External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.
Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon voiced disappointment in proposed funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) that is substantially less than previously planned, saying it will extend the duration and cost of the project.
President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget proposal includes $22 million for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, significantly less than the $55 million stipulated in Michigan State University’s original agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy.
US Senator Carl Levin, D-Michigan, announced on Monday his disappointment with diminished federal funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.
Overall, the budget numbers for the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science, the single largest funder of physical sciences research in the United States, look reasonably good. The office would see its budget climb by 2.4% to $4.992 billion. Three of the office's six major research programs, however, are slated for potentially devastating cuts. While programs with connections to clean energy technologies come out ahead, the fusion energy science, nuclear physics, and high-energy physics programs suffer.
Why do we want the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams here? Because you, me, this newspaper, your cell phone, our sun, and everything else in the universe—even man-made elements—are made out of only 92 naturally occurring elements, which are made from protons, electrons, and neutrons.
Amid the trillions of dollars of federal spending, there is a project that will change the course of mid-Michigan’s future – the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams that is in development at Michigan State University.
Konrad Gelbke is the cyclotron lab's director. Thomas Glasmacher is the person managing its most important project, the $615 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, which is 2 1/2 months away from its most important review by the U.S. Department of Energy, the review that will fix the cost, scope and schedule of the project and, if successful, allow MSU to go forward with construction.
Michigan’s economic recovery, well under way, must be constructed on a “knowledge industry” foundation if our state is to fully return to prosperity. The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a federal center for critical nuclear physics research that would be located at Michigan State University, is an important part of that foundation.
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved the first construction phase for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a half-billion-dollar project awarded to MSU by the federal government for nuclear research.
One of Greater Lansing's most important economic development assets is under attack, and without action by leaders in our community, might not get off the drawing board.
Michigan’s congressional delegation should be focused and united in making sure the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams slated for Michigan State University receives the funding it deserves. In a state devastated by the recession, the project is expected to create thousands of badly needed jobs. But equally important is its expected advances in the field of nuclear science, which would bolster this country’s global competitiveness.
ReWorking Michigan examines our evolving economy, as the people of the Great Lakes State explore new ways to make a living and build a future. Today, our reWorking Michigan Monday report looks at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or "F-RIB" on the Michigan State University campus.
