Media Relations

For NSCL media information or issues accessing any of the information below, please contact Geoff Koch by e-mail, or phone 517-333-6482 (office) or 517-648-6682 (cell).

NSCL-related news items

From Detroit News
July 2, 2008
Campaign seeks to land MSU research facility

From Lansing State Journal
July 2, 2008
$1B boost to area possible if MSU lands nuclear lab

From WJR 760 AM
July 2, 2008
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon on the Paul W. Smith Show

From Detroit Free Press
July 1, 2008
Lab could add jobs, millions to state

From Great Lakes IT Report
July 1, 2008
MSU Unveils Push For Half-Billion-Dollar Nuclear Project

From FSU.com (Florida State University)
August 9, 2007
FSU physicist takes a trip to nuclear 'island of inversion'

From Oakland Press (Mich.)
July 31, 2007
OU researcher wins award for DNA work

From The Ottawa Citizen
July 28, 2007
The Elemental Scientist

From MSU News Bulletin
July 26, 2007
Tool to measure speeding nuclei is fast-beam first (PDF, 3.9 mB, Pages 1-2)

From MSU Today magazine
Summer 2007
Think small (PDF, 1.3 mB, Pages 8-11)

From CERN Courier
June 2007
Theory in the computer age

From New Scientist
May 22, 2007
Chemistry of neutron stars modelled for the first time
(NSCL assistant professor Ed Brown is a co-author of the featured journal article)

From The State News
May 18, 2007
Researchers design improved Cyclotron magnet prototype

From MSU Today
May 18, 2007
New magnet may help pull rare isotope science into the future

From CERN Courier
May 2007
Coupled-clusters point to faster computation

From MSU NEWS BULLETIN
April 26, 2007
Neutron star heat helps explain superbursts

From MSU NEWS BULLETIN
April 26, 2007
Filomena Nunes receives 2007 Elsevier Foundation award for her contributions to rare isotope research (PDF, 367 kB)

From Lansing State Journal
April 23, 2007
MSU prof provides insight on atomic nuclei

From The Chronicle of Higher Education (letters to the editor)
April 20, 2007
Undergraduates as Researchers (subscription required)

From Focal Point
April 19, 2007
VIDEO: NSCL is featured as the lead story in television news magazine program that airs twice each month during the academic year (MPG, 260 mB)

From MSU Newsroom (press release)
April 13, 2007
Hotter-than-expected neutron star surfaces help explain superburst frequency

From CERN Courier
April 2007
US looks to new rare-isotope science facility

From MSU NEWS BULLETIN
March 29, 2007
Conversation with C. Konrad Gelbke, director of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory

From AAAS EurekAlert! (press release)
March 14, 2007
Physicists wipe away complexity for a clearer view of heavy nuclei

From The Chris Holman Morning Show
March 7, 2007
AUDIO: Overview of NSCL and discussion of the laboratory's recent environmental award (MP3, 3.9 mB)

From AAAS ScienceCareers.org
March 2, 2007
Making the leap to independence

From The State News
March 2, 2007
Cyclotron wins honor for environmental stewardship

From MSU Newsroom (press release)
February 28, 2007
Michigan State University’s cyclotron laboratory recognized for environmental excellence

From The State News
February 27, 2007
Speech honors women in physics

From MSU NEWS BULLETIN
February 22, 2007
Isotope science to have wide-ranging impact, NSCL researcher says

From 90.5 WKAR News
February 19, 2007
MSU still pushing for cyclotron makeover

From Jack Lessenberry's Essays and Interviews
February 13, 2007
Essay: Superconducting

From Jack Lessenberry's Essays and Interviews
February 13, 2007
Interview: Konrad Gelbke

From Lansing State Journal
February 13, 2007
MSU plan to modify cyclotron still alive (available in newspaper's paid archives or through NSCL's media relations office)

From NSCL Research Highlight
February 2007
Experiment explores elusive properties of symmetry energy (PDF 397 kB)

From CERN Courier
January/February 2007
NSCL reveals plans for $500 million upgrade

From metromode
January 18, 2007
The Real Big Three

From Physics World
January 2007
Thumbs up for slimmed down nuclear science facility
(PDF 72 kB courtesy of physicsweb.org)

From The Great Lakes IT Report
December 19, 2006
MSU seeks $500 million for isotope research center

From Crain's Detroit Business
December 18, 2006
MSU takes new path in seeking $520M for rare isotope research

From Science
December 15, 2006
Japan gets head start in race to build exotic isotope accelerators (subscription required)

From CERN Courer
December 2006
NSF funds NSCL with $100 million

From CERN Courier
December 2006
Nuclear science hits new frontiers

From The State News
November 21, 2006
The 100 million dollar project

From Science
November 17, 2006
HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY TURNS 20: The Next Big Hurdle: Economics (subscription required)

From MSU Newsroom (press release)
November 1 , 2006
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory hosts Sunday open house

From ABC 53 WLAJ
October 26, 2006
VIDEO: One MSU program sets it apart from all other universities (MOV, 5.6 mB; RM, 5.3 mB; WMV, 5.3 mB)

From MSU NEWS BULLETIN
October 26, 2006
NSCL nets $100 million in NSF funds

From The Spartan Podcast
October 26, 2006
National Science Foundation Director Arden Bement visited MSU to award NSCL more than $100 million to fund operations through 2011, highlighting the lab’s status as a world-leading nuclear science facility

From The Spartan Podcast
October 25, 2006
Konrad Gelbke, NSCL director and University Distinguished Professor, talks about pushing the frontiers of knowledge in rare isotope science, training the nation’s next generation of nuclear scientists, and attracting undergraduate students to basic science

From The New York Times
October 17, 2006
Element 118, Heaviest Ever, Reported for 1,000th of a second (subscription required)

From The Associated Press
October 16, 2006
Scientists Create Super-Heavy Element