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When developing new generations of batteries, researchers are challenged by various physical effects that reduce the storage capacity. Using state-of-the-art neutron scattering, scientists from FRM II and Australia have investigated one of these effects: the jumping of lithium ions in the cathodes… [read more]

The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) is getting a new scientific director. Physicist Prof. Christian Pfleiderer from the School of Natural Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will take over from Prof. Peter Müller-Buschbaum on January 1, 2024. Pfleiderer has… [read more]

Fusion research reactors require heat-resistant wall materials. Researchers have investigated a promising candidate with neutrons at the MLZ. [read more]

Neither snow nor ice could keep 208 users and MLZ employees away on December 4 and 5: They came to Munich for the 9th MLZ User Meeting. The ca. 40 registered participants who could not make it due to canceled public transport or freezing rain at Munich Airport could join in via video conference. [read more]

Dr. Astrid Schneidewind has been elected as the new chair of the European Neutron Scattering Association ENSA. As an association of national European societies, ENSA represents the interests of neutron researchers in Europe. Astrid Schneidewind has actively promoted the interests of ENSA with her… [read more]

From November 21st to 24th, 2023, more than 80 internationally renowned scientists met at the Pinakothek der Moderne to discuss the benefits of synchrotron radiation and neutrons for art and archaeology. The MLZ organized the event with the Doerner Institut of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen… [read more]

Nuclear fusion could help solve the energy problem in the future. However, there are still numerous challenges to overcome before then. Among other things, the inner walls of the fusion reactor must be able to withstand extreme conditions. Positrons help researchers to study these materials. [read more]

How do Li-ion batteries become more environmentally friendly, cheaper and more powerful? An international research team investigated this question. With the help of neutron and X-ray radiation, they examined the crystalline structure of a new cathode material and discovered a third, previously… [read more]

The spent fuel elements of the FRM II are to be transported to the Ahaus interim storage facility of the federally owned Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung (BGZ). A political delegation from the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Ahaus has now visited the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source… [read more]