The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) accelerates heavy-ion beams at beam power up to 400 kilowatts into a target to create rare isotopes for scientific research. A charge stripper plays an essential role in this process. ...
General Physics
Sep 9, 2022
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The synthesis and study of radioactive compounds are naturally difficult due to the extreme toxicity of the materials involved, but also because of the cost and scarcity of research isotopes.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 1, 2022
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Michigan State researchers have helped peer inside a nova—a type of astrophysical nuclear explosion—without leaving Earth.
General Physics
May 18, 2022
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In collaboration with an international team of researchers, Michigan State University (MSU) has helped create the world's lightest version—or isotope—of magnesium to date.
Condensed Matter
Dec 23, 2021
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A team of researchers, including scientists from the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU), have solved the case of zirconium-80's ...
General Physics
Nov 25, 2021
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An international team performed the world's first measurement of how the size of the radium nucleus modifies the structure of molecules containing different radium isotopes. The research used a combination of lasers and ion ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 18, 2021
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Michigan State University's Witold Nazarewicz has a simple way to describe the complex work he does at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB.
General Physics
Apr 9, 2021
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A rare isotope in high demand for treating cancer is now more available to pharmaceutical companies developing and testing new drugs.
Materials Science
Mar 26, 2021
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A new method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory proves one effort's trash is another's valuable isotope.
General Physics
Mar 11, 2021
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Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have discovered that one of the most important reactions in the universe can get a huge and unexpected boost inside exploding stars known as supernovae.
General Physics
Dec 2, 2020
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