News Archive
News Archive
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| Lab Launches Interactive Map |
Confused about what the lab does or how all the pieces fit together? Want to visit the lab and walk through the elements to see how they all fit together, but can't make it to East Lansing? The lab recently launched... |
| Rare Isotope Time Trial Gives Insight to Neutron Star Heat Source |
The recent measurement of the mass of the short-lived rare isotope manganese-66 has made it possible for nuclear astrophysicists to pin down the underlying heating elements of one of the universe’s most fantastic... |
| MSU Sponsors 2012 U.S. Particle Accelerator School in Grand Rapids |
MSU is sponsoring the 2012 Summer Session of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School that is being held in Grand Rapids. The US Particle Accelerator School is a national graduate program that provides graduate-level... |
| Nickel-56 Gives the 411 on Type 2 and 1a Supernova |
“We are made of star stuff.” – Carl Sagan. The quote isn’t some fantastic claim made by a science fiction writer. A lot of the “stuff” found on earth is created in stars. Two astronomical phenomena that are... |
| Hunting the Mass of a Neutrino |
Roughly 65 billion neutrinos from the sun pass through every square centimeter of the Earth every second without making the slightest impact. Besides being mind-boggling small and cruising around at nearly the speed... |
| Paul Mantica Awarded University Distinguished Professorship |
Paul Mantica, Professor of Chemistry and Associate Director for Operations, was among the 10 people recently awarded a University Distinguished Professorship from Michigan State University. Given in recognition of... |
| Fighting for Subatomic Independence |
Mechanism behind correlations of protons in neutron-rich nuclei revealed Protons and neutrons typically enjoy a peaceful coexistence, bound together in the nuclei of all matter. In the nuclear... |
| MSU to Provide Talent for National Nuclear Security Pipeline |
With the threat posed by the potential proliferation of nuclear weapons, the Federal government is taking steps to ensure the safety of the nation and the entire world. And Michigan State University will be there to... |
| First beam accelerated to full energy through the beta=0.041 ReA cryomodules at Michigan State University |
On Thursday, June 2, an ion beam was accelerated through the beta=0.041 cryomodules for the first time at ReA, the reaccelerator at MSU. ReA is a superconducting linac designed to accelerate rare isotope beams... |
| Nature Article Advocates New Machines for Nuclear Science |
The field of nuclear physics has come a long way since Ernest Rutherford first published his discovery of the atomic nucleus 100 years ago this month, but there is still a long ways to go. While high energy machines... |
