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"Mountains - Hiking - Learning" is the motto of the “Ferienakademie Sarntal” from 17 to 29 September 2017. Until 9 May, Bachelor and Master students from various disciplines can apply. [read more]

The speed of microelectronics is currently limited by heating, as increased speed also increases the power dissipation. Spintronics or Spin-Electronics is a new concept allowing for much higher speed. It is based on the manipulation of the electron spins in magnetic layers buried inside the devices.… [read more]

Ricardo Garcia Soto made a short about what to see at the FRM II, released on Youtube. Ricardo Garcia Soto is a Chilean science author and director of television films, as well as the highly successful Astroblog. He studied astronomy at the University of Chile and completed his education as a… [read more]

More than 6 million Euros has been invested by the European Commission in the development of new nuclear fuel in the framework of the LEU FOREvER (Fuel for REsEarch Reactors) project. Of this, half a million has been set aside for the developments at FRM II. Project partners include research… [read more]

In the next few days the new brochure "Safety first" of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University Munich will be distributed to all households in Garching, Dietersheim (municipality Eching) and Fischerhäuser (municipality Ismaning). [read more]

Scientific pictures often show fantastic motifs – for scientists sometimes not so easy to recognize. For laymen, who do not know the background or genesis, and therefore look at them with a very different look, they reveal a very special beauty that can compete with classical art. Armin Kriele, a… [read more]

Together with the VW-VM research company, a collaboration between VW and VARTA Microbattery, scientists from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ, working group Dr. Ralph Gilles) and the chair of Technical Electrochemistry (Prof. Hubert Gasteiger) of the Technical University of Munich have now… [read more]

Am Donnerstag, 16. März 2017, fiel um 21:12 Uhr ein Gateway-Rechner aus. Infolgedessen hat sich der FRM II drei Minuten später automatisch abgeschaltet. Die betriebliche Leittechnik erhält über diesen Gateway-Rechner zur Visualisierung, Weiterverarbeitung und Archivierung Daten aus dem… [read more]

Mental strength is a success factor for top athletes, and Lea Kleesattel, a trainee at FRM II, recently proved this. From the 6th - 12th March, she took part in the European Championship for pneumatic weapons in Maribor (Slovenia) and surprised with a silver medal in the team competition. This time… [read more]

It is with great sadness that we have to report that Emeritus professor Dr. Tasso Springer has recently passed away at the age of 86. He was one of the first students of Prof. Dr. Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, in whose honour the FRM II and MLZ are named. Together with his mentor, he discovered and… [read more]