Researchers of the Centrum Baustoffe und Materialprüfung at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have obtained new insights into the bonding of water in calcium silicate hydrate by using neutrons on the instrument TOFTOF of the FRM II. [read more]

On November 13th the research neutron source had to be shut down as a precautionary measure to check the cause of a suspicious noise at the drive motor of the cold source. [read more]

MaMaSELF registration for the year 2014/2015 runs until 26 January 2014. [read more]

Using high resolution neutron scattering at the instrument TRISP of the Max-Planck Society at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), the lifetime of magnetic spin waves was measured and, for the first time, a correct theory was developed. [read more]

The 34th cycle was interrupted on Monday evening, 28th October and is gone back on line since Thursday morning, October 31st. [read more]

The open doors attracted 484 people to the FRM II. Many others caught up with information at the stands of the neutron source and MLZ and listened to the talks. [read more]

123 delegates from 21 countries accepted our NEPOMUC research group’s invitation to the 13th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques and Applications SLOPOS13 and joined at the Technische Universität München from 15th to 20th September. [read more]

Experiments with neutrons at the Technische Universität München (TUM) show that the antidepressant lithium accumulates more strongly in white matter of the brain than in grey matter. [read more]

Shocked and deeply saddened we have been informed about the passing of Prof. Dr. Klaus Schreckenbach. He suddenly died on September 13th, 2013, being on vacation. [read more]

The first International Conference on imaging with neutrons in archeology and cultural heritage will take place from 9th to 12th of September 2013 at the Physics Department of the Technical University of Munich (TUM, James - Franck -Str. 1) on the Garching research campus. [read more]