Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

02/20/2026

Michigan State University marked the inauguration of the K500 Chip Testing Facility at FRIB with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 19 February. By upgrading the K500 cyclotron, FRIB offers testing capabilities that ensure the resilience of electronics used in aerospace, defense, and communications.

The facility boosts FRIB’s potential for innovation and creates hands-on learning opportunities for the next generation of engineers.

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01/26/2026

Graduate students at FRIB aren’t just learning—they’re leading and contributing to published peer-reviewed science.

One recent example: A research team, led by two FRIB graduate students, developed a new machine-learning method for nuclear modeling.

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01/20/2026

01/05/2026

FRIB offers graduate students opportunities to participate in funded research with real-world impact.

Emily Gordon, graduate assistant at FRIB, is contributing to a new U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration–supported project exploring improved methods for separating actinide elements.

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12/12/2025

Meet Andrew Sanchez. After earning his PhD in physics at MSU, Sanchez now applies his skills at Pajarito Scientific Corporation (PSC) in New Mexico.

His nuclear science journey started with the first-ever Nuclear Science Summer School (NS3), and now he’s stepping into a Radiation Safety Officer role at PSC.

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12/11/2025

FRIB and Michigan State University present this year’s Distinguished Trailblazers in the Sciences competition!

Pre-college students are invited to create video presentations about scientists and engineers who have made a meaningful impact to nuclear science, accelerator science, and accelerator engineering and deserve recognition. Submission deadline is 15 December.

Learn more: http://spr.ly/6188C8ACo

12/03/2025

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10/24/2025

How do scientists study exotic nuclei that normally only exist inside of supernovas? FRIB scientist Artemis Spyrou describes the fundamental “recipe” for creating and examining rare isotopes in the FRIB laboratory in just billionths of a second.

Created with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), this video is part of the “Astronuclear Nibbles” outreach series produced by the European nuclear astrophysics community (ChETEC-INFRA).

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10/13/2025

Two MSU physicists have been selected for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 2025 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators: Jaideep Taggart Singh, associate professor of physics at FRIB and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Johannes Pollanen, the Cowen Distinguished Chair in Experimental Physics and associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

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09/24/2025

08/23/2025

This timelapse shows the construction and testing of the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) at Berkeley Lab. This advanced nuclear detector is now ready to be shipped and installed at FRIB. GRETA will transform how scientists explore – with unprecedented resolution – the inner workings of the short-lived rare isotopes only available at FRIB.

The project team at Berkeley Lab will ship the instrument to FRIB this summer.

This timelapse video shows the construction and testing of GRETA at Berkeley Lab. Credit: GRETA collaborationMore Berkeley Lab news: http://newscenter.lbl.go...

08/23/2025

FRIB graduate assistants Richard Gumbel and Andy Smith have been awarded 2025–2026 Chateaubriand Fellowships, which support U.S. PhD students who seek to carry out part of their research in France.

Both Gumbel and Smith will conduct their research in France starting in September, at L2IT and IJCLab respectively.

Their participation is supported by funding from the French Embassy in the U.S., CNRS, and Université Paris-Saclay.

Learn more about Gumbel, Smith, and their research: spr.ly/6006fxCN8