Science is often criticized for conducting abstract basic research. The way neutron research improves motors for electric cars is demonstrated by a project that will start in spring 2024 between researchers from FRM II, TUM, and RWTH Aachen University in collaboration with automotive supplier Mubea. [read more]

Electrolytes in batteries are responsible for storing and releasing electricity by ensuring the exchange of ions between the anode and cathode. Solid-state electrolytes have been the subject of intensive research for some time now, as they could be a more stable and safer alternative to liquid… [read more]

Have you ever thought about how strawberries for muesli are freeze-dried? How do you prevent the needles of pre-filled syringes from clogging up so that medication is not injected correctly? Or: How did dinosaurs breed? Dr. Michael Schulz’s “Science for Everyone” lecture at the Deutsches Museum… [read more]

From 8 to 10 April 2024, researchers met in Garching for the first "Machine Learning Conference for X-Ray and Neutron-Based Experiments". The conference focussed on how AI systems can help analyze large amounts of data from experiments and provide new approaches. [read more]

Whether sedimentary rocks store fossil hydrocarbons or act as impermeable layers to prevent the rise of oil, natural gas or stored carbon dioxide – all depends on their porosity. The size, shape, organization, and connectivity of the pore spaces are decisive. At the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research… [read more]

The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) and the French company Framatome have signed a further contract for the production of high-density and low-enriched fuel for the conversion of the FRM II. The project will run for four years and is intended to further optimize the production… [read more]

The cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organism in the world. It has found a particularly efficient way to absorb and store vital iron. Using neutron, X-ray, and synchrotron experiments, an international team of researchers has visualized the molecular… [read more]

If you want to go to Yella Wähner’s office, you simply open the door. Knocking would be pointless, Yella Wähner is deaf. She has been working at the Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz-Maier Leibnitz (FRM II) for four years. [read more]

Milk alternatives made from sugar beet leaves - this is the vision of a Jülich research team. They have examined milk proteins and other components in cheese, yoghurt, cow's milk and oat milk using X-rays and neutrons to find out what the structure of the products and individual components must be… [read more]