Mchigan professor (Gordon Kane) beats Stephen Hawking in a bet!

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<p>Not to take anything away from Michigan, in fact, I was thinking of posting a similar thread at MSU’s forum a week earlier. However, know that besides University of Michigan, there are more than a handful of institutions around the globe claim their contribution to the discovery of Higgs-Boson Particle. </p>

<p>The state of Michigan alone has UofM, MSU and even Wayne State claimed contributions based on a brief google news search. Other schools such as Notre Dame, Chicago to Virginia all had claimed involvement as CERN is a multi-national, multi-institutional cooperation / operation. </p>

<p>Nonetheless, the consensus amongst the academics for this type of accelerated isotope research in the United States is clear that Michigan State’s NSCL / FRIB is / will be the future of American Nuclear Physics especially in terms of new particle discovery, bar none!!</p>

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FRIB construction is set to finish around 2020, according to the construction and facility managers, and if the project moves forward with the proper funding, this could be a pivotal step in nuclear physics, placing MSU at the forefront of nuclear research along with the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, in Switzerland.</p>

<p>Development of the new facility has gained recent support after the discovery of the Higgs boson particle, which is said to be the reason particles have mass.</p>

<p>The discoveries that could be made by researchers in FRIB could change current scientific thought about nuclear physics and molecular biology. As researchers in FRIB make these new discoveries, it will give the university greater recognition as an integral part of research in nuclear physics, affirming the university still believes in the importance of academics and research.</p>

<p>U.S. lawmakers and MSU should continue to move forward with this project. Upon its proposed completion in 2020, the facility will help gain MSU recognition as one of the main research facilities for nuclear physics.</p>

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<p>Source: [The</a> State News :: FRIB will gain worldwide regard](<a href=“http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2012/07/frib_will_gain_worldwide_regard]The”>FRIB will gain worldwide regard - The State News)</p>