The official Twitter account of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (#FRIB), a @doescience user facility operated by @michiganstateu.
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Researchers from MSU's @FRIBLab are part of a global team studying a special reaction in nuclear physics. This research helps us understand how stars form the element strontium. It’s particularly important because it examines cases where the standard explanations for how strontium forms don’t quite fit.
ALT Nuclear reaction. A red particle impacts \u2078\u2078Kr (red/blue spheres), transforming it into \u2078\u2079Kr, which emits wavy radiation. The background is a blue starfield with a grid containing 'Strontium' and other periodic table symbols like \u2078\u2078Kr, \u2078\u2079Kr.
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From fireworks to ancient stars, strontium has quite a story to tell. Researchers paired @FRIBLab’s SuN detector with unique beams from Argonne’s ATLAS facility to uncover new clues about how the element forms in the universe - bit.ly/4jdZ2iU
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From fireworks to ancient stars, strontium has quite a story to tell. Researchers paired @FRIBLab’s SuN detector with unique beams from Argonne’s ATLAS facility to uncover new clues about how the element forms in the universe - bit.ly/4jdZ2iU
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A longstanding mystery in nuclear physics finally has an answer. Led by @FRIBLab and including @Livermore_Lab authors, a new study reveals why the nuclei of some atoms emit more low-energy gamma rays than they should. livermorelab.info/45yH4zC
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FRIB, in collaboration with @argonne, has been named a U.S. Genesis Mission awardee to develop AI-powered digital twins for heavy-ion accelerators and isotope separators that will improve accelerator operations and advance rare-isotope research.
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@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.
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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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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.
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ALT Alyssa Gaiser and Emily Gordon
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Join us this evening at 5:30 p.m. for a concert featuring the string ensemble International Chamber Soloists (ICS), along with Dmitri Berlinsky.
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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.
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We’re excited to announce the 2025 cohort of the Experimental Physics Investigators – a distinguished group of 22 mid-career researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics!
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#MoorePhysics #SciencePhilanthropy
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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
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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
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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.
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Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) retweeted
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
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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.
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