock breakthroughs in medicine, national security and even our understanding of the universe.
Freshman Sen. Gary Peters made his first major speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, urging the federal government to make significant investments in basic research.
