2022 News Archive

FRIB hosts representatives from iThemba LABS in South Africa

FRIB hosts representatives from iThemba LABS in South Africa

On 17-18 November, FRIB hosted representatives from iThemba Laboratories for Accelerator Based Science (LABS) in South Africa. The visit was part of an initiative to create a student exchange program between iThemba LABS and MSU for graduate research students. Read More

FRIB graduate student receives DOE-SC grant

FRIB graduate student receives DOE-SC grant

Michigan State University (MSU) graduate student Julie Butler is the recipient of a highly competitive U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program (SCGSR) grant. Read More

MIT team builds new laser spectroscopy system

MIT team builds new laser spectroscopy system

Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and his team designed and fabricated a new laser spectroscopy system, the Resonant ionization Spectroscopy Experiments (RiSE), for use at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). Read More

Event celebrates 40 years of science at NSCL

Event celebrates 40 years of science at NSCL

On 12 August, the FRIB Laboratory held a special event titled “40 Years of Science at NSCL” to recognize the science resulting from the successful operation of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). Read More

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to open its doors to discovery

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to open its doors to discovery

FRIB will open its doors to discovery with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 2 May. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., have invited guests to the event that will set the stage for beginning FRIB’s scientific mission. Read More

MSU feature highlights FRIB

MSU feature highlights FRIB

Michigan State University has a special feature looking at FRIB, including information on how FRIB produces isotopes, educates the next generation, and accelerates innovation. Read More

Hey neutrino. What’s the antimatter?

Hey neutrino. What’s the antimatter?

New theoretical research from FRIB could help answer looming questions about the ghost-like neutrino particle, including its mass and whether it is its own antiparticle. Read More

DOE-SC Office of Project Assessment holds FRIB CD-4 review 1-2 February

DOE-SC Office of Project Assessment holds FRIB CD-4 review 1-2 February

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) Office of Project Assessment (OPA) held its last independent project review of FRIB 1-2 February. The purpose of the review was to evaluate the project’s readiness for attaining Critical Decision 4 (CD-4) (Approve Project Completion) by 30 June. Read More

MSU video features FRIB's Paul Guèye

MSU video features FRIB's Paul Guèye

Paul Guèye, an associate professor of nuclear physics at FRIB and in the Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Physics and Astronomy, is featured in a new MSU video: Excellence for Impact: Opening Doors to Discovery. Read More