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The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum and FRM II took part in the Garching Autumn Days with a newly designed stand. In addition to numerous citizens of the university town, Garching's mayor also informed himself about current research at the MLZ. [read more]

Under the motto "Physics and Technology Made Easy" the MLZ, the physics department of the TUM as well as the Gerda Stetter Foundation organized three very informative and eventful project days especially for girls at Bavarian schools during the summer holidays. From 26 to 28 August, the twelve girls… [read more]

Im Zuge der Vorbereitung zur geplanten Instandhaltung an einer Primärpumpe sollten Ersatzwellen für die Schwungscheibeneinheit beschafft werden. Dabei ist aufgefallen, dass drei bereits gelieferte Wellen aus früheren Ersatzteilbeschaffungen eine Abweichung vom spezifizierten Werkstoffzustand… [read more]

Cobalt is expensive, highly reactive, and geographically limited, where it is often mined under conditions that violate human rights. Therefore, enormous efforts have been undertaken to reduce the amount of cobalt in Li-ion batteries. Developing a cobalt-free battery is the next goal. [read more]

We owe the ever better performance of mobile phones, cordless screwdrivers, and electric cars to lithium-ion batteries. With higher energy densities, however, the safety of rechargeable batteries must still to be guaranteed. The German-American battery project, LISI, is therefore investigating the… [read more]

On 13 June 2019 Prof. Dr. Otto Schärpf, a gifted experimental physicist, universal scholar and priest in the Jesuit Order, passed away at the age of 89. In the community of neutron scatterers he gained international fame as a pioneer of polarization analysis. Since 1991 he was a member of the… [read more]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is participating in the construction of two measuring instruments at the European Spallation Neutron Source (ESS) in Sweden. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding this project, with material and human resources, to the tune of… [read more]

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding 16 projects at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) with around 13 million euros. The funding is awarded for joint research projects that will construct and expand measuring instruments for neutron and positron research over a period… [read more]

Technische Universität München as operator of the neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) actively participates in international fuel research with the aim to develop new nuclear fuels with lower enrichment and increased uranium density for high performance research reactors such as the FRM II.… [read more]

The two TUM institutes, Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) and Radiochemie München (RCM), have applied to the District Office of Munich for a higher water law permit. In a public hearing on 23 July 2019 in the Ismaninger Bürgersaal, objectors and affected parties were able to… [read more]