An international research team with Jitae Park at the MLZ reports that the modeled storage lifetime of liquid hydrogen has more than tripled.
Wolfgang Filser, TUM and ChatGPT

Dr Theresia Heiden-Hecht and Dr Tobias Neuwirth from the MLZ receive awards by the Komitee Forschung mit Neutronen (KFN).
© Bernhard Ludewig, FRM II / TUM

How can non-destructive testing methods enable more sustainable production?
© Laura Richter, FRM II / TUM

Instrument scientist Dr Alexandros Koutsioumpas works on the MARIA neutron reflectometer and a tractor with one person on board is driving across a field and ploughing the soil — New research has revealed how soil bacteria activate the immune defences of plants.
© Wenzel Schuermann / TUM and Pixabay, PublicDomainImages

Prof. Andreas Meyer will take over from Prof. Christian Pfleiderer as Scientific Director of FRM II on 1 October.
© Laura Richter, FRM II / TUM; Astrid Eckert, TUM

Multitasking between helium and magnets: Our sample environment team visited the PSI.
© PSI

The children from the Nachbarschaftshilfe Garching have lots of questions: How many neutrons can fit on a football pitch? And how can a train float upside down?
© Esther Schmid, FRM II / TUM

Researchers have used neutrons to observe the breakdown of PET by bacterial enzymes – which could enable plastic to be recycled more quickly.
© Bernhard Ludewig, FRM II / TUM and (created using AI, edited by) Reiner Müller, FRM II / TUM

Together with VARTA AG and BASF, international researchers including the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum have tracked what happens to lithium inside large, industry-relevant battery cells as they age.
© Bernhard Ludewig, FRM II / TUM and Andreas Heddergott, TUM

New research consortium: Testing materials for fusion power plants
© Laura Richter, FRM II/TUM

Around 80 specialists from the fields of neutron and food research gathered in Garching for the eighth edition of the ‘Neutrons & Food’ conference. The focus was on fostering cross-disciplinary exchange between the two fields.
© Iris Köhler, Forschungszentrum Jülich

A mammalian ancestor with hardly any whiskers – a potential disadvantage in the struggle for survival?
© Márcio L. Castro, Medina et al. (2025)

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Forschungs-Neutronenquelle
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)

The Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) is a Corporate Research Center of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) located on the premises of the modern research campus in Garching. Here, neutrons and positrons enable a wide range of applications in research, industry and medicine: from developing new technologies, such as batteries for electric cars, to precise anti-cancer drugs.

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Events

12.10.2026

Kick-off meeting (Seminar: Neutrons in Research and Industry)

19.10.2026

Marvel Fusion GmbH (Seminar: Neutrons in Research and Industry)

21.10.2026

ML-Reflectometry workshop (DEVA Workshop)

26.10.2026

ESS (Seminar: Neutrons in Research and Industry)

23.11.2026

Seeing Inside the Battery: Neutron Scattering as a Window into Electrochemical Processes (Seminar: Neutrons in Research and Industry)

02.12.2026

MLZ User Meeting 2026 (Conference)

04.12.2026

Takin Workshop (DEVA Workshop)

10.09.2028

21st International Conference on Positron Annihilation (Conference)

News

406 adults and 80 children toured the research neutron source during the campus-wide Open House and “Mouse Day.” In addition, several hundred curious visitors stopped by the booths of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz…

Researchers from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ewha Womans University, the Institut Laue Langevin and the MLZ report that the modelled storage duration has more than tripled,…

Dr Theresia Heiden-Hecht and Dr Tobias Neuwirth from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) were honoured at the SNIB2026 conference in Hamburg on 10 September 2026 with awards from the Committee Research with…