Water purification and desalination based on reverse osmosis is widely applied nowadays. The core of the technology is a special membrane. The microscopic pore system of such membranes needs to stay functional over long periods of operation. To analyse the pore structure during operation, neutrons – with their penetration of complex materials – are perfectly suited.

On 6 October 2025, TUM honoured Prof. Dr. Peter Böni with a symposium for his 70th birthday. Former colleagues paid tribute to the physicist, who has shaped neutron research at TUM and FRM II for over two decades. He has also had a lasting influence on young scientists, as was evident from the many personal anecdotes shared during the evening.

Around 1,000 people gathered at the stands in the mechanical engineering department of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) on German Unity Day. In addition to the FRM II research neutron source and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum, ITM Radiopharma, the Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service, and the TUM School of Natural Sciences also presented themselves here. Particularly popular were the two experimental lectures in physics and chemistry, each with 400 spectators, and the guided tours of the FRM II research neutron source, which were attended by a total of 246 adults and 88 children.