09.10.2014 Today, several hundred members of the European scientific community gathered at the European Spallation Source (ESS) construction site in Lund, Sweden, for the ESS Foundation Stone Ceremony. The event was held to ‘lay the foundation’ both for the new facility, which has recently begun… [read more]

30.09.2014 Currently, the procedure for obtaining the storage license of FRM II’s fuel elements in the interim storage facility in Ahaus is continuing. The Society of Nuclear-Service (GNS) as operator of the interim storage facility presents at present the relevant documents to the Federal Office… [read more]

24.09.2014 On 23rd of September 2014 Dr. Marc Janoschek has received the Wolfram-Prandl-Prize 2014 of the "Komitee für Forschung mit Neutronen" during the "German Conference for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities". The prize is awarded every two years to… [read more]

55 students from 13 different countries participated again at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science Labcourse at MLZ. They learned neutron scattering in lectures in Jülich and based on experiments at the research neutron source FRM II. [read more]

Lithium-ion batteries are seen as a solution for energy storage of the future and have become indispensible, especially in electromobility. Their key advantage is that they are able to store large amounts of energy but are still comparatively light and compact. [read more]

Since today the FRM II provides users and customers from science, industry and medicine after a thorough review again neutrons and irradiation services. [read more]

Neutron scattering experiment at PUMA resolves a contentious superconducting issue [read more]

There are underground constructions on the site of the FRM II. Workers build a new underground channel for service pipes in preparation of the new buildings for offices, laboratories and workshops in front of the Atomic Egg. [read more]

On Friday, July 18, a delegation from the French research organization CEA and experts from the TUM met at the FRM II for initial talks to discuss a future close scientific cooperation. [read more]

Two instrument scientists of the MLZ will be part of the eight delegates of the German Neutron scientists: Dr. Wiebke Lohstroh of Technische Universität München and Dr. Astrid Schneidewind of Forschungszentrum Jülich. [read more]