Nuclear structure in the FRIB era*

There are approximately 300 stable and 3,000 known unstable (rare) isotopes. Estimates are that over 7,000 different isotopes are bound by the nuclear force. It is now recognized that the properties of rare isotopes hold the key to understanding how to develop a comprehensive and predictive model of atomic nuclei and their reactions. This presentation will give a glimpse of the results concering nuclear structure physics obtained at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) that started operations at Michigan State University in 2022 and put these into the broader context of rare isotope research.