Detective work: Tracking hydrogen absorption in real time
© Jan Greune, MCQST ; Bernhard Ludewig, FRM II / TUM

Bird’s-eye view of the FRM II research site. — 1.4 million euros for AI research at the MLZ: four projects have received funding from the BMFTR.
© TUM

There was a huge turnout for the guided tours and stalls at the open day.
© FRM II / TUM

An international research team with Jitae Park at the MLZ reports that the modeled storage lifetime of liquid hydrogen has more than tripled.
© Wolfgang Filser, TUM and ChatGPT

Dr Theresia Heiden-Hecht and Dr Tobias Neuwirth from the MLZ receive awards by the Komitee Forschung mit Neutronen (KFN).
© Bernhard Ludewig, FRM II / TUM

How can non-destructive testing methods enable more sustainable production?
© Laura Richter, FRM II / TUM

Instrument scientist Dr Alexandros Koutsioumpas works on the MARIA neutron reflectometer and a tractor with one person on board is driving across a field and ploughing the soil — New research has revealed how soil bacteria activate the immune defences of plants.
© Wenzel Schuermann / TUM and Pixabay, PublicDomainImages

Prof. Andreas Meyer will take over from Prof. Christian Pfleiderer as Scientific Director of FRM II on 1 October.
© Laura Richter, FRM II / TUM; Astrid Eckert, TUM

Multitasking between helium and magnets: Our sample environment team visited the PSI.
© PSI

The children from the Nachbarschaftshilfe Garching have lots of questions: How many neutrons can fit on a football pitch? And how can a train float upside down?
© Esther Schmid, FRM II / TUM

Researchers have used neutrons to observe the breakdown of PET by bacterial enzymes – which could enable plastic to be recycled more quickly.
© Bernhard Ludewig, FRM II / TUM and (created using AI, edited by) Reiner Müller, FRM II / TUM

Together with VARTA AG and BASF, international researchers including the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum have tracked what happens to lithium inside large, industry-relevant battery cells as they age.
© Bernhard Ludewig, FRM II / TUM and Andreas Heddergott, TUM

New research consortium: Testing materials for fusion power plants
© Laura Richter, FRM II/TUM

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Forschungs-Neutronenquelle
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)

The Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) is a Corporate Research Center of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) located on the premises of the modern research campus in Garching. Here, neutrons and positrons enable a wide range of applications in research, industry and medicine: from developing new technologies, such as batteries for electric cars, to precise anti-cancer drugs.

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Events

02.11.2026

Crystal structure in Materials Science (Seminar: Neutrons in Research and Industry)

23.11.2026

Seeing Inside the Battery: Neutron Scattering as a Window into Electrochemical Processes (Seminar: Neutrons in Research and Industry)

02.12.2026

MLZ User Meeting 2026 (Conference)

04.12.2026

Takin Workshop (DEVA Workshop)

14.12.2026

Information Field Theory Concepts & Astrophysical Applications (Seminar: Neutrons in Research and Industry)

26.07.2027

14th International Conference on Highly Frustrated Magnetism HFM27 (Conference)

10.09.2028

21st International Conference on Positron Annihilation (Conference)

News

In a joint multi-disciplinary study, MLZ-collaborators have analyzed in real time how hydrogen enters thin layers of metal. Main author, Dr. Laura Guasco, and her colleague and co-author Dr. Sabine Pütter talk…

From language models and autonomous experiments to machine learning: four research projects at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) are receiving funding of around 1.4 million euros from the Federal Ministry…

406 adults and 80 children toured the research neutron source during the campus-wide Open House and “Mouse Day.” In addition, several hundred curious visitors stopped by the booths of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz…