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News Archive

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NSCL Professor Named IEEE Fellow for Linear Accelerator Work	After three decades of developing linear accelerators for nuclear and particle physics, Stanley O. Schriber was selected as fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Only 1% of IEEE's...
NSCL Professor Receives MSU Distinguished Faculty Award	Michigan State University has recognized Michael Thoennessen with the 2005 Distinguished Faculty Award for his pioneering work in the area of rare isotope physics. His group constructed two cutting-edge rare-...
World Year of Physics 2005	The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory celebrates the World Year of Physics 2005. The World Year of Physics is endorsed by the United Nations. Activities around the world reach out to the public and...
Diamonds are forever	Researchers at NSCL and MSU's physics department developed a particle detector made from single-crystal diamond that will significantly extend the capabilities of conventional detection technology. The diamond is...
Fast beams brought to rest	The Low Energy Beam and Ion Trap (LEBIT) group at the NSCL performed the first high-precision Penning trap mass measurement at a fragmentation facility with the nucleus Ca-38. Ca-38 ions produced at the NSCL...
P. Gregers Hansen Obituary	Peder Gregers Hansen, an outstanding leader in experiments with nuclei far from stability, died of multiple myeloma on July 20, 2005 in Lansing, Michigan. Gregers was born on January 11, 1933 in Svendborg on...
Half-life of Ni-78 Established	Researchers at the NSCL have established the half-life of the doubly-magic nucleus Ni-78. This exotic nickel isotope has 14 more neutrons than the most neutron-rich, stable nickel isotope found on earth. As...
"Magic" Nucleus Silicon-42	A collaboration of researchers from Florida State University, the NSCL, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Surrey (UK) used rare isotope beams from the Coupled Cyclotron Facility for a...
David Morrissey named University Distinguished Professor	David J. Morrissey has been named University Distinguished Professor by Michigan State University's Board of Trustees upon recommendation of University President Simon. An MSU professor since 1981, Dave's "...