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A newly developed prototype at FRM II enables complex microbeam therapy for the first time, allowing it to be performed at a distance of only one and a half meters. Until now, this new form of radiation therapy, which enables better tumor control and fewer side effects than conventional methods,… [read more]

Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry, long-standing Scientific Director of the FRM II and at the MLZ, has been the new spokesperson for the Senior Excellence Faculty of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since 1 December 2025. [read more]

An important step has been taken in the conversion of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to low-enriched nuclear fuel: two fuel plates made of a monolithic uranium-molybdenum alloy have been successfully irradiated. This marks the… [read more]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is committed to nuclear research. On 15 October 2025, Dr. Christian Reiter was appointed to the newly created professorship of Applied Nuclear Technologies at the TUM School of Engineering and Design as part of the Bavarian master plan to promote nuclear… [read more]

Dr. Ivana Pivarníková from the Advanced Materials group, who completed her PhD at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), has received the Edward Steers Memorial Award for Best Glow Discharge Paper. The award recognises her rigorous experimental work and method validation that advance battery… [read more]

The 14th SasView Contributor Camp brought together students, postdocs, established researchers, and software engineers in Garching for a week-long hackathon designed to advance SasView, the open-source software for analysing small-angle scattering data. [read more]

A research team led by Professor Samuel Stranks at the University of Cambridge has observed ultrafast quantum phenomena in a simple, low-cost semiconductor material – a breakthrough that could make future quantum devices faster and more affordable. The necessary X-ray measurements were carried out… [read more]

The United Nations has declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, marking 100 years since the birth of quantum mechanics. Fittingly, this October saw Garching become a hub of international exchange on the frontiers of quantum materials, as over 70 researchers from around… [read more]

The universe consists of significantly more matter than current theories can explain. The use of ultracold neutrons allows fundamental physical questions such as these to be investigated. [read more]

A team of scientists based at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) has taken an important step toward developing safer and more efficient batteries. Their research reveals how sodium ions diffuse and migrate through a promising class of solid materials known as NASICONs. The findings, published in… [read more]