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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 a new online Interactive Map with you in mind. Browse through the step-by-step process of how rare isotopes are produced, how they are studied, and the machines that make it happen.

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 phenomena—accreting neutron stars.

Upcoming Seminars

The European Spallation Source & the Challenge of Designing Its Cryomodules.
Wolfgang Hees, The European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden
February 13, 1:00 PM
Special Seminar


A Many-Body Approach to Nuclear Structure
Alexandros Gezerlis, University of Washington
February 14, 11:00 AM
Theory Seminar


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NSCL Features

PAC-37 Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposals for consideration at the 37th meeting of the NSCL Program Advisory Committee (PAC) was sent to NSCL users yesterday. Click here to access the Call for Proposals (pdf) and here to get the Proposal Elements form (doc). The deadline for receipt of proposals is April 13. The PAC-37 meeting will be on May 21-22. Joseph Natowitz of Texas A&M University is the incoming PAC member. He will join continuing members Ani Aprahamian (University of Notre Dame), David Dean (ORNL), Christopher J.

The 2012 Graduate Brochure is Here!

The 2012 Graduate Brochure is here! Inside, you will find everything you need to know about applying and attending graduate school at NSCL and MSU. From faculty profiles to a profile of the city and campus, from the application process to the careers available to graduates, you'll find it all right here.

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)

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In mid 2009, Michigan State University and the Department of Energy Office of Science signed a cooperative agreement to design a build a new $615 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). Learn more at the FRIB website.

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