28.08.2015 As of today, the European Union rises the neutron source European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden, which is under construction, to a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). The legal form ERIC facilitates the joint development and operation of research… [read more]

20.08.2015 Dr. Kazuhisa Kakurai, this year's winner of the Helmholtz International Fellow Award, just arrived at the MLZ. The stay and the experiments he will conduct here at the research neutron source are part of the award.   This possibility for carrying out experiments he appreciates most:… [read more]

17.08.2015 New Study shows Correlation between Microscopic Structures and Macroscopic Properties Researchers from Jülich have, together with colleagues from Austria, Italy, Colombia and the USA, developed a model system for so-called soft colloids. The model gives us a better understanding of… [read more]

14.08.2015 A proton transfer or protonation of certain molecular groups is usually essential for the functioning of biological molecules such as enzymes or antibodies. Unlike many other structural resolution techniques neutrons can distinguish protons very well by other building blocks. In… [read more]

29.06.2015 This year 373 visitors landed a place in one of the coveted guided tours. All tours offered were already booked up at 7 pm. Many interested visitors therefore had to be rejected, however, appointed with a business card of the visitor service, which gives them the opportunity to come… [read more]

25.06.2015 ... is a series of events of the Chamber of Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria (IHK), which addresses to entrepreneurs, development and production managers and technology-oriented service providers. On June 23, therefore 20 IHK members from various sectors appeared in the morning at 8… [read more]

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]