About the NSCL Laboratory

The National Science Foundation’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, NSCL, was a national scientific user facility available to scientists from around the world. It allowed scientists to make scientific discoveries about the inner workings of atoms and their role in the universe. It operated for over 40 years, with the first experiment conducted in September 1982. The NSCL equipment has now transitioned to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. Experiments at FRIB began when user operation commenced in May 2022. If you are interested, please take some time to explore the FRIB website, frib.msu.edu.

Message from the NSCL Laboratory Director

Thank you for visiting our website and wanting to learn more about NSCL. The National Science Foundation’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, NSCL, was a national user facility with the mission to allow scientists from all over the world to make scientific discoveries about the inner workings of atoms and their role in the universe. NSCL led in scientific discovery from 1982 to 2022, when operations were completed.

Our mission allowed scientific users to succeed and to educate the next generation of nuclear scientists. Diversity, equity, and inclusion were important components of this mission as well as outreach to the community in which we work.

To learn more about the continued journey to explore atoms and how the universe works, please visit the FRIB website.

Please review the FRIB Code of Conduct