In the News

External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.

  • 20 January 2014
  • Michigan Radio

A massive physics research project at Michigan State University is expected to break ground this spring.

http://michiganradio.org/post/spring-groundbreaking-expected-physics-project-ms…
  • 20 January 2014
  • The Detroit News

A massive physics research project at Michigan State University is expected to break ground this spring. The Lansing State Journal reports that there is $55 million allocated for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in the federal budget. Plans call for more than $160 million in construction costs alone over the next four years.

  • 18 January 2014
  • Lansing State Journal

On a Wednesday morning two years ago, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the Detroit Economic Club that the recently bailed out auto industry “must innovate or be overtaken.”

  • 16 January 2014
  • Office of Representative Mike Rogers

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (MI-08) , today announced that the Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act contains $55 million in funding for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University.

  • 14 January 2014
  • MLive

It appears as though all systems are go for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University.

http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/01/michigan_state_frib_project…
  • 14 January 2014
  • Office of Senator Debbie Stabenow

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin announced the new appropriations bill released today will include their full request for funding for Michigan State University's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) project.

  • 13 January 2014
  • Office of Senator Carl Levin

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin of Michigan announced the new appropriations bill released today will include their full request for funding for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotopic Beams (FRIB) project.

  • 13 January 2014
  • Lansing State Journal

An omnibus appropriations bill released Monday includes $55 million in funding for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotopic Beams (FRIB) project.

  • 13 August 2013
  • The Daily Tribune

It’s always good news when Congress takes big steps to help boost scientific research. And it’s even better when those steps lean on Michigan’s world-class research universities.

  • 8 August 2013
  • Huron County View

A groundbreaking nuclear science project at Michigan State University has passed a key milestone, receiving approval for project cost and a construction timeline from the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin announce.

https://huroncountyview.mihomepaper.com/articles/senators-stabenow-levin-announ…
  • 5 August 2013
  • ScienceInsider

On 1 August, the Department of Energy (DOE) approved the “baseline” cost and schedule for construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a straight-shot linear accelerator in the works at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

https://www.science.org/content/article/isotope-accelerator-gets-green-light-al…
  • 4 August 2013
  • The State News

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a timeline and cost for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at MSU, a show of confidence in what the project ultimately will yield for the campus and the state of Michigan.

http://statenews.com/article/2013/08/investing-in-frib-positive-for-msu-state-o…