Together with more than 50 research infrastructures, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) is participating in the EU project ReMade@ARI, which starts on September 1, 2022. The aim of the project, which is funded with 13.8 million Euros, is to develop new materials that are competitive and highly… [read more]

Proteins are one of the basic building blocks of life. They provide structure, enable movement and catalyse metabolic processes. With the help of neutrons, a German-Japanese research team has now discovered a previously unknown protein structure – an important step towards better understanding the… [read more]

From 05 – 08 July, the retreat “Antimatter: Positrons in Fundamental Research and Materials Physics” took place at the Dresdner Hütte in the Stubaital. At the event, which was sponsored by the Heraeus Foundation, MLZ researchers exchanged ideas with other experts in positron research and inspired… [read more]

The Bavarian ministry of state for environment and consumer protection has approved the construction and operation of an irradiation facility for uranium targets, designed to produce the isotope Molybdenum-99. With this decision, the FRM II in Garching will be able to cover a large part of Europe’s… [read more]

A team of German and Argentinian researchers has used neutrons in the FRM II research neutron source at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to identify an animal species that has been extinct for 220 million years. Findings on the new species provide surprising insights into the evolution of… [read more]

Their mission was to discover the neutron source, and the twelve motivated schoolgirls pursued this goal with a plan on August 2. As part of the “TUM Entdeckerinnen” program, the 13-15 year olds came to visit during summer vacation, looked behind the scenes at the research neutron source and asked… [read more]

On June 27, FRM II presented itself at the student career fair IKOM. The four-day event at the Technical University of Munich is the largest student career fair in Germany and connects students and employers. Numerous internships, job offers and student thesis projects attracted more than 200… [read more]

Today, the Deutsches Museum reopened for the first time after reconstruction presenting, among other things, a station for the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) in the permanent exhibition “Atomic Physics”. [read more]

Superconductors can not only conduct electricity without resistance and are in demand for high magnetic fields. They are also an ideal playground for fundamental research, where physicists test theories for general physical phenomena. In a collaboration between the MLZ and the Institut Laue-Langevin… [read more]