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An international team including Yishui Zhou, Dr. Yixi Su, and researchers from the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) has achieved major advances in magnetic materials with strong potential for future electronic and quantum technologies. One study… [read more]

From day one, Prof. Dr. Stephan Paul, as he says, “took the research reactor to his heart,” sat on the MLZ supervisory board, and helped develop the scientific instruments. Now, the professor of hadron and particle physics with neutrons at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been awarded… [read more]

To better understand the dynamics and phase behaviour of protein mixtures under cell-like conditions, a research group from Lund investigated the crystalline proteins of the eye lens at the MLZ. Using neutrons, they showed that macroscopic properties can be predicted surprisingly well using simple… [read more]

It is Rudi Vesely’s last day. At least in his job as a gatekeeper at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II). For seven years, he has been handing out keys, opening the barrier, and issuing visitor passes. It’s a job with a lot of responsibility—one that Rudi Vesely has handled… [read more]

Dendrites are considered the most dangerous destroyers of lithium batteries - tiny metal structures that can cause short circuits. A research team at TUM has now discovered that such structures can form not only at the electrodes but also in polymer-based electrolytes. This new finding is crucial… [read more]

A newly developed prototype at MLZ 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, could… [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]

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]