Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)

@FRIBLab has completed the K500 Chip Testing Facility to address the national microelectronics testing shortage. It boosts FRIB’s potential for innovation and creates hands-on learning opportunities for the next generation of engineers. Read more: spr.ly/6018h9Mjk

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. spr.ly/6013h6epv

FRIB provides graduate students with opportunities for funded research with real-world impact. Graduate assistant Emily Gordon is contributing to a DOE NNSA–supported project exploring improved actinide separation methods. Learn more: spr.ly/6012CYone

Meet Andrew Sanchez. After earning his physics PhD at MSU, he now works at Pajarito Scientific Corporation (PSC) in New Mexico. His path began with the first Nuclear Science Summer School. He’s now stepping into a Radiation Safety Officer role at PSC. spr.ly/6010CEUpO

FRIB and @michiganstateu invite 5–12 graders to enter this year’s Distinguished Trailblazers in the Sciences competition, highlighting scientists and engineers who have made a meaningful impact. Submission deadline is 15 December. Learn more: spr.ly/6017C8ACW

Ready to launch your science career? FRIB graduate students receive personalized instruction from world-class faculty mentors and researchers. Students conduct research and develop skills that will prepare them for a successful career. youtube.com/shorts/yzgIw3T…

Join us this evening at 5:30 p.m. for a concert featuring Mezzo-soprano singer Huizhong Jiang, who will perform Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann, along with selection of other arrangements. Learn more: spr.ly/60017HKCh

How do scientists study exotic nuclei created inside of supernovas? FRIB scientist Artemis Spyrou describes the fundamental “recipe” for studying rare isotopes in the lab in this video produced by #ChETEC-INFRA with support from @NSF. spr.ly/60084QD2O

Join us this evening at 5:30 p.m. for a concert featuring the string ensemble International Chamber Soloists (ICS), along with Dmitri Berlinsky. Learn more: spr.ly/6006ACabq

Two MSU physicists have been selected for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 2025 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators: Jaideep Taggart Singh and Johannes Pollanen. Learn more: spr.ly/6006AxJxg

Please join us tonight, Friday 12 September at 5:30 p.m. for a piano concert featuring Young Hyun Cho, who will play Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas: Nos. 16-18, Op. 31. #AdvancedStudiesGateway Learn more: spr.ly/6000AMAL8

This timelapse shows the construction and testing of the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) at @BerkeleyLab. The instrument will be shipped to FRIB this summer. @LBNLnuclearsci View the timelapse: spr.ly/6006fLvVQ

FRIB graduate assistants Richard Gumbel and Andy Smith have been awarded 2025–2026 Chateaubriand Fellowships. Funded by @CNRS and @FranceScience, @ChateaubriandUS supports U.S. PhD students who seek to conduct part of their research in France. Learn more: spr.ly/6006fxCN8

Congratulations to LLNL's Cole Pruitt for being awarded the 2025 @FRIBLab Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers in theoretical nuclear physics. Pruitt was selected for his work developing uncertainty-quantified optical model potentials. livermorelab.info/3Jfju36

With support from @ENERGY and @NSF, two @FRIBLab grad students explore a #MachineLearning method called Parametric Matrix Models for nuclear research. Their results, which outperform typical AI neural networks, were published in @NatureComms. Learn more: spr.ly/6003fUqh9

🎉 Big news in nuclear science! Major construction of GRETA – the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array – is complete! This precision detector will help scientists unlock the secrets of atomic nuclei. @LBNLnuclearsci newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/08/08/gre…

FRIB Scientific Director Alexandra Gade was awarded the title of University Distinguished Professor by @michiganstateu. The title recognizes MSU faculty members for extraordinary efforts in teaching, public service, and scholarly achievements. Learn more: spr.ly/6004fYJgE

FRIB graduate assistant Brandon Lem has received the 2025-2026 @ENERGY Nuclear National Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship, supported by @NNSANews and @krellinst. Learn more: spr.ly/6000fHmfG

“People like to do DNA tests to see where their ancestors came from,” said @ArtemisSpyrou, a nuclear astrophysicist at @FRIBLab at @michiganstateu. “We’re doing the same with our planet and solar system.”

Gold, silver, and platinum — along with other heavy elements — come from stars. How? “People like to do DNA tests to see where their ancestors came from. We’re doing the same with our planet and solar system.” —Artemis Spyrou, nuclear astrophysicist quantamagazine.org/physicists-sta…