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08.06.2015 The dome of the Atomic Egg is getting in the tooth and is routinely checked. It is a listed building and is therefore carefully preserved. At first it is freed from moss, lichen, bird droppings and flaking on the existing coating. About the folds of the dome plates and the vertical metal… [read more]

05.06.2015 The popular and well-known open day on the research campus will be replaced this year by a long night, which starts on 27 June at 6 pm and ends at midnight. The FRM II will participate like every year at this event with various actions. So there will be a number of interesting… [read more]

15.05.2015 On May 7, a delegation of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) of the National Academy of Science visited the FRM II. The US delegation commissioned by the US Congress gathered information on the state of research at the FRM II about the development of high density Uranium… [read more]

04.05.2015 The first external user was Klaus Habicht of the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, who carried out experiments on the instrument TRISP on May 4, 2005. On April 29, 2005, user operation at the FRM II was officially launched. The first neutrons from the “Atomic egg” successor already existed on… [read more]

30.04.2015 ... found Garching’s new Mayor Dr. Dietmar Gruchmann and eight councilors their visit at the FRM II, for which they took time in the evening of April 27. After a brief presentation by Prof. Winfried Petry mayor and councilors first informed on a round tour of new construction projects… [read more]

23.04.2015 The Global Partnership Working Group that is chaired by Germany in the framework of the G7 Presidency of the Federal Republic of Germany visited today the FRM II. The group mainly consisting of members of the Nuclear and Radiological Subworking Group (NRSWG) is primarily concerned with… [read more]

23.04.2015 With the support of MLZ the TUM Physics Department recently has a parent-child room at parents’ disposal who need to care for their child themselves for a short time. The equal opportunities commissioner of the TUM Physics Department, headed by Prof. Laura Fabbietti are working on how… [read more]

20.04.2015 The Joint Annual Report of the MLZ and FRM II is now available and presents itself in the new MLZ Corporate Design. Besides the scientific highlights of the last year, the chapter "Facts & Figures" depicts for the first time detailed numbers on staff and budget, and shows a… [read more]

17.04.2015 From April 7th to 12th, the top 16 physics students in Germany met for the last national round of the International Physics Olympiad at the research campus in Garching. The aim of the competition is to encourage gifted students in physics and to bring them early in contact to… [read more]

30.03.2015 At the end of March, Prof. Dieter Richter of the Research Centre Jülich not only retires, but also passes his position as MLZ Director to Prof. Thomas Brückel. Officially, Prof. Brückel, however, has already taken the job as MLZ director at the beginning of this year. Prof. Dieter… [read more]