Ten years after its first criticality regulations require the FRM II to do extensive tests on its main systems. Goal of these tests is to prove the safe operation of the FRM II for the years to come. [read more]

The Atomic egg has been out of commission since 2000. Now, the Technische Universität München got the licence to dismantle the first research reactor of Germany. [read more]

Das 5. VDI-TUM-Expertenforum findet am 11. September 2014 statt. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei. Eine Anmeldung ist bis zum 30. August möglich. [read more]

An international research group led by Dr. Vladimir Hutanu has recently been able to measure the magnetic parameters of the Ba2CoGe2O7-crystal at the neutron diffractometer POLI much more accurately than it was previously possible. [read more]

Neutronen enthüllen das Kräftespiel des Basischen Myelinproteins [read more]

NEUWAVE-6 has returned to its place of origin in Garching, where 42 experts from 13 different countries discussed recent developments and future plans in an open atmosphere. [read more]

How do neutrons help to improve the desalination of wastewater? How can archeological artefacts be preserved from corrosion? Read more in the scientific highlights of the MLZ annual report 2013. [read more]

Today, the general assembly of the German Atomic Forum DAtF (Deutsches Atomforum e.V.) has confirmed unanimously the election of the DAtF Presidential Council of Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry for Vice President. [read more]

In the future, antineutrino detectors may provide an additional option for monitoring reactors. Physicists at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have now found interesting results using fast neutrons from the Heinz Maier Leibnitz Neutron Research Facility (FRM II). [read more]

It does not always take a huge accelerator to do particle physics: First results from a low energy, table top alterative takes validity of Newtonian gravity down by five orders of magnitude and narrows the potential properties of the forces and particles that may exist beyond it by more than one… [read more]