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<title>New instrument for x-ray tomography</title>
<description><![CDATA[In order to offer an x-ray facility complementary to the neutron tomography station ANTARES, the FRM II and the Chair for Biomedical Physics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have started to operate a new computer tomography facility.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/computertomograph.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=273&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>2010: FRM II available on 203 days</title>
<description><![CDATA[The neutron source had an anniversary in 2010: The FRM II has been operated in its 25th cycle since its commissioning in 2004.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neutronenquelle.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=272&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Corrosion on bushings in two fittings in the heavy water system</title>
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=271&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New thimble for the production of molybdenum-99 successfully mounted</title>
<description><![CDATA[The construction of the new irradiation facility to produce molybdenum-99 has taken an important step forward. Since the beginning of February, the new thimble has been integrated into the moderator tank of the FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/reaktorbecken_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=270&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Positron beam tube successfully changed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The research neutron source has again taken an major step in its long maintanance break: The beam tube no. 11, which creates positrons for the positron source NEPOMUC, has been replaced.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/nepomuc.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=269&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Prof. Heinz Maier-Leibnitz&#039; 100th birthday </title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Heinz Maier-Leibnitz would have turned 100 years on March 28th 2011. To celebrate his birthday, the FRM II honours the great physicist and co-founder of the physics department at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) by organizing a colloquium.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/festkolloquium.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=268&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Single magnetic molecules</title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent work by researchers from the University of Manchester, along with colleagues from FRM II at TU München have managed to provide a detailed description of the magnetic interactions between cobalt(II) ions for the first time.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kobalt-ionen.gif" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=267&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons change theory about new data storage systems</title>
<description><![CDATA[Data measured at the high resolution spectrometer TRISP at the neutron source FRM II contradict a theory about one-dimensional spin ladders. The results have been published in Physical Review Letters online.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/trisp_magnon_gap.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=263&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New entrance hall inaugurated</title>
<description><![CDATA[The reconstruction of the entrance building at the neutron source is finished. Now, scientists and visitors can enter the FRM II in a lucid and friendly entrance hall.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/empfangsbereich.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=262&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Maintenance works continue</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first long maintenance break of the FRM II will be continued for some weeks. The length will be defined by the exchange of the bushings in the cooling system of the heavy water tank.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/strahlrohr_9.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=261&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New committee for the scientific use of the FRM II </title>
<description><![CDATA[The new coordination committee for the scientific use of the neutron source has met for its constitutional meeting on June 6th. The members elected Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schmidt, board member of the Forschungszentrum Jülich, chairman.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/koordinierungsrat.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=260&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Radionuclide treatment against small tumors and metastases</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the TUM have developed a new treatment method based on the Terbium-161 radionuclide to treat smaller tumors and metastases in a more targeted way. The nuclide was produced at the FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/terbium.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=259&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Colloquium in honour of Winfried Petry</title>
<description><![CDATA[The neutron source FRM II and the chair E13 of the physics department honoured Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry in a colloquium on the occasion of his 60th birthday.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/winfried_petry.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=257&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Federal Ministry of Health supports radionuclide production at research neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German Federal Ministry of Health has awarded more than one million euros in research and development funding for the efficient production of an important cancer diagnostic agent at the research neutron source FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/fingerhutrohr.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=256&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons show distribution of antidepressant in human brain</title>
<description><![CDATA[A physicist of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen has examined tissues using neutrons at the FRM II and found, that the antidepressant lithium is more dominant in some areas of the human brain than others.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/josef_lichtinger.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=227&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Running for the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten FRM II staff members took part at the company run b2run on July 21st in Munich. Stefan Söllradl became 31st with 20:35 min.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/laufer.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=219&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Successful conference ECNS</title>
<description><![CDATA[In approximately 50 contributions, the cooperation partners FRM II, JCNS, HZG and HZB have enriched the European Conference on Neutron Scattering (ECNS) in Prague.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ecns.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=218&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Summer School visits the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, the international Advanced Summer School in Radiation Detection and Measurements took place in Munich. Karl Zeitelhack of the FRM II had co-organized the school and guided the students in the neutron source.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/summer_school.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=217&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Excellent IT apprentices at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[The apprentices for IT service at the FRM II, Alexander Lenz and Christoph Kick, have finished their school with grade 1.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/reseda.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=216&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mechatronics at the neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[Josef Waronitza has finished his apprenticeship in mechatronics at the FRM II with an excellent grade. He is one of the best in his school in Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sans-1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=215&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Strategic recommendations about neutron research in Germany published</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN) has published a new bilingual brochure.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/broschure.gif" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=206&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New cryomagnet for experiments at instruments of the JCNS</title>
<description><![CDATA[A successful specification test: The sample environment group of the instruments operated by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at the FRM II offers an vertical 5 Tesla cryomagnet in the near future. After a test phase, the cryomagnet will be available for routine operation in spring 2012.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kryomagnet.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=205&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>ERC-Advanced Grant for research on magnetic vortices</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr. Christian Pfleiderer at the chair of experimental physics E 21 of the TUM physics department receives a European grant for the research on stable magnetic vortices using neutrons.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/magnetische_wirbel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=203&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron source back to operation</title>
<description><![CDATA[After the long maintenance break the neutron source produces neutron beams for research, industry and medicine since October 29th.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/antares_neu.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=202&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Members of the Green party in Munich visit the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, members of the Green Party "Bündnis 90 - Die Grünen" visited the neutron source on Tuesday, November 8th.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gruene_stadtraete.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=201&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New invention: Recyclable shielding material</title>
<description><![CDATA[Engineers and physicists around the ANTARES Neutron Imaging Team at the FRM II research reactor have invented a reusable shielding material for neutron- and gamma-radiation.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gruene_steine.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=178&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Microscopic evidence of skyrmion lattice using neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Using small angle neutron scattering at the instrument MIRA at the FRM II and V4 at the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, Tim Adams of the TU München physics department has delivered the missing microscopic evidence for the topological characteristics of a long reaching skyrmion lattice.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/rocking_scan_mira_adams_01.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=144&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Prof. Walter Hälg died aged 94 in December 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Walter Hälg, one of the pioneers of neutron scattering and reactor technology in Switzerland, died after short illness on December 28, 2011 in Baden/Switzerland.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/walter_haelg.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=132&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Workshop Micromagnetic Theory &amp; SANS</title>
<description><![CDATA[A workshop on subject of micromagnetic theory and related experimental aspects of small-angle neutron scattering is held on 21-22 of June 2012.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neutronen-kleinwinkel-streusignal.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=122&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Two world records at the FRM II: The world’s strongest and purest neutron beam </title>
<description><![CDATA[The world’s strongest neutron beam is produced by the scientific instrument PGAA at the FRM II. But that is not all: During the long maintenance break in 2011, the PGAA (Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis) was improved to give it the best ratio between usable neutrons and noisy background radiation worldwide.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pgaa_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=125&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>EU is again funding research using neutrons at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the second time, the neutron source receives financial support of the7th European Framework Programme.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neutronenschulen.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=126&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>27. Reaktorzyklus planmäßig unterbrochen</title>
<description><![CDATA[Die Forschungs-Neutronenquelle wird am Freitag, 17. Februar, planmäßig abgefahren, um ein Kugellager auszutauschen.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frm2_os_rgb.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=124&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Reactor cycle 27 continues</title>
<description><![CDATA[Our neutron source has been taken back into operation on February 23rd after the exchange of a bearing had been completed successfully.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frm2_os_rgb.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=123&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New user survey: Your experience and opinion is requested! </title>
<description><![CDATA[New user survey: Your experience and opinion is requested!

We kindly ask all our users to participate in the current user survey regarding sample envirnoment. Your feedback will give us the possibility to improve your work at the FRM II! <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/nutzerumfrage.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.frm2.tum.de/de/user-office/userumfrage-probenumgebung/index.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Seminar for teachers on electromobility, April 20-22 </title>
<description><![CDATA[The popular seminar for teachers in natural sciences in Zwiesel, Bavaria, which is partly organized by Professor Winfried Petry, will focus on electromobility this year. Registration is open until April 13th.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mute.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=121&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>27th cycle ended ahead of time</title>
<description><![CDATA[After a short fluctuation of current of the external supply, the FRM II was shut down on Saturday, March 24th. The 27th cycle thus ended ahead of time.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frm2_os_rgb.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=120&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Non-destructive testing of materials and components</title>
<description><![CDATA[4th VDI-TUM expert forum in Garching<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/vdi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=119&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>First step towards a new neutron guide hall</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) work begins for a foundation on which a connecting building between the experimental hall and the future neutron guide hall east will be erected.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neue_neutronenleiterhalle.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The Research Neutron Source is safe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Reactor Safety Commission confirmed the high safety standard in the framework of a stress test for research reactors.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frm2_os_rgb.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=117&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers observe magnetic vortices in insulator</title>
<description><![CDATA[Discovery of skyrmions in an electrical non-conductor promises a new lossless magneto-electronics.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mira.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=116&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>For a neutron research at the center of our society</title>
<description><![CDATA[During a visit at the Research Neutron Source in Garching a high-ranking official of the Federal Research Ministry emphasized the great importance of science with neutrons for future technologies.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ministeriumsvertreter.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=114&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Optimized haemoglobin of human being and duckbill platypus</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutrons reveal how the oxygen-transporting protein adapts to the body temperature of different species.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/huehner_haemoglobin.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=113&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>With the Bragg-Equation to the Nobel Prize</title>
<description><![CDATA[150 years ago Sir William Henry Bragg was born. Together with his son Lawrence he established a new research branch: the analysis of crystal structures using x-ray and neutron diffraction.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/wh-bragg_postcard.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=112&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A Journeyman’s piece for Canada</title>
<description><![CDATA[The trainee Christopher Berkel made a testing machine for a laboratory in North America. It was his final work as part of his training in mechatronics at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II). In March earlier this year, a ship brought the unit to Canada.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/christoph_berkel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=110&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The engines of life can perform without water</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutron experiments explain how protein-polymer hybrids work.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/myoglobin.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=101&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>First evidence of Higgs mechanism in a magnet</title>
<description><![CDATA[By using neutron scattering experiments, researchers expect to have observed the typical characteristics of a phase transition based on the Higgs mechanism.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/quanten_spin_eis.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=107&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Four Million Euros for battery research</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutrons will contribute to optimizing energy storage systems for future electric cars.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/zebra_batterie.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=130&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Magnetic neighbour manipulates superconductor</title>
<description><![CDATA[Using neutrons, researchers observed new effects between magnetic and superconducting materials.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/supraleiter.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=106&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Vibrations at absolute zero</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutron experiments show, that the theoretical concept of superfluids by Nobel Prize winner Lev Landau must be corrected in details.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/trisp.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Fully booked guided tours at the open day</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 500 people took advantage of the opportunity to tour the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ausgebucht.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=129&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The new multi anvil press goes into operation</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new multi anvil press of the Bayerisches Geoinstitut of the University of Bayreuth was delivered and put into operation in the new East Hall of the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II). <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/hochdruckpresse_bgi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=192&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Symmetry decrypted </title>
<description><![CDATA[By means of neutron scattering, the crystallographic structure of a novel material with amazing phenomena at low temperatures was unraveled.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/a8d7a38f97.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=340&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Continuous Lithium exchange causes battery fatigue</title>
<description><![CDATA[By means of neutron scattering, scientists observed an important process that contributes to fatigue in current Li-ion cells.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/spodi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=352&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New Center for neutron research in Germany</title>
<description><![CDATA[TUM and Helmholtz Centers establish the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20130218_probe_mlz003_niedrig_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=389&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons contribute to turnaround in energy policy</title>
<description><![CDATA[FRM II participates in TUM research project to develop local energy buffer systems.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/stress-spec.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=391&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Nearly 5 million euros for high-precision experiments with ultra-cold neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Again, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) supports the development of high-precision experiments with ultra-cold neutrons.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/edm-magnetische-abschirmung.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=394&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title> Magnetic monopoles erase data</title>
<description><![CDATA[	Efficient and long-lived storage of information in magnetic vortices<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/spinwirbel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=395&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Positron Workshop SLOPOS at the FRM II </title>
<description><![CDATA[The 13th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques and Applications is held at the FRM II from 15th to 20th September 2013.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc00465_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://slopos13.de/]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Early Registration for NINMACH Conference </title>
<description><![CDATA[The registration for the conference NINMACH is possible.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2012-amphore-querschnitt-2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=292&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Unexpected behaviour during charge and discharge of Li-ion batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nowadays lithium ion batteries are commonly used as storage media in portable electronic devices like laptops, smart phones, cameras, etc. ...<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/spodi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons for functional materials</title>
<description><![CDATA[Experts for Neutron Research met in Erlangen at a workshop with materials scientists.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/cenem-workshop.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=401&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons reveal mechanism of bacterial antibiotic resistance</title>
<description><![CDATA[More and more bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Researchers have used the instrument BioDiff to elucidate the mechanism.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neutronensturkturanalyse-beta-laktamase.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Thanks to neutron research: novel colour remover cleans brushes without solvent</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jürgen Allgaier from Forschungszentrum Jülich tested a new class of surfactants, which is now applied in commercial colour removers. (article only in German)<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/13-08-08farbloeser_pinselvergleich.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=406&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons reveal enigma in archeology and paleontology</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/brekzie_from_southafrica.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=412&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>12.3 million Euros for research at the neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) supports again the construction and upgrade of scientific instruments at the MLZ.. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc_1633kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=408&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>In commemoration of Prof. Dr. Klaus Schreckenbach </title>
<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=410&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons show accumulation of antidepressant in brain</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/lithiumimgehirn.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=410&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>123 Positron scientists at the TUM</title>
<description><![CDATA[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. 
This event is part of a series of triennial SLOPOS-conferences. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/slopos_2013_konferenzfoto_mit_nachzuegler_mit_logo_v2_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=411&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>484 visitors at the open doors</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/100_7101_0073kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=415&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Lifetime of magnetic spin waves in antiferromagnets understood for the first time </title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/eh20100301426_bes.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=417&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Apply now for Master in Materials Science</title>
<description><![CDATA[MaMaSELF registration for the year 2014/2015 runs until 26 January 2014.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc4998_mamaself-studenten-2012_frei.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=418&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons provide insight into water bonding of cement</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/eh20100303487kll.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=421&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title> Group dynamics of atoms</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time Prof. Dr. Tobias Unruh and his team (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU)) have demonstrated with neutrons how long-chain molecules in their liquid melt move.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/polymerschmelze_fau.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=422&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year</title>
<description><![CDATA[MLZ and FRM II wish happy holidays and a healthy, happy New Year to their staff, users, partners, sponsors and friends. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/weihnachtskarte.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=424&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Ultracold neutrons go school </title>
<description><![CDATA[15 students of grade 12 at the Carl-Orff-Gymnasium Unterschleißheim have successfully finished their "W-Seminar" at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc4716kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=425&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>First measurements at the new instrument POLI</title>
<description><![CDATA[The polarized single crystal diffractometer POLI has seen neutrons at its new beam line SR 9a for the first time.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/beam.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=426&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Always on Fridays...</title>
<description><![CDATA[The User Office's blog starts on February 14[^th^]!<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/tastatur_blau_blog_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=420&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>10 years of neutrons for research, industry and medicine</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) celebrates its 10[^th^] anniversary on March 2[^nd^]. (German Version only)<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/luftbild_festschrift.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=427&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Anniversary of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz</title>
<description><![CDATA[For exactly ten years the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source (FRM II) of the Technische Universitaet München (TUM) has been providing research, industry and medicine with neutrons.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frm-ii-winter.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=428&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Improving neutron scattering data quality: a multi-angle light scattering setup</title>
<description><![CDATA[A typical neutron scattering experiment may last some hours, especially for low concentration biological samples. During that time some delicate samples might degrade and consequently lead to questionable results. A team of researchers is working on an in-situ set up to control the sample quality along time so that the data used to sum up to form a scattering curve can be selected and false data can be discarded. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/jcns-schrader-film-teaser.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=430&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ booth at the DPG Frühjahrstagung</title>
<description><![CDATA[The MLZ is present at this year's Frühjahrstagung of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft in Dresden until April 4[^th^].<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20140401_090626-fruehjahrstagung.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=431&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Registration for JCNS Lab Course Neutron Scattering</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science organises a laboratory course in neutron scattering with experiments at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum. Registration is open until May 25th.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/jcns_labcourse_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=432&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Searching for Dark Energy with Neutrons </title>
<description><![CDATA[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 hundred thousand times. The technical premises for this measurement was developed at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum by Researchers of theTechnische Universität München.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/100_7295.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=433&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Using antineutrinos to monitor nuclear reactors</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the future, antineutrino detectors may provide an additional option for monitoring. Physicists at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have now found interesting results using fast neutrons from the Heinz Maier Leibnitz Zentrum.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc6408kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=434&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Winfried Petry elected vice president of the German Atomic Forum</title>
<description><![CDATA[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. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc4744.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=436&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Again in Garching: NEUWAVE-6 – the energy-dependent neutron imaging workshop</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEUWAVE-6 has now 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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neuwave2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=437&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New Light Shed on &quot;Chameleon Proteins&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutrons reveal power play in myelin basic protein<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/protein.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=438&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons worm the last secrets of the crystal </title>
<description><![CDATA[An international research group led by Dr. Vladimir Hutanu has recently been able to measure the magnetic parameters of the Ba[~2~]CoGe[~2~]O[~7~]-crystal at the neutron diffractometer POLI much more accurately than it was previously possible. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/100409_erstemessung_cryopad_0023.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=439&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>10-year overhaul on schedule</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20140515_122953.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=440&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Freeze-frame of an enzyme</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutrons shed light on vital enzymes’ mechanism of action<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ostermann_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=441&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Colloquium to Celebrate Achievements in Neutron Research</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) celebrated its extraordinary achievements with a colloquium on the Jülich campus.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/jcns-festkolloquium.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/PORTAL/EN/2014/14-07-09jcns-festkolloquium.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>All together on the way to the Super Battery</title>
<description><![CDATA[The batteries for electric mobility used today are not yet powerful enough, they load too slowly and the range, they provide is still too small for electric vehicles. The FRM II is very much involved in the research on the new super battery. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/eroeffnungsveranstaltung_batteriezellenproduktion.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=444&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Two instrument scientists of the MLZ in the German Committee “Forschung mit Neutronen” </title>
<description><![CDATA[Two instrument scientists of the MLZ will be part of the eight delegates of the German Neutron scientists: Dr. Wiebke Lohstroh of Technische Universität München and Dr. Astrid Schneidewind of Forschungszentrum Jülich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/wl_as.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=445&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New Chairman of the Jülich Board of Directors visited JCNS at MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich, Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, has visited the outstation of the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Garching on 23 July.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/besuchmarquardt_jpg.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=446&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Refocusing research into high-temperature superconductors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutron scattering experiment at PUMA resolves a contentious superconducting issue. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/b782bf234b.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=447&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Back to full power</title>
<description><![CDATA[Start of the 35[^th^] operating cycle: Since today the FRM II provides users and customers from science, industry and medicine after a thorough review again neutrons and irradiation services.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/p8220002.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=449&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers observe the phenomenon of “lithium plating” </title>
<description><![CDATA[Lithium-ion batteries are seen as a solution for energy storage of the future and have become indispensible, especially in electromobility. Their key advantage is that they are able to store large amounts of energy but are still comparatively light and compact. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/zinth-li-plating.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=453&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Insight into neutron scattering </title>
<description><![CDATA[55 students from 13 different countries participated again at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science Labcourse at MLZ. They learned neutron scattering in lectures in Jülich and based on experiments at the research neutron source FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_5897kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=454&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Wolfram-Prandl-Prize 2014 for Marc Janoschek </title>
<description><![CDATA[On 23rd of September 2014 Dr. Marc Janoschek has received the Wolfram-Prandl-Prize 2014 of the "Komitee für Forschung mit Neutronen" during the "German Conference for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities". <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/prandl-preis-web.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=455&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Foundation Stone Ceremony Marks Scientific Importance of ESS</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, several hundred members of the European scientific community gathered at the European Spallation Source (ESS) construction site in Lund, Sweden, for the ESS Foundation Stone Ceremony. German scientists participated from the beginning.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ess_site.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=456&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Act in Concert: PANDA complements PUMA </title>
<description><![CDATA[Recently the Solid State Spectroscopy group in Max-Planck Institute (Stuttgart, led by Prof. Bernhard Keimer) published in Physical Review Letters their results of inelastic neutron scattering under collaboration with scientists at PANDA and PUMA.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frmfig_sr3fe2o7.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=457&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New hall for cooling systems of ultra-cold neutron source </title>
<description><![CDATA[South of the Maier-Leibnitz Laboratory a hall in wood construction is currently being built. From next year on, it will house the mock-up for the cooling systems of the ultracold neutron source at the FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc9074_nov.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=465&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>How long do antiparticles live in gummy bears?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Measurements using positrons could help to develop better coatings for drugs.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gummibaer_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=466&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Add-on for MEDAPP: Fast Neutron Gamma Spectroscopy (FaNGaS)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Matthias Rossbach and his team of the Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-6, Nuclear Waste Management and Reactor Safety of the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH designed and constructed a new instrument for prompt and delayed fission neutron induced reaction Gamma spectrometry.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/fangas.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=467&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Retina implants on TV</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German TV station Sat 1 Bayern broadcasted a documentary on retina implants on December 29 at 17.30h, where research undertaken by Dr. Neelima Paul of Technische Universität München at MLZ will be shown. (only in German)<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neelima_paul_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=471&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New model for magnetic excitations in insulators</title>
<description><![CDATA[Measurements at the three axes spectrometer PUMA have now been published in the renowned journal Nature Communications. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/coverart_v3_komarek_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=469&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Application for European master MaMaSELF</title>
<description><![CDATA[The registration for the Master's program MaMaSELF for the years 2015-2017 runs until 31 January (non-European), 27 February (European students) and 30 April 2015 (without scholarship).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mamaself_001.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=473&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>On the way to a lower enriched fuel </title>
<description><![CDATA[For the development of a new fuel with lower enrichment, Uranium-molybdenum (UMo) embedded in an aluminum matrix is a promising candidate. Hsin-Yin Chiang of MLZ has tested several coatings of UMo and qualified the most suitable materials combination.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/daad_vl_tum_neutron_1113_121kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=474&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>News from battery research</title>
<description><![CDATA[Worldwide, battery research is one of the most intensively studied research fields, because – for various reasons – the need for energy storage devices is growing rapidly. Also at the MLZ, several research groups work in this field and try to gain a better understanding of how batteries work by various neutron methods. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/batterien_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=476&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Detector System for Snapshots of Biological and Chemical Processes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forschungszentrum Jülich receives around € 4 million from the EU to develop a more efficient detector system for research with neutrons. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/detektor.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=476&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons Provide New Explanations for Side Effects of Ibuprofen</title>
<description><![CDATA[The scientists were able to detect structural changes using a model system of phospholipids from soy plants with the help of neutron scattering techniques at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching near Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ibuprofen-lipid-layers-de.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>39th Edgar-Lüscher-physics seminar at the High School Zwiesel</title>
<description><![CDATA[This year the event is dedicated to the International Year of the Light and will therefore deal with the laser and quantum physics (in German only).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/fp2_paasch_colberg3_naeser.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=478&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>SANS: a unique technique to look inside plants’ leaves</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international group of scientists studied these small pea plants with neutrons to watch them during photosynthesis.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/100_7715.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Superstructure for Heusler alloy at MLZ discovered</title>
<description><![CDATA[First published success of the new Rapid Access Program

The journal Acta Materialia published the results of an experiment with the instrument SPODI at MLZ that allows developing a faster method for structure determination of shape memory alloys of nickel-manganese-indium. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/rapidaccess.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Baton change at the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the end of March, Prof. Dieter Richter of the Research Centre Jülich not only retires, but also passes his position as MLZ Director to Prof. Thomas Brückel. Officially, Prof. Brückel, however, has already taken the job as MLZ director at the beginning of this year.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/collage_richter-brueckel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=482&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>10 years ago: the first user at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first external user was Klaus Habicht of the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, who carried out experiments on the instrument TRISP on May 4, 2005. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/userbetrieb10jahre.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=489&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Open Day 2015 is a Long Science Night</title>
<description><![CDATA[The popular and well-known open day on the research campus will be replaced this year by a long night, which starts on 27 June at 6 pm and ends at midnight. The FRM II will participate like every year at this event with various actions. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/langenacht.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=490&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The Long Night of Science - too short anyway</title>
<description><![CDATA[This year 373 visitors landed a place in one of the coveted guided tours. All tours offered were already booked up at 7 pm. Many interested visitors therefore had to be rejected.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/langenacht_2015_003.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=492&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Brilliantly combined, Mr. Holmes&quot;: Neutron Crystallography for biology</title>
<description><![CDATA[In combination with other methods of investigation, scientists have recently made amazing results with the instrument BIODIFF at MLZ. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kristall-biodiff.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=502&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Recipe Book for Colloids</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Study shows Correlation between Microscopic Structures and Macroscopic Properties<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/juelich-nano.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Helmholtz International Fellow from Japan is researching in Garching</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Kazuhisa Kakurai, this year's winner of the Helmholtz International Fellow Award, just arrived at the MLZ. The stay and the experiments he will conduct here at the research neutron source are part of the award.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kakurai_058-klein.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Brilliant Future for Neutron Research</title>
<description><![CDATA[As of today, the European Union rises the neutron source European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden, which is under construction, to a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/big_bird_final_new.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=506&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons decrypt the dynamics of magnetic helices</title>
<description><![CDATA[Manganese silicon is the preferred crystal of scientists going in for magnetic research: it can be manufactured for some time as relatively large single crystal, and is particularly suited to investigate the magnetic properties. Now theoretical and experimental physicists from the TU Munich, the MLZ and the University of Cologne managed to pull off a special coup with this material.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/helixmiracollage.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=505&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>EU launches Cremlin project</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today a new cooperation project starts, which is headed by MLZ partner JCNS: CREMLIN (Connecting Russian and European Measures for Large-scale Research Infrastructures) shall promote the EU-Russia cooperation in the planning, construction and scientific use of large scale facilities.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/about-pik-2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=507&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The 35th DyProSo in Freising</title>
<description><![CDATA[On September 13 -17, 2015 the 35th International DyProSo (Dynamical Properties of Solids) will take place at the Education Centre Freising. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/domberg__freising_.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=508&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>FOX Workshop for Structural Research Scientists</title>
<description><![CDATA[The MLZ group "Structure Research" invites to a free workshop titled "Solution of Crystal Structures using FOX". The workshop will be held on December1 from 9-17 in the gate Garching (Lichtenbergstraße 8, 85748 Garching).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gategarching.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=536&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Ring-Shaped Probes Improve Predictions of Polymer Dynamics</title>
<description><![CDATA[How mobile individual polymers are reveals a lot about their macroscopic properties. Neutron researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have now found a much easier and more accurate way of investigating the often decisive lateral deflection of molecules. They use ring-shaped molecules as probes, which wrap themselves around the polymer chains and follow their lateral motion.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/polymerdynamik.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/UK/EN/2015/15-10-15polymerringe.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Project EEBatt: Local mass storage for renewable energy goes on line</title>
<description><![CDATA[The FRM II is one of 13 TUM departments and institutions working together with Varta Storage, Kraftwerke Haag and the ZAE Bayern in the project. They have jointly developed and constructed this innovative bulk storage.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/grossspeicher_moosham.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/short/article/32661/]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>25 Scientists Attend Workshop “Soft Matter and Neutrons GO Energy”</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first Jülich Workshop “Soft Matter and Neutrons GO Energy” took place in Feldafing from 08 - 09 October. Twenty-five scientists exchanged ideas in an interdisciplinary environment on topics related to soft matter and neutron research for sustainable energy supplies. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/softmatter_groupphoto-web.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/JCNS/EN/2015/2015-10-22-SMNG-Workshop.html?nn=975850]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Facilitating processing of biomass </title>
<description><![CDATA[Usually, harvesting energy and raw materials from plants requires many process steps and aggressive chemicals. To make these processes more efficient and resource saving, researchers are looking for suitable enzymes. Using neutrons, researchers have now investigated the reaction mechanism of an important class of enzymes – the glycosidases. The measurements were made at the neutron sources in Los Alamos and Oak Ridge (USA), as well as at the research neutron source FRM II of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The results provide the key to improving large-scale technical processing of biomass.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/xylanase-web.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=539&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Prof. Petry in ARD Alpha</title>
<description><![CDATA[Unter diesem Titel wird Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry am 10.11.2015 um 19 Uhr in der Reihe Campus Talks in ARD Alpha über Forschung mit Neutronen sprechen. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/petryincampustalk1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=540&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>JCNS-Workshop 2015 attracted key experts and specialists from all over the world</title>
<description><![CDATA[“Neutron Scattering on Nano-Structured Soft Matter: Synthetic- and Bio-Materials” has been the focus of this year’s JCNS Workshop, held from 5 -8 October at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing on Lake Starnberg.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/jcns-workshop-2015_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/JCNS/EN/2015/2015-11-06-JCNS-Workshop.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New Multi-MHz KWS-2 Detector Improves Count Rate by a Factor of 25 </title>
<description><![CDATA[The new detection system is characterized by a dead-time constant of 25ns and a count rate as high as 5MHz at 10% dead-time. Compared to the old detector, this means an improvement of factor 25.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/fig2-detector-kws2-installation.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=542&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>JCNS: First “High Brilliance Neutron Source” Workshop</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international workshop with more than 30 researchers in attendance was organized by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) on 27-28 October to discuss current and future options for compact accelerator-driven high brilliance neutron sources to serve the international scientific community. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/hbns-workshop-2015.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=543&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Perpetual youth for batteries? Neutrons explain aging process in lithium ion batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[A key issue with lithium ion batteries is aging. It significantly reduces their potential storage capacity. To date, very little is known about the causes of the aging effects. Scientists from the Department of Technical Electrochemistry and the Research Neutron Source FRM II at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now come a step closer to identifying the causes in their latest experiments.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pgaa_seidlmayerkudejova.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=544&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Max Born prize awarded to Christian Pfleiderer</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Physics (IOP) and the German Physical Society (DPG) have jointly awarded the Max Born Prize to Christian Pfleiderer of TUM's Physik-Department.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc9897_ger.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=545&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>VIP visit at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 24 November 2015 the G7 Non Proliferation Directors Group visited the Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Centre for Neutron Research (MLZ). This visit took place in the framework of the G7 presidency of the Federal Republic of Germany and upon invitation of the Federal Foreign Office.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/g7-besuch.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=547&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Staudinger-Durrer Prize awarded to Prof. Dieter Richter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dieter Richter of the Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich Centre for Neutron Science) and the Institute of Complex Systems has been awarded the Staudinger-Durrer Prize of the ETH Zürich for his work in the area of soft matter.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dieterrichter.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=549&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Apply now for European master MaMaSELF</title>
<description><![CDATA[Students can immediately apply for the MaMaSELF Master program that starts in 2016. The deadline for non-EU students ends on January 31, 2016; EU students have time until February 28, 2016. All, that do not require scholarship, must apply before April 30, 2016.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mamaself.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=550&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Measure more accurately with positrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Physicists of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Centre and the Technical University of Munich have shown the enormous benefits of the Positron annihilation induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy (PAES) in the exploration of surfaces.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/paes.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=552&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Forschungszentrum Jülich presents its approach to a new neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forschungszentrum Jülich has begun to develop a concept for cost-efficient neutron sources which could replace mid-sized facilities. The new sources will operate without using reactor-typical chain reactions. Even smaller facilities on a laboratory scale can be set up using the same principle.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/16-02-17neutronenquelle.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=557&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>The survey of copper selenate</title>
<description><![CDATA[The combination of different neutron methods allowed measuring the complete spectrum of magnetic excitations.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/image_300x300.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=559&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Self-diffusion in amorphous silicon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists of the Technical University of Clausthal succeeded the first time using neutrons at FRM II and the PSI to measure the self-diffusion in amorphous silicon.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/maria.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=560&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Cellular &quot;Light Switch&quot; Analysed Using Neutron Scattering</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the aid of neutron spectroscopy, dynamic processes have been detected in so-called "LOV photoreceptors" by scientists from Jülich, Aachen, Dusseldorf and Garching. The research has recently been published in "Biophysical Journal" (DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2016.01.021).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/zellulaere-lichtschalter1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=563&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons save cultural heritage from the Iron Age</title>
<description><![CDATA[In their latest publication Friedrich and Ursula Wagner have examined the high temperature method more closely by the Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) method to find the optimal conditions for preservation of Iron Age's artifacts.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pfeilspitze.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=565&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Fuel Cells: Polymers, platinum and a poster prize</title>
<description><![CDATA[Publication on the catalytic layers of high-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells is published online: M. Khaneft et al, Structure and Proton Dynamics in catalytic layers of HT-PEFC, Fuel Cells 2016.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ae20120117037.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=566&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Karl-Wirtz award for Tanja Huber</title>
<description><![CDATA[For her doctoral thesis "Thermal Conductivity of High Density Uranium-Molybdenum Fuels for Research Reactors" Dr. Tanja Huber is awarded the Karl Wirtz Prize of the German Nuclear Society (KTG) today. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/brennstoffentwicklung_th_011kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=567&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Tunnel for Cooper pairs</title>
<description><![CDATA[The magnetic properties of thin film systems with superconducting and ferromagnetic states and an insulating layer in between were never studied before. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/maria_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=568&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Better &quot;packaging&quot; could make drugs easier on patients</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international research team has discovered the mechanism by which a pharmaceutical excipient from the class of block copolymers improves the solubility of large quantities of a poorly water-soluble active substance. The results form the basis for the development of a drug delivery system better tolerated by the human body. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kws-1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/UK/EN/2016/16-05-13arzneimittel.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Reversed symmetry</title>
<description><![CDATA[Transporting electricity without losses is the promise of superconducting materials. Two research teams have studied the new class of iron-based superconductors at the instrument PUMA of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz centre and independently came to the same surprising result: The superconducting Cooper pairs change their symmetry.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/daad_vl_tum_neutron_1113_010kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=569&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>VDI-TUM experts meeting about high performance materials</title>
<description><![CDATA[Technical University of Munich and German Engineering Association (VDI) organize for the sixth time an experts meeting at the FRM II on 15th September 2016. This workshop (in German language!) is on high performance materials in use. Registration is possible now.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/vdi-tum-expertenforum_gasturbine_siemens.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/33/]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Christian Pfleiderer and Peter Böni receive Europhysics prize</title>
<description><![CDATA[Experimental physicists Prof. Christian Pfleiderer and Prof. Peter Böni from the physics department of TUM are awarded the European Physical Society's prestigious Europhysics Prize. The prize is awarded for the "discovery of a skyrmion phase in manganese silicon" and shared with three theoretical physicists: Prof. Alex Bogdanov (Dresden), Prof. Achim Rosch (Cologne) and Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath (Berkeley).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sk_r.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=570&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Again excellent female scientist of the FRM II awarded</title>
<description><![CDATA[Samantha Zimnik was granted with the Laura Bassi price for her outstanding scientific achievements in the field of surface physics at the positron source NEPOMUC.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/suspect-samantha.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=571&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>50 Years of Neutron Backscattering</title>
<description><![CDATA[1966 was the birth of neutron backscattering spectroscopy with the first published experiment at the Atomic Egg. For the 50th birthday, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum and partners organize a workshop on the history of the method and its modern and future innovative applications on 2nd and 3rd September 2016. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/backscattering_frm1_photo.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/30/]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>DFG funds research on metallic glasses</title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 1 a new two-year project will begin, which will serve to study the microscopic structure and dynamics of bulk metallic glasses.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dlr_esl_big.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=573&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>True change of symmetry or ricochet?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The combination of the neutron diffraction techniques and the software program "Umweg" at MLZ is a big step forward to improve neutron studies on many highlighting materials, in order to answer the often difficult question of their real symmetry.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/multdiff-sazonov.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=575&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>BornAgain School and User Meeting</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Scientific Computing Group of MLZ organizes the first school on the simulation software BornAgain, which will take place on 21-22 November 2016 at MLZ Garching. The School will introduce students and researchers working in the field of GISAS or reflectometry in extensive hands-on tutorials to new opportunities for simulating and fitting their data.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bornagain_logo.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/34/]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons Reveal – The Secret of Superconductivity</title>
<description><![CDATA[Thirty years into the investigation and the theory still has gaps – researchers worldwide are still attempting to fathom why some materials suddenly become superconductive at specific temperatures. The PUMA and PANDA experiments at the FRMII research neutron source are among the best in the world for investigating certain aspects of the phenomenon. There, scientists have spent the last ten years or so piecing together the picture. 
An article about supercoducting contains the 18th edition of "Faszination Forschung" (in English), the scientific journal of the Technical University of Munich. It provides in a semi-annual cycle interesting insights into the scientific world of the Technical University of Munich.


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<link><![CDATA[https://portal.mytum.de/pressestelle/faszination-forschung/2016nr18/index_html]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Well connected: Chinese-German cooperation in instrument construction</title>
<description><![CDATA[2013/14 Dr. Peng Cheng worked on the instrument PANDA to develop a concept for a cold three-axis spectrometer, which he now has published together with the MLZ-scientists Dr. Astrid Schneidewind, Dr. Peter Link and Dr. Robert Georgii in the journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A-Accel. Spectrom. Dect. Assoc. Equip. 821, 17 (2016).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/carr2-web.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>120 scientists discuss polarized neutrons on the Domberg in Freising</title>
<description><![CDATA[On July 7, the 11th International Conference on Polarised Neutrons for Condensed Matter Investigations 2016 (PNCMI 2016) in Freising ended.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pncmi2016_conf_picture.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=577&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons observe the effects of Alzheimer&#039;s peptides</title>
<description><![CDATA[Using neutrons, scientists have revealed a possible cause of Alzheimer's disease. During recent experiments carried out on the instrument TOFTOF at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching and two spectrometers at the ILL in Grenoble, they observed an altered mobility of the lipids in model cell membranes with the presence of amyloid-β. This peptide is believed to trigger symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/graphabs.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=578&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron scattering in five minutes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two short films explain vividly the basics of neutron scattering. Starring are next to the two instruments DNS and BioDiff the scientits Dr. Sultan Demirdis and Dr. Tobias Schrader. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/standbild-film1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=310&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New thimbles, plates and beam plug</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since July 20, the FRM II again delivers neutrons. In the break, employees have finished many tasks: They exchanged the beam plug, which will guide neutrons towards the neutron guide hall east for new instruments. In addition, other maintenance works were carried out as the exchange of thimble tubes in the moderator tank.

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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=587&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Novel state of matter: Observation of a quantum spin liquid</title>
<description><![CDATA[A novel and rare state of matter known as a quantum spin liquid has been empirically demonstrated in a monocrystal of the compound calcium-chromium oxide. What is remarkable about this discovery is that according to conventional understanding, a quantum spin liquid should not be possible in this material. First neutron measurements for this study have been performed on the instrument TOFTOF of MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ca10cr7o28_bi-triangle.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=589&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Existence of Weak Electromagnons Verified with Neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) together with German and international partners have for the first time unequivocally detected weak electromagnons by means of neutron scattering. Their studies of hübnerite single crystals (chemical formula: MnWO[~4~]) have established a further building block towards a better understanding of the complex phenomenon that is multiferroicity. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/multiferroika-jcns.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=590&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Software TAKIN makes scientists’ life easier</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to Wikipedia, a TAKIN is a goat-like mammal in Asia. Quite different at FRM II: here it is a new and extremely useful software that Tobias Weber, Robert Georgii and Prof. Peter Böni of the MIRA group developed specifically for working with three-axis spectrometers.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/takin.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=597&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Batteries and Fuel Cells: Energy Research with Neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 90 energy researchers from around the world now came to the conference "Neutrons For Energy" in Bad Reichenhall to discuss current results and questions from various areas of energy research with neutrons. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc3102-neutrons-for-energy.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=601&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron scattering using marsh mallows</title>
<description><![CDATA[Physics can also taste very sweet – this is one of the things that the pupils from grade 3 of the elementary school Garching Ost learned during their visit at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz. They made an atom model from toothpicks and marsh mallows and tried their abilities as neutron scatterers at a neutron ball toss. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/grundschule_garching_ost_058kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=602&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>16.2 million Euros for neutron and positron research</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has given 13.5 million Euros to fund a number of projects at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ). The projects are to be realized by ten different universities over the next three years, including seven projects at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The Ministry has also given 2.7 million Euros to support the integration of instruments in the new Neutron Guide Hall East at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source (FRM II).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0524.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=603&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide Safer than Expected</title>
<description><![CDATA[Experiments with neutrons reveal minimal corrosion of the top layer of a naturally occurring CO[~2~]  reservoir

The long-term storage of carbon dioxide in porous layers of rock deep underground (carbon capturing and storage, CCS) could contribute to reducing the emission of climate-damaging gases in the atmosphere. An international research team including scientists from Jülich and Aachen investigating a natural 100,000-year-old carbon dioxide (CO[~2~]) reservoir in Utah, USA, have now shown that carbon dioxide dissolved in water remains stored in certain types of rock layers far longer than first envisaged (Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12268). 
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=604&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Wolfram-Prandl Prize to Dr. Anatoliy Senyshyn</title>
<description><![CDATA[On September 21, in Kiel again a Garching neutron researcher receives the Wolfram Prandl Prize for young scientists in the field of research with neutrons: Dr. Anatoliy Senyshyn. He obtains the prize for his outstanding research in the field of lithium-ion batteries, which he watches in its function in a live hook-up at the atomic level.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/wprandlpreis.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=606&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>High Performance Materials in the focus of the 6th VDI-TUM Experts Forum </title>
<description><![CDATA[The VDI-TUM Experts Forum, which is organized at intervals of 2 years from the VDI and the FRM II, took place at the Campus Garching on 15 September 2016. As always, it was fully booked and the organizers of the Technical Committee "Application-oriented non-destructive material and component testing" were again able to offer a whole range of exciting talks. The event was moderated by Dr. Ralph Gilles (TUM). This time the focus was on high-performance materials and their non-destructive testing.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/vdi-1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=607&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Webcam&quot; for battery production</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mechnical engineers of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have observed battery cells during their filling with the help of neutron radiography - and have learned important lessons for the production process.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/elektrolytbefuellung_radiografie.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=608&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Exploring the origins of high-temperature superconductivity</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international team of scientists has examined high-temperature superconductors at the instrument PANDA. Their resulsts have been published in Nature Communications. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/panda-ht-supraleiter.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=609&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>In-Depth Exchange Between Scientists of Related Neutron Communities</title>
<description><![CDATA[The first “Joint Workshop JCNS and Flipper 2016 - Modern Trends in Neutron Scattering for Magnetic Systems/Single-crystal Diffraction with Polarized Neutrons” was held from 3 -7 October 2016 at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing on Lake Starnberg, south of Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc_6184_jcns-ws_2016_group_ph_lr_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=612&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Record number of visitors at the open day</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, 22 October, more visitors were able to visit the research neutron source thanks to a tight planning: 557 came to the FRM II Open Day. Many others used the versatile offer in the physics department. (in German only)<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc01981kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=610&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>From Science to Industry</title>
<description><![CDATA[In December 2015, Dr. Thorsten Lauer was still working as a postdoc and Thorsten Zechlau as a graduate student at the FRM II. Lauer and Zechlau could convince an investor with their knowledge and their enthusiasm for neutron optics to support the founding of a company on 1 January 2016. "We would not have dreamed of that a year ago", the two founders say.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_1343.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=611&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons Prove the Existence of “Spiral Spin-Liquid”</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of researchers have now found indications of a so-called “spiral spin-liquid” structure in manganese scandium thiospinel single crystals at low temperatures. They used the diffuse scattering neutron time of flight spectrometer (DNS).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dns_mn.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=613&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Improved Insight into the Structure of Lipid Membranes: Combining the Strengths of Neutron Reflectivity and Molecular Dynamics</title>
<description><![CDATA[Alexandros Koutsioumpas from Forschungszentrum Jülich has studied the structure of complex lipid membranes at the neutron reflectometer MARIA.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/martini-fzj.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=615&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Experimentally proved: theory is correct</title>
<description><![CDATA[One week of beam time at the PUMA instrument have been enough for international research teams from Beijing and the USA to prove theoretical calculations experimentally. The results bring the global community of superconductors a good deal, because this small, but very important puzzle part has confirmed a theory.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/jtp-prl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=616&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Hydrogen atom hidden and sought</title>
<description><![CDATA[British scientists have elucidated the structure of a vital enzyme with the help of neutrons. This involved the presence of a hydrogen atom. Their results are now published in Nature Communications.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/biodiff_s-mast.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Smooth transition in FRM II administration</title>
<description><![CDATA[Johannes Nußbickel follows Dr. Klaus Seebach as Managing Director.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/nussbickel-seebach.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Bauernfeind Medal for Franz Wagner</title>
<description><![CDATA[For his commitment to the Campus Choir Garching (CCG), the Technical University of Munich awarded the Karl Max von Bauernfeind Medal to the long-term FRM II employee Franz Michael Wagner. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20161205_bauernfeindmedaille.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=619&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Focused Interactions Important for Protein Dynamics</title>
<description><![CDATA[The influence of interactions in high protein concentrations is extremely difficult to quantify experimentally. Neutron scattering experiments performed among other places at the J-NSE instrument at MLZ have now made studies possible in physiological concentrations. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2016_12-14-proteincluster.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=622&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Crystalline structure of ice clouds and their formation clarified</title>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked out of the window during an intercontinental flight has probably already seen it: cirri, the ice clouds in the upper troposphere (8-12 km high) look like rattled cotton. But also in the lower stratosphere (15-20 km altitude) there are ice clouds, so-called polar stratospheric clouds (abbr. PSCs). <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/wolken_zolles.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New point of attack against stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is a strong suspicion that Helicobacter pylori is linked to the development of stomach cancer. Now an international team of researchers led by Prof. Donald R. Ronning (University of Toledo, USA) has used neutrons to unlock the secret to the functionality of an important enzyme in the bacterium's metabolism. This could be used as a point of attack for new medications. The team made the corresponding measurements at the neutron sources in Oak Ridge (USA) and at the research neutron source reactor FRM II of the Technical University of Munich (TUM).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mtan_3442_v1_web.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=625&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Master program for material scientists</title>
<description><![CDATA[Students can now apply for the Master Program. The application deadlines are different for the country of origin: for non-EU students, they will end on 31 January 2017; EU students must apply until 28 February 2017. All those who do not need a scholarship will have time until 15 May 2017.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/welcome_week_2016_rennes.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=623&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Podcast in Deutschlandfunk: &quot;New facilitiy for a radioactive contrast agent&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA["Forschung aktuell" reports about the construction of a molybdenum-99 facility at the FRM II. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc01898_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/technetium-99m-neue-anlage-fuer-ein-radioaktives.676.de.html?dram:article_id=375961]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Research grant for development of positron pulses of unprecedented intensity</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German DFG has granted support for the development of a pulsed positron source that will enable investigations of exotic states of matter and mixes of matter and antimatter with 750,000 euros.

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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=626&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Danish company uses neutrons to test electrolysis cells</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Danish company Haldor Topsøe got thanks to the EU project SINE 2020 at ANTARES interesting radiograpies of its electrolysis cells.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/haldor_topsoe_2_titel.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=628&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New buildings for the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum</title>
<description><![CDATA[First groundbreaking ceremony for the new science and technology building of the Technical University of Munich as well as the laboratory and office building of the Research Center Jülich for use by the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ): (from left to right) Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry (Scientific Director of Research Neutron Source FRM II), Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann (President of the Technical University of Munich), Dr. Anton Kastenmüller (Technical Director of the Research Neutron Source FRM II), Prof. Dr. Thomas Brückel (Director of the Jülich Center for Neutron Science and Spokesman of the MLZ Directorate), Stefan Müller MdB (Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)), Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Mult. Sebastian M. Schmidt (Member of the Board, Research Center Jülich), Dr. Dietmar Gruchmann (First Mayor of the City of Garching).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/spatenstich.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=629&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Positrons as a new tool for lithium ion battery research </title>
<description><![CDATA[Rechargeable lithium batteries with cathodes comprising nickel, manganese, and cobalt, are viewed as the most potent today. But they, too, have a limited lifespan. Already in the first cycle they lose up to ten percent of their capacity. Why this happens and what can be done to alleviate the ensuing gradual loss of capacity has now been investigated in detail by a team of scientists using positrons at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/batterien-nepomuc.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=630&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ mourns Prof. Tasso Springer</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the age of 86, the emeritus professor Dr. Tasso Springer has now died. He was one of the first pupils of Prof. Dr. Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, discovered and developed together with his mentor the principle of the guiding of neutrons by mirroring (neutron guides) at the atomic egg.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/im002356_tasso_springer.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=631&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>The lost lithium: Neutrons explain the aging in battery cells used in stationary storage systems</title>
<description><![CDATA[Together with the VW-VM research company, a collaboration between VW and VARTA Microbattery, scientists from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ, working group Dr. Ralph Gilles) and the chair of Technical Electrochemistry (Prof. Hubert Gasteiger) of the Technical University of Munich have now investigated for the first time the aging of battery cell prototypes for stationary storage systems with the help of neutrons on the instrument SPODI. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_8000_lfp-batteries_n-paul.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=635&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Science meets art</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientific pictures often show fantastic motifs – for scientists sometimes not so easy to recognize. For laymen, who do not know the background or genesis, and therefore look at them with a very different look, they reveal a very special beauty that can compete with classical art. Armin Kriele, a member of the Material Science Laboratory of the MLZ, has this other look and also looks with the eyes of an esthete on the scientific pictures that he daily sees.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/cerfa-photon-contest.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=636&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>EU supports development of new fuels </title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 6 million Euros has been invested by the European Commission in the development of new nuclear fuel in the framework of the LEU FOREvER (Fuel for REsEarch Reactors) project. Of this, half a million has been set aside for the developments at FRM II. Project partners include research institutes as well as industry leaders from five countries, with TUM as the only university.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2013_steyer_2_gamma_phasen_20_fach_aussen.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=637&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>International guest filmed a movie at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ricardo Garcia Soto is a Chilean science author and director of television films, as well as the highly successful Astroblog. He studied astronomy at the University of Chile and completed his education as a film and TV director, which gave him a different look at astronomical research.
In 2016 he visited Garching and came by for a stop-over at the FRM II. He made a short about what to see at the FRM II, released on Youtube.
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<link><![CDATA[https://youtu.be/5eBZF53KMig]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Enhanced Magnetization of Cobalt Defect Clusters Embedded in TiO2−δ Films for Spintronic devices</title>
<description><![CDATA[The speed of microelectronics is currently limited by heating, as increased speed also increases the power dissipation. Spintronics or Spin-Electronics is a new concept allowing for much higher speed. It is based on the manipulation of the electron spins in magnetic layers buried inside the devices. A high magnetization of these magnetic layers is desirable in spintronic devices to allow for efficient manipulation of the electronic states. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/cortietal_fig1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=639&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>  Holiday academy for students </title>
<description><![CDATA["Mountains - Hiking - Learning" is the motto of the “Ferienakademie Sarntal”  from 17 to 29 September 2017. Until 9 May, Bachelor and Master students from various disciplines can apply. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sarntal2010-wp-gipfelkreuz.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=640&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>From Serpong to Garching: Exchange and Education</title>
<description><![CDATA[The MLZ does not only provide excellent scientific results and user service but also extraordinary education and training for young people, world-class instruments and their upgrades. The MLZ also offers from time to time support for the technical program of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which brings together research institutions and scientists from its different member states to collaborate on research projects or training purposes. Another important support is to fund travel expenses for scientists, as many countries only have a limited budget for research activities or travels to conferences and training.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_6784.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=641&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons help save two valuable wooden figures</title>
<description><![CDATA[Restorers often have to deal with negative or even damaging consequences of conservation measures from earlier years. The church of St. Laurentius in Tönning / Schleswig-Holstein was also affected, because two valuable wooden figures from the beginning of the 18th century were distorted by an earlier treatment of wood preservatives.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/03_carbolineum.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=642&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Workshop on Advanced Use of Neutron Imaging for Research and Applications: AUNIRA</title>
<description><![CDATA[The IAEA organizes the workshop for disseminating the use of neutron imaging in research and industry from 28 August until 1 September. Registration and abstract submission are possible until 10 June.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/aunira.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/51/]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons make hydrogen atoms visible</title>
<description><![CDATA[Once again, the instrument BioDiff at the MLZ has located with highest accuracy hydrogen atoms of various inhibitors when binding to the enzyme trypsin. The results, which are important for the prediction of binding properties of new substances in drug research, have now been published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/trypsin-angewandte-chemie-biodiff.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=643&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Two MLZ scientists re-elected in committee research with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[They have received by far the most votes from all candidates and are represented again in the "Komitee Forschung mit Neutronen": Dr. Astrid Schneidewind from the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (left), and Dr. Wiebke Lohstroh from the Technical University of Munich (right).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/wl_as.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=646&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>70 participants in MLZ conference &quot;Neutrons for Health&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just in time ...<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/nfh_gruppenfoto.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mystery of an enigmatic impression in the braincase solved </title>
<description><![CDATA[Since several decades an enigmatic impression in the braincase of the forerunners of mammals caused palaeontologists headache. Recently, Michael Laaß could clarify the possible function of this chamber by means of neutron tomography at the instrument ANTARES.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/diictodon_unossified-zone_fin_engl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=649&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Science&quot;: Using Neutrons for Switchable Antiferromagnets</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the journal Science, a Chinese–German team of researchers has presented a novel synthetic antiferromagnetic material which may prove pioneering for progress in nanomedicine and information technology. Up until now, synthetic antiferromagnets have been manufactured primarily from transition metals and alloys. The scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei manufactured a different kind of antiferromagnet consisting of several oxide layers only a few nanometres thick, whose properties can be adapted to various applications in a targeted manner. In collaboration with Forschungszentrum Jülich, the researchers used neutron measurements at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) to show that the individual layers of the new material can be magnetized and their polarity reversed – meaning that the magnetic states can be switched in a controlled fashion.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20111004_maria_003-il_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/UK/EN/notifications/2017-07-13-science-antiferromagnet.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>First observation: new type of entanglement in a 2D quantum material</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists from EPFL and PSI have shown experimentally, for the first time, a quantum phase transition in strontium copper borate, the only material to date that realizes a famous quantum many-body model. Scientist Dr. Astrid Schneidewind from the MLZ was also involved with the PANDA instrument.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/6030-0083kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=650&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons from Garching since 60 years</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 27 July at 7 pm Prof. Winfried Petry, the Scientific Director of the FRM II, will give a one-hour talk at the gymnasium in Garching. This will include a very short historical retrospect, but most of all the listeners will get up-to-date information on what is going on at the research neutron source in Garching, on current research and how the FRM II is positioned in the international research landscape. Admission is free and all interested Garchinger citizens are invited to attend. There will also be the opportunity to ask own questions and to receive competent answers.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ausstellung.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=651&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Photo exhibition at Garching subway station</title>
<description><![CDATA[Until end of September a new photo exhibition is now to see in the subway showcase of the city of Garching on the occasion of the anniversary "60 years neutrons from Garching". <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_20170731_140815.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=652&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Member of the German Parliament at the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[Florian Hahn, Member of the German Parliament, has now visited the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc7751kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=653&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Physics and technology – but not so easy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Eight highly motivated girls participated in the program "Physics and technology made easy" within the framework of the "Mädchen machen Technik" initiative.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mmt4.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=654&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Hot tests with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[The efficiency of gas turbines is close to the limit. The state-of-the-art nickel base alloys would not tolerate higher temperatures. Therefore, scientists are looking for an alternative superalloy for the turbine material. Lukas Karge studied a hot candidate for his PhD thesis with Dr. habil. Ralph Gilles at the MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gilles_karge_web.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=655&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Deep look into teeth with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fans of crime stories know: If the dentition of an unknown victim can be compared with a tooth scheme, the identity is soon clarified with this information. Similarly, the paleontologist study teeth as they contain a lot of essential biological information, representing a kind of “black box” of the life of a past individual. However, these information are not so easy to extract.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/zahn2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=656&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Gathering mushrooms for science</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mushroom pickers never reveal their places of discovery and neither for Dr. Matthias Rossbach. Instead, they have sent him the dried mushrooms they collected in Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Brandenburg, for scientific research.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/andreas_kunze-morchella_esculenta.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=657&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Astrid Schneidewind new chairman of the KFN</title>
<description><![CDATA[In May / June the neutron users in Germany elected their representatives, the 11th committee Forschung mit Neutronen (KFN). A total of 15 candidates threw their hats in the ring and since 18.9. 2017 Astrid Schneidewind (FZ Jülich) is the new KFN chairman. Markus Braden (University of Cologne) is the new deputy chairman and is also responsible for the topics of infrastructure and instrumentation. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kfn-wahl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=659&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Film about the production of Mo-99 at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Worldwide, more than 30 million medical examinations are conducted annually with the radioactive substance technetium-99m. The mother isotope molybdenum-99 can only be produced in research neutron sources. A new film shows the status of the upgrading at the FRM II towards the production of molybdenum-99.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/film-mo-99.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://youtu.be/rcTBlq-53wI]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The egg will be 60: photo and special exhibition for the Open Day</title>
<description><![CDATA[A series of events is planned this year for the 60th anniversary of neutron research in Garching: The photo exhibition in the Garching subway is now to be seen until October 10th. From November 7th to December 3rd 2017 the photos will be hung in a special exhibition of the museum "Reich der Kristalle" in Munich. Finally, on the open door day, there will be a special exhibition to the so called “Atomic Egg” in the gate building.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/24034.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=660&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Lively Discussions at the JCNS Workshop 2017 </title>
<description><![CDATA[This year, the annual JCNS Workshop addressed the issue of “Trends and Perspectives in Neutron Scattering: Probing Structure and Dynamics at Interfaces and Surfaces”. Held at the Evangelische Akademie in Tutzing on Lake Starnberg, south of Munich, from 10-13 October, more than 70 participants were in attendance to discuss recent developments and scientific challenges in interface structure and dynamics in soft matter, magnetism and condensed matter systems. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/jcns-workshop-2017.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=664&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Atomic egg and FRM II attract visitors at the open day</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fully booked guided tours, crowded info booths and great interest in the special exhibition on the Atomic Egg - this is the conclusion of the Open House Day at the Research Neutron Source.

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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=661&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The “Atomic Egg” celebrates its 60th birthday</title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 31, 1957, the Munich research reactor FRM went online for the first time. Until 2000, the “Atomic Egg” of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was a reliable provider of neutrons for basic research and medical applications. This year the facility is celebrating its 60th birthday with a special exhibition.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/60-jahre-atom-ei-ludewig.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=663&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>High level visit from Argentina</title>
<description><![CDATA[The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Argentina is currently building a new 30MW multi-functional reactor in Buenos Aires, scheduled to go into operation at the beginning of the next decade. The need for radioisotopes is also growing in Argentina, so their production is a major purpose of the new neutron source.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/argentinier.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=666&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Twisted magnetic fluctuations in superconductors</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Chinese research group led by Prof. Jun Zhao at Fudan University found the twisted magnetic excitations in the new Fe-based superconductor Li0.8Fe0.2ODFeSe from a neutron scattering experiment on PUMA, MLZ and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United State. This finding provides one step further in understanding of the mechanism in high temperature superconductivity. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/5x4_frm_6775_puma_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=667&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New method for drug research: Detecting Membrane Changes Using Neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Drugs can alter the structure of cell membranes. This in turn can affect their function and cause undesirable side effects. The structural changes in cell membranes caused by drugs have not yet been sufficiently investigated. Researchers from Jülich, Garching (near Munich), Georgia, and France now want to change this. They have developed a new neutron research method which enables deformations of the membranes to be detected faster and more easily than previous methods.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/zellmembran-de.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=669&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A pillar from minus to plus: Art for the future new buildings</title>
<description><![CDATA[There will also be art at or in the new twin buildings on the grounds of the FRM II, for which the groundbreaking ceremony took place in February 2017. From 4 to 8 December, the submitted six proposals for this art can be viewed in the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). Room 0 is to the right of the main entrance and open daily from 8am to 4pm.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/modell.8.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=670&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Cloppenburg&quot; analyzed with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cloppenburg is a city in Lower Saxony and therefore namesake for a strange stone, which was there already found in March 2017. Experts from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) were able to confirm beyond doubt that this is a piece of meteorite from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/cloppenburg.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=671&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>8.8 million euros for the research on electronic correlations</title>
<description><![CDATA[The transregional collaborative research center TRR 80 "From electronic correlations to functionality" successfully enters the third funding period. The German Research Foundation DFG will continue to support the consortium of the University of Augsburg and the Technical University of Munich with another 8.8 million euros for the next four years. Five projects are mainly carried out at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/trr80_acar.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=673&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>With angelic patience to the pure atomic arrangement</title>
<description><![CDATA[CsCuCl[~3~] crystallizes in a right and left form. Under normal conditions, it is impossible to separate these two so-called chiral forms and to obtain a crystal with a purely right or purely left atomic arrangement. The Japanese scientist Dr. Yusuke Kousaka has not only managed to grow pure monochiral crystals, but also to prove the direct correlation between crystalline and magnetic chirality with polarized neutrons at the single-crystal diffractometer POLI.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc06853_engelsgeduld.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=672&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=11&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A new “neutron window” onto membrane protein structures</title>
<description><![CDATA[The usual methods to define the structure of proteins do not work with membrane proteins. Scientists from the Jülich Centre of Neutron Science have now found a new neutron method to determine the structure of membrane proteins with a resolution of 1-2 nm.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20180108_membrane-protein-title.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=674&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Muenchen.tv in the neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[Several new projects in the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz will influence the research and the application of neutrons. Three out of these projects are topics in the programme “Münchner Stadtrundgang” of the local tv broadcast muenchen.tv.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc2081kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=675&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Ingenious idea: small effort, big impact</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ismail Zöybek, who works at FRM II in the light water systems group, has received a personal thank-you letter from the Minister of State, Ludwig Spaenle. How did he come to the honor of such a letter from the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art?<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc1503_zoeybek-kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=676&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>District Administrator visiting the Research Neutron Source</title>
<description><![CDATA[During the several-hour tour, Josef Hauner was enthusiastic about the many applications of Garching’s neutrons in medicine, industry and research: "It was very instructive and exciting," he said. The visit was conducted by the Manfred Danner, who is fire district counselor of the Freising district and full-time deputy shift supervisor and reactor driver at FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pmh018-landrat-besucht-neutronenquelle-in-garchi_201801251035_full.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=681&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Another Gyro Gearloose at the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[Armin Kriele from the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht has something in common with the famous inventor of Walt Disney: Both make inventions for the joy of working. Kriele is responsible for the Materials Science Laboratory at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center and has a lot to do with batteries of all kinds. For their detailed analysis, he has now made an invention and applied for a patent.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/akriele1898-b.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=682&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>The main thing tight - the search for a new fuel for the FRM II </title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Harald Breitkreutz will give a lecture under this title at Deutsches Museum on February 14th at 7 pm as part of the series "Science for Everyone".<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2016_schenk_farbig.fw.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=686&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Hauptsache dicht – die Suche nach einem neuen Brennstoff für den FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Harald Breitkreutz hält unter diesem Titel am 14. Februar um 19 Uhr im Rahmen der Reihe "Wissenschaft für Jedermann" einen Vortrag im Deutschen Museum.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2016_schenk_farbig.fw.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=686&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Disenchanted Exotic: Neutrons show how skyrmions form</title>
<description><![CDATA[Magnetic skyrmions can potentially store information in a higher density than today's data carriers. Since their discovery using neutrons at the FRM II in 2009, research on magnetic skyrmions is booming. For the first time, physicists of the Technical University of Munich have used a specially adapted imaging technique at the MLZ in order to clarify exactly how and where the magnetic vortex structure of the skyrmion lattice forms in extended bulk samples.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/skyrmions_teaser.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=687&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>District Office visits FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Christoph Göbel, district administrator of the district of Munich (4th from left), and some executives visited the FRM II and faced up to a group photo in the reactor hall.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc1729-web.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=689&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>How do protein crystals grow?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers from MLZ (Forschungszentrum Jülich) have investigated the crystallization of the protein lysozyme in an experiment at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). They focused on conditions known to result in the formation of particularly large crystals, suitable for use in high-resolution neutron protein crystallography. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kristallbild_schrader.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=690&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Three dinosaur eggs at the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[It is already known that dinosaurs lay eggs. The fact that the offspring of the same mother hatch at different times from the eggs, was observed so far only in modern birds. For the first time, measurements at FRM II could prove that already their ancestors, the dinosaurs, hatched asynchronously.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc3244kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=692&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Filling lithium-ion cells faster</title>
<description><![CDATA[Developers from Bosch and scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are using neutrons to analyze the filling of lithium ion batteries for hybrid cars with electrolytes. Their experiments show that electrodes are wetted twice as fast in a vacuum as under normal pressure.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/180320_akkus_ws_1605_900.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=693&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Ping-pong in the crystalline tunnel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lithium-ion batteries are an indispensable part of our daily lives. The negative electrodes are typically based on graphite. However, they have some problems, such as the so-called lithium plating. Now there is an electrode material that is not based on graphite and does not show these disadvantages: sodium hexatitanate.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc3445_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=695&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz under new leadership</title>
<description><![CDATA[The world's highest-performance neutron source for research, FRM II of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will have a new Scientific Director as of April 1st. With the appointment of Professor Peter Müller-Buschbaum, an internationally renowned researcher has been appointed to succeed Winfried Petry.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/csm_180329_mueller_petry_40321a9fd5.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=696&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Tunable quantum material interfaces for highly adaptive electronics </title>
<description><![CDATA[An international team of researchers has discovered functional electronic interfaces in quantum materials that can spontaneously self-assemble.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc4612.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=698&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>SNI: Submit your abstract now</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the German Conference for Research with Synchroton Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities (SNI 2018) at MLZ, abstracts can be submitted until 11 May. The conference will take place in Garching from 17 until 19 September 2018.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/registrierung.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/92/]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Funding for ErwiN from Norway</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Norwegian Research Council granted 2 million Kroner for a Post-Doc position to design a sample holder for Li-ion coin cell batteries, which can be charged and discharged while measuring with neutrons.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/nordforsk_erwin.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=705&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons reveal that spin glass can mimic quantum spin liquid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Quantum spin liquids represent a novel state of matter in which the spins do not arrange themselves in an ordered pattern as they do in a conventional magnet. This state features spins with long-range entanglements and fractional excitations, and thus can find applications in quantum computation and communication.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/figure-yzgo_ausschnitt.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=706&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Physics in Zwiesel: 42nd Edgar-Lüscher Seminar</title>
<description><![CDATA[The participants in this year's Edgar Lüscher Seminar at the Gymnasium Zwiesel, Bavarian Forest, got an update of pioneering research work. The scientific heads of the seminar, Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry and Prof. Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), had invited renowned speakers to give talks to the teachers in the school in Zwiesel.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/luescher003_webversion.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=707&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>“Neutron scattering is fantastic&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since the end of February, Prof. Dr. Stephan Förster, Forschungszentrum Jülich, has been appointed as director at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Thomas Brückel.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/foerster_juelich_18200-presseformat.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=711&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Symmetry tuning in molecular nanomagnets:  Neutrons reveal the difference</title>
<description><![CDATA[Molecular nanomagnets represent quite promising systems for high-density storage devices and as building units in quantum computers. Key requirements for their large-scale industrial application are the storage efficiency and the storage reliability against internal and external perturbations.Indeed, the main source of memory loss results from electronic quantum fluctuations within the ground state of the molecule (so-called quantum tunneling). A Danish-based team of international researchers has now gauged the effect of a chemistry-induced symmetry change in lanthanides-based molecular nanomagnets, thus addressing both key requirements at once. The results, achieved via inelastic neutron scattering at the MLZ time-of-flight spectrometer TOFTOF and complementary techniques, recently appeared in Nature Communications and Advanced Functional Materials. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/daad_vl_tum_neutron_1113_148_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=714&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Bringing together communities: MLZ Conference 2018 Neutrons for Culture and Art </title>
<description><![CDATA[The international MLZ Conference 2018 “Neutrons for Culture and Art” was held at beautiful Lenggries, Germany, not far away from Munich in southern Bavaria between June 19th and 22nd, 2018. More than 40 scientists and staff members of several museums had accepted the invitation and came together for this meeting at the Arabella Brauneck Hotel.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/neutronsforcultueand_at_grouppicture_farbig_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=715&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New material could cut down the cost of medical imaging</title>
<description><![CDATA[Indian researchers have engineered a piezoelectric ceramic with the highest shape changing value reported so far for polycrystalline ceramics and close to the record set by single crystals. Using neutron scattering at the instrument SPODI, they could explain the mechanism of the new material. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc4259_rajev-ranjan_anatoliy_senyshyn_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Magnetic vortices: twice as interesting</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time a team of researchers have discovered with the help of neutrons at the instrument SANS-1 two different phases of magnetic skyrmions in a single material. Physicists of the Technical Universities of Munich and Dresden and the University of Cologne can now better study and understand the properties of these magnetic structures, which are important for both basic research and applications.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc6244kl_skyrmionen.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=717&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Positrons on a billboard</title>
<description><![CDATA[The positron source NEPOMUC can be seen on a billboard in downtown Munich until the end of July. The more, a wooden model of the atomic egg is exhibited in a gallery in Augustenstraße, Munich. Both are projects from architecture students at the Technical University of Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc02635_nepomuc_orbitum_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=718&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron Scattering Detects Phase Transition in Supercritical CO2</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutron scattering has enabled scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich to detect the formation of droplets in supercritical carbon dioxide at high pressure. This finding can be used to determine a phase transition within the fluid with greater accuracy. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild_supercritical-co2_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=719&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mädchen machen Technik (Girls making technology 2018)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Like in the previous years, the Physics Department of the TUM, the Gerda-Stetter Foundation, and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) collaborated again to offer this three-day program called, “Physics and technology made easy” especially for girls from the age of 11 to 13 years. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mmt_roboter.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=739&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The Neutron Source opens its doors for children</title>
<description><![CDATA[3 October 2018 is dedicated to children and families: “Die Sendung mit der Maus”, (The Show with the Mouse), a well reputed children's series on German television, called for the nationwide 7th “Door-opener-day”. At the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum, too, doors that usually are closed for children will open. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2018_wdr_tueren_auf_plakat_eindruck_a6_sendetermin_social-media_klein_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=721&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The Olympic games of neutrons and photons</title>
<description><![CDATA[What do marshmallows, spaghetti and Lego have in common? They explain exciting methods and principles of neutron sciences. More than 4600 visitors could convince themselves about that at the Scientific Village in Toulouse in July 2018.  <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/spaghetti_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=735&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Three-axis spectrometer KOMPASS sees first neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new instrument KOMPASS was born on May 29, 2018, at exactly 15:16h. At that time, it detected the first neutrons, which were scattered from a sample.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc5334_kompass_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=722&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Founding Partners Sign Charter Establishing Neutron Source Consortium LENS</title>
<description><![CDATA[Representatives of eight European research infrastructures signed the Charter of the League of advanced European Neutron Sources (LENS) today at the International Conference of Research Infrastructures, ICRI2018. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/lens_bild_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=724&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>SNI2018: Focus on research and its future</title>
<description><![CDATA[A wealth of new contacts, ideas and information was taken home by more than 520 scientists who attended the "German Conference for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities 2018" in mid September 2018. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sni_teilnehmer_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=726&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons and ice cream – Mouse day at FRM II and MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 100 happy children and the same number of parents step out of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) on October 3rd. The children benefited from a special guided tour during the door-opener-day of “Sendung mit der Maus” (The Show with the Mouse) where they built chemical elements and finally enjoyed a sweet and ice-cold surprise.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20181003_frmii_maustag_ah_475836.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>More than 500 visitors at the open day in Garching</title>
<description><![CDATA[One sixth of the annual visitors don’t come on one day for no reason. Like every year the neutron research source had quite a lot to offer.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/tage_der_offenen_tuer_stickstoffeis_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Winfried Petry becomes Emeritus of Excellence</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. i.R. Dr. Winfried Petry has been awarded with the honorary title of Emeritus of Excellence of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). TUM-President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann bestowed the certificate appreciating his academic achievements on 9 October.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/tum_emeriti_of_excellence_petry_hermann_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=730&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Additive manufacturing - challenges for non-destructive testing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Themed additive manufacturing the VDI-TUM Expert Forum took place at the faculty of mechanical engineering (TUM) on 13 September 2018. The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum of the Technical University of Munich represented by Dr. Ralph Gilles and the Association of German Engineers (VDI) Materials Engineering, represented by Dr. Achim Eggert and the VDI Committee of Experts 101 organized the 7th VDI-TUM Expert Forum.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc7857.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=732&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Programming neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two pupils changed Catalonia for Bavaria for four weeks and performed a practical with Dr. Sebastian Busch at the MLZ in summer.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/schueler_seb_busch__20x13_.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=733&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons explain higher efficiency of solar cells with additives</title>
<description><![CDATA[Organic solar cells are cheaper to produce than conventional photovoltaic systems and can even be sprayed as thin layers on any surfaces. They have been the subject of intensive research since the Nobel price was awarded for conducting polymers in 2000. Physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now been able to clarify why additives increase the efficiency of solar cells from a morphological point of view with the use of neutrons at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/polymer_solarcell_highres_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=736&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>„Always ahead” - Scientific colloquium for Professor Winfried Petry </title>
<description><![CDATA[Praise and applause characterized the farewell event honouring Professor Dr. Winfried Petry, the former Scientific Director of FRM II, which was held on 25 October 2018 organized by Professor Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum. Winfried Petry’s merits were highly appreciated by the President of TUM, the Bavarian Minister of Science and the Arts, a representative of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research and by a board member of the Forschungszentrum Jülich.
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Four apprentices from the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[They praise the versatility, the opportunity to try something and the friendly colleagues: The research neutron source has sent four apprentices into professional life this year. The three young men and one woman have learned specialized computer science and mechatronics in Garching. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc02748-azubis.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=738&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>General Meeting of &quot;Women in Nuclear&quot; (WiN)</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the end of November the German Chapter of “Women in Nuclear“ (WiN) held its Annual General Meeting at the FRM II. WiN is a worldwide association of women working in the field of nuclear techniques and industries as scientists or engineers, or in other functions.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/women_in_nuclear_2018_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A new light on significantly faster computer memory devices</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an article published online now in Science Advances, a team of scientists from the USA and Germany offer an explanation of how a particular phase-change memory (PCM) material can work a thousand times faster than current flash computer memory, while being significantly more durable with respect to the number of daily read-writes. They have studied the material at the MLZ instrument TOFTOF.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/toftof_neutronenquelle-75kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Trapped antimatter</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, scientists of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) have trapped positrons in a magnetic cage without losses. This is an important step towards a matter-antimatter plasma of electrons and their antiparticles, the positrons, which are assumed to occur in the vicinity of neutron stars and black holes.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/eve_stenson_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Preventing Clumping: How to Keep Proteins Active</title>
<description><![CDATA[Small angle neutron scattering at KWS-1 has enabled scientists of Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University College London to look at the arrangement of proteins inside nanocavities. They showed for the first time, that the molecules do not clump despite limited space and even found the reasons for this behaviour.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/proteine_in_nanoporen72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>MaMaSELF: International students visit the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Apply now for the ERASMUS Mundus programme MaMaSELF (Master in Materials Science for Energy application and use of Large Scale Facilities). The deadlines are February 10th 2019 for Non-European students, March 24th 2019 for European students, and May 15th 2019 for self-funded students. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mamaself_studenten_fuehrung_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Materials research: Oxide ceramics with reversible properties</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new approach to achieving targeted and at the same time reversible material design using oxygen has now been presented by scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The ceramic material they examined at the MLZ-instrument MARIA is able to absorb, store and release oxygen, in the same manner as a sponge does with water.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20190123material_research_oxide_ceramics_with_reversible_properties.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=748&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Research at high pressure reveals details on phase transition</title>
<description><![CDATA[Unlike ice and other inorganic substances, most polymers do not show sharp phase transitions. Instead of melting at a well defined temperature, they gradually soften without significantly changing their microscopic structure. Yet some so-called thermoresponsive polymers show a drastic and discontinuous phase transition with rapid structural changes. An international team of scientists led by Prof. Christine M. Papadakis from TUM’s Physics Department has measured at the MLZ neutron small angle scattering instrument KWS-3, to sheds new light on the physical mechanism behind this peculiar behavior.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kws-3_1_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=749&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Improved Membranes for Platinum-free Fuel Cells</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists from Jülich together with colleagues from Japan have discovered how fuel cell membranes can be improved without the use of rare and expensive precious metals such as platinum. The anion-exchange membranes studied are a key component of certain polymer electrolyte fuel cells and serve to transfer charged particles (anions) while at the same time retaining gases such as oxygen or hydrogen. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/anionenaustausch-membranen_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=750&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>August Föppl-Medal for Jens Krüger</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jens Krüger, head of the instrument control group at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum and instructor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), was awarded the August Föppl-Medal during the dies academicus for his extraordinary work as a trainer.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/august_foeppl-medaille_fuer_jens_krueger_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>BrightnESS-2: MLZ participates in European neutron science project</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) is one of 14 international research organisations participating in a European neutron science project bringing together a neutron ecosystem for sustainable science with ESS (BrightnESS-2). The three-year programme funded by the EU Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020 started with its kick-off meeting in January and focuses on the long-term sustainability of the European Spallation Source (ESS) and its community.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/brightness-2_kick-off_73dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=752&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Salt could be a key factor in allergic immune reactions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Salt apparently affects allergic immune reactions. A team working with Prof. Christina Zielinski at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has demonstrated in cell cultures that salt leads to the formation of Th2 cells. These immune cells are active in allergic conditions such as atopic dermatitis. The team also detected elevated salt concentrations in the skin of patients.

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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=753&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons help understand the cause of amyloidosis – a rare but, so far, incurable disease.</title>
<description><![CDATA[New research published in Nature Communications may help scientists understand the cause of the rare and incurable disease transthyretin amyloidosis. A team of scientists based at Keele University (UK) and the Institut Laue-Langevin (France) has been trying to understand the mechanism by which the disease is caused. Neutron crystallographic measurements were carried out using both the ILL LADI-III diffractometer (operated by Matthew Blakeley) and MLZ’s neutron diffraction instrument BIODIFF with the help of MLZ scientist Andreas Ostermann. The neutron structures were important in visualizing specific details of molecular structure and drug interactions.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=756&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A lighthouse of innovation – 15 years of FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[For exactly 15 years the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University Munich provides neutrons for research, industry and medicine. Today, and then, the neutron source is one of the most powerful and modern ones worldwide. Each year around 1000 international customers come to Garching executing measurements for their cutting-edge research. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/leuchtturm_frm_ii_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=761&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists study method for researching magnetic materials</title>
<description><![CDATA[Physicists from the University of Luxembourg, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) and a team of research partners have demonstrated for the first time in a comprehensive study how different magnetic materials can be examined using small-angle neutron scattering. The scientists around Dr. Sebastian Mühlbauer (MLZ, Technical University of Munich) and Prof. Dr. Andreas Michels (University of Luxemburg) have published their insights in “Reviews of Modern Physics,” the respected science journal of the American Physical Society. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sebastian_muehlbauer-sans1_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=762&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>An elevator with millimeter precision - How to lift a 20-meter long pipe</title>
<description><![CDATA[The small angle neutron scattering instrument KWS-2 weighs five tons and has been lifted up by ten centimeters in the maintenance break. A Herculean task.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc1711_title_.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=763&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Battery and fine dust - Seminar SAAGAS with current applications</title>
<description><![CDATA[Around 70 scientists recently met in Garching on the topics of activation analysis and gamma spectrometry at the seminar SAAGAS (Seminar on Activation Analysis and Gamma Spectrometry). After 2013, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum hosted the seminar once again.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sagaas_teilnehmer_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=767&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>LENS launches activities to strengthen European neutron science </title>
<description><![CDATA[Members of a strategic consortium of neutron research facilities in Europe, the League of advanced European Neutron Sources (LENS), officially launched activities to promote collaboration on neutron usage, technology development, innovation, data, education, and strategies. By aligning policies among its partners, LENS will advocate for the user community and strengthen European neutron science.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/lens_vertrag_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=769&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Toxic and aggressive, but widely used</title>
<description><![CDATA[In toothpaste, Teflon, LEDs and medications, it shows its sunny side – but elemental fluorine is extremely aggressive and highly toxic. Attempts to determine the crystal structure of solid fluorine using X-rays ended with explosions 50 years ago. A research team has now clarified the actual structure of the fluorine using neutrons from the Heinz Maier Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/190327_kraus-ivlev_0142_900.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=768&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A future day for girls - become a scientist!</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 28th March, The Research Neutron Source (FRM II) opened its doors for national Girls' Day. More than 30 interested girls were introduced to the job of a "scientist" and learned about neutrons and what you can do with them. Johanna Jochum, scientist at the RESEDA instrument, talks about a typical working day at the neutron source. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/girlsday19_1_dsc4749_web_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=777&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>French-German Workshop</title>
<description><![CDATA[La Fédération Française de la Diffusion Neutronique and MLZ are organizing a French-German workshop aiming at exploring the opportunities of cooperation between French and German neutron scientists against the background of a changing European neutron landscape in Garching, from 14 to 16 May 2019. 
Registration is possible now, abstracts can be submitted until 30 April.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/logo-2fdn_mlz_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/170/]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Christoph Hugenschmidt appointed as adjunct professor</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Physics Department of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has appointed PD Dr. Christoph Hugenschmidt adjunct professor for the subject "Physics with positrons" at the chair E21 on 15 January. Thereby TUM recognizes the scientific achievements of the 49-year-old as well as his years of engagement to teaching. In an interview, Prof. Dr. Christoph Hugenschmidt explains the research field of positrons, which he newly established at TUM.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/nepomuc_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=770&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Energy for teachers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The university comes to the school. Under this motto, approximately 70 teachers from all over Bavaria listened to and discussed the talks of the university lecturers on the topic "Renewable Energies" at the 43rd Edgar-Lüscher-Seminar.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/luescher_gruppenfoto_72dpi_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=774&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ Conference: Neutrons for Information and Quantum Technologies</title>
<description><![CDATA[This year's MLZ conference from 4 till 7 June in Lenggries features Neutrons for Information and Quantum Technologies. Registration and abstracts submitting are possible until 17 May.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mlz-conference-2019.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/157/]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Exceptions become the rule</title>
<description><![CDATA[Electrons and their atomic nuclei influence their respective motions in more materials than previously assumed. Scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Forschungszentrum Jülich made this discovery during measurements conducted at TUM’s research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II). Possible applications for the effect they identified include data processing and zero-loss transmission of electricity. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/astrid_schneidewind_panda_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=778&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A life for neutron research: In mourning of Erich Steichele </title>
<description><![CDATA[He developed the world's first neutron time-of-flight diffractometer with a 150-meter-long neutron guide at the Atomic Egg in Garching and planned the instruments at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz. Now Erich Steichele has died at the age of 80 near Bad Wörishofen.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/erich_steichele_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=784&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Superconductor with a twist</title>
<description><![CDATA[American, Chinese and German scientists have found tiny distortions among the otherwise symmetrical atomic order of an iron pnictide superconductor with measurements at the triple axes spectrometer TRISP. They have thus come closer to superconductivity at higher temperatures.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/trisp_ludewig_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=785&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A scientific festival: The MLZ at StreetScience</title>
<description><![CDATA[Research and science fascinate people anywhere and at any time. This was proven once again at this year’s Streetlife Festival in Munich. Despite the initially bad weather, many of the 230,000 visitors came to see us. So, only after a short while, there was a giant queue of old and young in front of our stand.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=791&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Iron selenide revealed as ‘garden-variety iron-based superconductor’</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the pantheon of unconventional superconductors, iron selenide is a rock star. But new experiments by U.S., Chinese and European physicists have found the material’s magnetic persona to be unexpectedly mundane. The group published the results in Nature Materials.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/eisenselenid_jitae_park_puma_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=786&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>German-French workshop: How will Europe maintain its pole position in neutron science?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) and the French Neutron Scattering Federation (2DFN) organized a German-French workshop on the research campus in Garching from the 14th until the 16th May 2019. As two national neutron sources in Germany and France will be decommissioned at the end of 2019, the European neutron landscape will change. Therefore, the workshop served to discuss the opportunity of an enhanced French-German cooperation among European neutron scientists.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/group-photo_4zu3_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=787&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons for information and quantum technologies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Magnetism research with neutrons – the number 1 topic at the MLZ conference in picturesque Lenggries. In their varied lectures, world-renowned speakers reported on various research topics in magnetism that are to revolutionize future information and quantum technologies.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=800&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Bad times for truffle counterfeiters. Neutrons detect trace elements in popular edible mushrooms </title>
<description><![CDATA[Truffles are among the most expensive foodstuffs worldwide. One kilogram of white truffles from Italy can be sold for as high as 9,000 euros. Until now, it was not possible to verify the origin of this exquisite edible mushrooms with absolute certainty. However, scientists at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now found a way to identify the truffles’ origin.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/trueffel_simone_schmidt2_cropped.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=790&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>What makes an Argentinean come to Garching?</title>
<description><![CDATA[An exciting research question, a highly regarded fellowship, some very cool neutrons, and of course the prospect of a big mug of German beer. This is what drove Dr. Sergio Raul Soria from his study site in Bariloche, Argentina, to the MLZ in Garching. 
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=792&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Roadmap for the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[At this year's internal workshop in Grainau, the focus was on an extensive exchange with colleagues on the future perspectives and strategies of the MLZ. The conference was also characterised by a broad spectrum of exciting lectures and discussions. The picturesque surroundings invited to excursions and sportive hikes.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_4455.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=799&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Spraying nanopaper </title>
<description><![CDATA[With a new spray coating process, very uniform layers of cellulose nanofibers (CNF) can be produced on an industrial scale. X-ray investigations at DESY as well as investigations with an atomic force microscope and neutron scattering at the MLZ, show how the layer is structured and can be tailored for different purposes. A Swedish-German research team led by DESY scientist Adj. Prof. Dr. Stephan Roth presents its structural analyses in the journal "Macromolecules".<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/rasterkraftmikroskop_beschnitten.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=794&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Open letter of the KFN on the use of FRM II </title>
<description><![CDATA[The elected representation of neutron researchers in Germany (German Committee Research with Neutrons, KFN) descibes the importance of neutron research at FRM II for the whole society in an open letter. It asks for a quick solution of the present transport problem to allow the efficient use of FRM II, which will be the only neutron source in Germany in the upcoming years.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc4745kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.sni-portal.de/en/news/open-letter-of-the-kfn-on-the-use-of-frm-ii?set_language=en]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Discussion meeting on the new water rights application of the TUM</title>
<description><![CDATA[The two TUM institutes, Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) and Radiochemie München (RCM), have applied to the District Office of Munich for a higher water law permit. In a public hearing on 23 July 2019 in the Ismaninger Bürgersaal, objectors and affected parties were able to express their concerns and discuss them openly with the applicant and the responsible authorities. 
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=797&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Working together on the path to conversion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Technische Universität München as operator of the neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) actively participates in international fuel research with the aim to develop new nuclear fuels with lower enrichment and increased uranium density for high performance research reactors such as the FRM II. The working group “High density fuels” works on the three main pillars fuel development, fuel manufacturing and theoretical core modelling.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/christopher_landers_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=798&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Measure faster, higher and hotter: 13 million euros for research with neutrons and positrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding 16 projects at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) with around 13 million euros. The funding is awarded for joint research projects that will construct and expand measuring instruments for neutron and positron research over a period of three years.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/reseda_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=812&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>From Garching to Sweden: 15 million euros for the construction of measuring instruments at the European neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is participating in the construction of two measuring instruments at the European Spallation Neutron Source (ESS) in Sweden. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding this project, with material and human resources, to the tune of around 15 million euros. Now the people responsible at the ESS in Lund and the FRM II in Garching have signed the contracts of cooperation.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20190124_102323.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=814&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>In Memory of Otto Schärpf, SJ</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 13 June 2019 Prof. Dr. Otto Schärpf, a gifted experimental physicist, universal scholar and priest in the Jesuit Order, passed away at the age of 89. In the community of neutron scatterers he gained international fame as a pioneer of polarization analysis. Since 1991 he was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sj-bild_4204_schaerpf.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=815&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New batteries: Smaller, lighter and now even safer</title>
<description><![CDATA[We owe the ever better performance of mobile phones, cordless screwdrivers, and electric cars to lithium-ion batteries. With higher energy densities, however, the safety of rechargeable batteries must still to be guaranteed. The German-American battery project, LISI, is therefore investigating the chemical processes in lithium-ion solid-state batteries in order to improve battery safety.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=816&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Next-generation cathode for lithium-ion batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cobalt is expensive, highly reactive, and geographically limited, where it is often mined under conditions that violate human rights. Therefore, enormous efforts have been undertaken for the reduction of cobalt amount in the Li-ion batteries. The cobalt-free battery is the next goal in this development.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=819&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Work, tinker, marvel: women&#039;s power at the TUM</title>
<description><![CDATA[Under the motto "physics and technology made easy" the MLZ, the physics department of the TUM as well as the Gerda Stetter Foundation organized three very informative and eventful project days especially for girls at Bavarian schools during the summer holidays. From 26 to 28 August, the twelve girls aged 11 to 13 who had registered for the holiday programme were able to immerse themselves in a playful way in the world of technology and natural sciences.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=821&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Brazil nuts and balloons in the Garching community centre</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum and FRM II took part in the Garching Autumn Days with a newly designed stand. In addition to numerous citizens of the university town, Garching's mayor also informed himself about current research at the MLZ. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/image4_geomag.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=822&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron CT as an imaging method for safer nuclear fuels</title>
<description><![CDATA[The development of new and, above all, safer nuclear fuels is a worldwide goal, in which the Idaho National Laboratory and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Centre are also playing a major role. In order to test the loading capacity of fuel elements, they are first exposed to extreme conditions and then investigated. Now, researchers from both institutes have developed the world's first neutron CT system for irradiated fuel to non-destructively investigate the internal condition of the test fuels and, on this basis, to develop more efficient and safer nuclear fuels.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/brennelemente.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=823&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Bright LEGO and colorful balloons – FRM II and MLZ on the Highlights of Physics</title>
<description><![CDATA["The neutron - infinite possibilities." FRM II and MLZ presented themselves under this motto at this year's Highlights of Physics. The science festival took place from 16 to 21 September at several locations in Bonn and attracted around 60,000 interested visitors with its various exhibits, lectures and interactive activities.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0314_72dpi_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=824&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Huge crowd at the open house and mouse day</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 500 visitors enjoyed a guided tour at the Research Neutron Source’s Open Day and Mouse Day again this year. In addition to the visitors’ tours, children and adults enjoyed a colorful accompanying program in the physics department. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20191003_frm2_maustag_ah_568588_web.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=825&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Visit from the Department of Energy DoE</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Thiyaga P. Thiyagarajan, from the US Department of Energy (DoE), paid a visit to FRM II and MLZ. He took the opportunity to talk with scientists from MLZ and the physics department as well as operations management and science leaders.    <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc6168_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=833&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Perfectly suited: New ways in battery research</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the last years, lithium ion batteries have spread widely, in particular in mobile applications and in the electromobility sector. New concepts and materials emerge rapidly. These need to be characterized and their interplay needs to be understood in order to increase the efficiency and the lifespan of batteries built upon them. A collaboration of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum  together with the Technical University of Munich is implementing a new method at the FRM II in Garching which is perfectly tailored to research on lithium-ion batteries: Neutron Depth Profiling (NDP). <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/funktionsweise_der_neutronen_tiefenprofilanalyse.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=826&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Honour for the &quot;Father of PUMA&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr. Götz Eckold has now been awarded the Prize for Instrumentation and Scientific Use of the MLZ for his many years of extraordinary commitment. The MLZ honours his great commitment to instrumentation and in particular the instrument PUMA (the three axes spectrometer that in German stands for mit Polarisationsanalyse Und Multi-Analysator).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/eckold_muellerbuschbaum_4_3_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=829&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>European neutron facilities come together for LENS General Assembly</title>
<description><![CDATA[The League of advanced European Neutron Sources (LENS) held its second General Assembly at Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble yesterday, preceded on Tuesday by meetings of its five working groups and the LENS Executive Board. Numerous members of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center also participated in the meeting.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc_9240-1024x683.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=830&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A prize winning publication</title>
<description><![CDATA[An article examining lithium telluride and lithium selenide at the MLZ for their superionic properties has won the prize for the best publication of 2018 in the journal “Solid State Ionics”. These materials could be used in electrodes of lithium ion batteries. The work is characterized above all by its detailed and didactic structure and provides important insights into the mechanisms of ionic conductivity in these materials.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc5711_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=827&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Practical course for prospective neutron scatterers</title>
<description><![CDATA[55 students from 13 different countries participated at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science Labcourse at MLZ this year. They learned neutron scattering in lectures in Jülich and experiments at the research neutron source in Garching.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/p9120032.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=831&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Excellent idea: Bavarian Ministry of Finance honours Ismail Zöybek</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ismail Zöybek has again been awarded for his ingenious invention for wastewater treatment at the research neutron source FRM II. This time the Bavarian State Ministry for Home and Finance awarded FRM II’s technician during an innovation congress in Nuremberg. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20191014_ismail-zoeybek_auszeichnung_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=832&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>FRM II and MLZ at job fair</title>
<description><![CDATA[It is now a good tradition that the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz presents itself at the university contact fair (Hoko) in Munich. Among 300 other exhibitors, the FRM II again this year offered activities for working students, internships and jobs.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/hoko_2019_logo_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=834&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Vibrating like a drum or tuning fork</title>
<description><![CDATA[How pure do atoms vibrate in a metal? Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have investigated this question with the help of neutrons and theoretical calculations. Their results, which also have effects on the calculation of thermal conductivities, have been published today in the renowned journal Physical Review Letters. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/spektrum-ohne_text_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=835&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Guest scientists exchange ideas: The MLZ User Meeting 2019</title>
<description><![CDATA[The figures speak for themselves: The MLZ User Meeting 2019 comes to an end with the highest number of participants, lectures and posters to date. In addition to exciting scientific discussions, the User Office also had the opportunity to present its new GhOST system.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_6189.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=838&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>With close of research reactors, landscape is shifting for Europe’s world-leading neutron science community </title>
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=836&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Xiaosong Li receives silver TUM badge of honor </title>
<description><![CDATA[For 10 years the cooperation project TUMKolleg has been supporting exceptionally talented pupils. At the traditional graduation ceremony not only the participants received a certificate. The supervising scientists were also presented with the silver TUM badge of honor. Among them: Dr. Xiaosong Li from MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ehrennadel.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=841&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Conference: Neutrons for Life Sciences</title>
<description><![CDATA[A constantly growing number of researchers uses neutrons at the MLZ to analyse proteins, DNA or even entire cells. At the conference "Neutrons for Life Sciences", neutron scattering and life science experts will meet. Both will present and discuss recent results in Lenggries, Germany, from 16 till 19 June 2020. Early-bird registration is possible until 13 April, abstract submission until 29 February.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/g2_3_90degb_reduced_fin_online.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/197/overview]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Cycle 47 started on schedule</title>
<description><![CDATA[After an involuntary interruption, the FRM II will again supply neutrons to its users from science, industry and medicine from today, 14 January.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20megawatt.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=842&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron source enables a look inside dino eggs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Did Oviraptoridchicks hatch at the same time? Researchers at the University of Bonn and the TU Munich provide presumptive evidence <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/8.1._dinosaurier_gelege-neu_titel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=844&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>NINXMACH 2020</title>
<description><![CDATA[NINXMACH 2020 invites archaeologists and geologists from 2 to 4 March. Learn more about measurements with neutron computed tomography and promp-gamma-activation-analysis. The workshop with lectures and hands-on exercises offers the opportunity to compare with experiments performed at synchrotron facilities. Participants may bring their own samples.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild_fuer_eventankuendigung.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/213/overview]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>More battery,more energy revolution</title>
<description><![CDATA[Batteries with an anode of carbon and silicon store more energy than anodes of pure carbon. This makes them highly interesting for the energy revolution. In order to increase their efficiency in future, researchers from Ulm investigated the batteries with neutrons at the MLZ and discovered a new ageing mechanism that distinguishes them from pure graphite anodes.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20191219_mehr_akku_mehr_energiewende_neelima_von_vorne_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=846&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>With camouflage against parasites</title>
<description><![CDATA[After malaria, leishmaniasis is the second most common cause of death from a parasite. The disease endangers more than 310 million people worldwide. Now, Spanish and German researchers at the MLZ have used neutrons to significantly improve the effectiveness of a drug against leishmaniasis. They smuggle the active substance in disguise. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2020-02-14-tum_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=847&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>LENS Colloquium brings scientist and politicians together</title>
<description><![CDATA[How do neutrons contribute to mission-based research. The League of Advanced European Neutron Sources (LENS), of which the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) is also a member, organised a colloquium on this topic in Brussels. The meeting brought together stakeholders from politics and science.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc_5074-1024x683_4_3_dpi72.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=848&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Preserved and fresh: Neutrons show the details of the drying process during freeze drying</title>
<description><![CDATA[Freeze drying has provided us with tasty dried fruits in muesli, long-life yoghurt cultures and many other important products. For the first time, using neutron beams from the Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) research neutron source, a team of scientists has now been able to show us the drying process in detail. The process engineering has thus gained a method of testing theoretical models in practice.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200226_4_3_adobestock_169781596_copyright_kelifamily_stock.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=850&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Happy Birthday, FRM II!</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 02.03.2004 at 14:01 h the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz produced its first neutrons. Today, on 02.03.2020, FRM II celebrates its 16th birthday. Then as now, the neutron source is one of the most modern and powerful neutron sources worldwide.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frmii_geburtstag_klein2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=853&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>EU promotes further cooperation with Russian neutron research </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source receives around 350,000 euros in funding from the EU to continue its cooperation with large-scale Russian research institutions. The project CREMLINplus was officially launched in Hamburg at the end of February.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0310_bernhard_ludewig_klein.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=854&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Conference: Neutrons for the Life Sciences</title>
<description><![CDATA[The conference "Neutrons for the Life Sciences" will take place from 16 to 19 June 2020 in Lenggries. Interested can register as Early-Bird until April 13th.

Abstracts can still be submitted until 13 March. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/g2_3_90degb_reduced_fin_online.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/197/overview]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Vortex around frozen magnets</title>
<description><![CDATA[Soup freezes at sub-zero temperatures, by forming small islands of ice germs first. Magnetic structures, so-called skyrmions, behave very similarly, as scientists have discovered with the help of neutrons for the first time at the MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2017_12_19tum1443_kl_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=855&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Reactor cycle postponed due to travel restrictions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Currently, the FRM II supplies neutrons for research, industry and medicine until 16.3. As a precautionary measure, the Research Neutron Source has postponed the following cycle from the beginning of April to the beginning of May. Because scientific users could not come to the measurements due to travel restrictions because of corona.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0784_brennelement_frmii_bernhard_ludewig_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=29&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>North pole without south pole: Magnetic monopoles detected</title>
<description><![CDATA[Breaking a magnet into two pieces, reveals a north and a south pole in each of them. Independent magnetic monopoles have been known as emergent excitations in one special class of magnetic crystals only. An international team of researchers has now for the first time detected magnetic monopoles with neutrons in a material that conducts electricity. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/_dsc4623.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=856&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Conjuring colors out of cylinders</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nanoparticles can be found in pharmaceuticals, catalysts, and even TVs. Researchers at the chemical company Merck, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) used neutrons at MLZ to study colloidal nanoparticles. They are particularly well suited for converting electrical signals into light or, vice versa, light into electricity.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=931&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Rapid access for research on coronavirus SARS-CoV-2</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers worldwide are trying to develop drugs or a vaccine against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In view of the corona pandemic, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) also offers special access to measurements with neutrons, which can provide important insights into the behaviour of the virus.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sars-cov-2_titel.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=857&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Help in times of Coronavirus -  High-purity water from FRM II for disinfectants </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) supports the fire departments and the “Technisches Hilfswerk” (THW) with the production of high purity water for surface disinfectants. The ultrapure water production facility at FRM II currently has sufficient capacity, as the reactor is on a maintenance break.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=858&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Embossing instead of cutting: How electric motors can run even more efficiently</title>
<description><![CDATA[One million electric cars are planned to roll on Germany's roads. Although the efficiency of an electric motor is more than twice as high than that of an internal combustion engine, a higher efficiency could save a lot of energy due to the large number of vehicles. Using a new measurement technique, neutrons help to make engines even more efficient.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_586334_bild-1_4_3_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=859&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New Director of Administration at FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since March 1, Robert Rieck runs the administration of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II). The 42-years-old fully trained lawyer brings with him experience as a lawyer, from working in the TUM Legal Office and the Center for Study and Teaching (formerly the University Department for Study and Teaching – Legal Affairs) as well as from working in the administrative management of the Bavarian School of Public Policy (HfP).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20161124_hfp_rieck_02_astrid_eckert_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=861&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Easter greeting</title>
<description><![CDATA[We wish everyone, despite the special circumstances, Happy Easter!<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_20200409_151953_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=775&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Better milling with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[A professional mill for industrial applications is more complicated than most people think. Cutting elements of polycrystalline diamond or tungsten carbide are brazed onto a steel body. A manufacturer of such tools had them analysed with neutrons.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200416_diamonde_fraese_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=862&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Fuat Sezgin Award for PhD candidate at MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[PhD candidate Neslihan Aslan is doing research in the area of hydrogen storage at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ). In January the scientist was awarded the Fuat Sezgin Prize, which is offered by the Presidency for Turks Abroad (YTB) of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_585661_neslihan_aslan_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=863&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Pioneering work: Prototype of a new fuel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Progress in developing a lower enriched fuel with monolithic uranium-molybdenum. Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Framatome are working together on the development of a new fuel. The first prototypes will be produced at the beginning of 2021 and are expected to go into production by 2022.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200505_reaktorhalle_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=866&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mourning for pioneer of ultracold neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[He never liked to be the centre of attention and yet everything revolves around him one last time: Prof. Dr. Albert Steyerl, the inventor of the neutron turbine, died on 2 May at the age of 81. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200620_steyerl_2011_klein_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=869&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Relaxation cure for aluminum</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aluminum blanks cannot be produced without residual stress. This means that the material warps during subsequent machining, which leads to inaccuracies. This is particularly problematic in delicate applications, such as aircraft construction. Neutron measurements at the MLZ showed that a new process is capable of reducing residual stresses almost completely. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200621_dsc3016_bild1_titel_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=870&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Hydrogen – but efficiently</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hydrogen as an energy carrier will play an important role in the energy turnaround. But to produce it from water in a CO2-neutral way by electrolysis, it needs a lot of electricity. Neutrons help to study materials that can reduce the electricity consumption in this reaction. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/adobestock_302684131_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=872&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Axel Pichlmaier new Technical Director</title>
<description><![CDATA[On July 1, Dr. Axel Pichlmaier takes up the post of Technical Director of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source. The 51-year-old physicist brings with him experience from neutron research as well as from reactor operation and nuclear supervision. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200622_img_4025_titel_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=871&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New paths with neutrons for archaeologists and geologists</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) opens new research opportunities for scientists from a wide range of disciplines. But who knows and uses the manifold possibilities of neutron research?<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2020-06-29_dsc6803_gruppenfoto_ninxmach_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons make reaction pathways of important enzymes visible for the first time</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international team of researchers has now used neutrons to visualize the proton transfer in the enzyme ascorbate peroxidase for the first time in detail and suggested reaction pathways. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_585460kl_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=877&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Analytical Research Infrastructures as key resources for the five Horizon Europe Missions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Moon-shot missions, such as those of Horizon Europe, require exceptional solutions, and the world-leading Analytical Research Infrastructures of Europe (ARIEs) are one of the key places those solutions can be sought. The ARIE Joint Position Paper highlighting how the common, complementary approach will help address the societal challenges of the Horizon Europe Missions framework programme was presented today.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild1_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=880&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Cooperation throughout Europe in research on cultural heritage</title>
<description><![CDATA[Taking a look into ancient vases or exploring the forging technique of ancient Indian swords - archaeologists can now do this and much more at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum within the IPERION HS project. The EU has been supporting the 68 participating institutes since April with a total of 6.2 million euros over a period of three years.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/iperion_titel_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=878&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Ionic liquid bursts open wood fibres in minutes</title>
<description><![CDATA[High-grade biopolymers can be obtained from wood, which could replace fossil resources as a base material for a variety of products. This can already be achieved on a laboratory scale, they are not profitable for industrial use. This has already been achieved on a laboratory scale, but industrial use is currently not profitable. At MLZ, scientists from FZ Jülich and RWTH Aachen University want to optimise the sustainable process and make it cheaper. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frielingkaus_kws-1.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=879&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>How stony-iron meteorites form</title>
<description><![CDATA[Meteorites give us insight into the early development of the solar system. Using the SAPHiR instrument from the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), a scientific team has for the first time simulated the formation of a class of stony-iron meteorites, so-called pallasites, on a purely experimental basis.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pallasit-entstehung_reiner-mueller.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=883&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron scattering experiments show surprising reaction of magnetic nanoparticles to magnetic fields</title>
<description><![CDATA[Magnetic nanoparticles react differently to an external magnetic field than was previously expected. This has been shown in a study by an international research team with the participation of Forschungszentrum Jülich using neutron scattering at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Centre in Garching. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20180627_frm2_kunstprojekt-64_felix_dicks_in_konflikt_stehende_kopie_2018-07-12_.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=885&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Improved welding process for turbine parts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) use imaging techniques with neutrons to study specially bonded steel components. With their results they can improve the welding process for oil and gas pipelines and turbines.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/man-3750381_1920.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=886&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The DOI for data</title>
<description><![CDATA[Photon and Neutron Sources in Europe have been developing and implementing a policy for the management of experimental data, the DOI for data. This persistent link guarantees the traceability and reliability of an experiment and its results and simplifies the access to the data.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/logos_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=888&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Hunt for Mister X: With neutrons on the search for an unknown particle</title>
<description><![CDATA[The world of physics is in uproar as a Hungarian team is said to have discovered a yet unknown particle with puzzling properties. This would not only go beyond the current understanding of physics but also bring in reach a decades-long dream in physics: An approach to dark matter.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/x17_dunklematerie_titelbild.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=887&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>From the neutron guide hall to Trieste</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Trieste from September 2 to 6 proved that an online conference can be successful: more than 400 participants from 56 countries exchanged views on the topic "Freedom for science, science for freedom". At the accompanying Science in the City Festival, MLZ scientists gave online lectures and showed films.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/esof2020_pic2.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=889&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>District Administrator of Freising visits research neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[The District Administrator of Freising, Helmut Petz, visited the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) together with his department and subject area managers. The directors of the neutron source informed the interested visitors during a guided tour about the safety concepts, scientific projects and planned extensions of the research facility.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pmh282_-_landrat_besichtigt_forschungs-neutronenquelle_1-1_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=890&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Nanostructures in a straight line </title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, researchers have created antiferromagnetic skyrmions, whose critical elements inside are arranged in opposing directions. They visualized this phenomenon using neutrons at the MLZ, as well as at Swiss and French neutron sources. The discovery published in Nature is a major step towards developing more efficient computers. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200928_skyrmionen_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=892&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Georg Roth honored for his outstanding contributions to MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[The MLZ has honored Prof. Dr. Georg Roth from RWTH Aachen University for his distinguished long-term service to the facility. Prof. Roth’s contributions are recognized with the prize for instrumentation and scientific usage, in particular for his involvements with two diffractometers utilizing hot neutrons, HEiDi and POLI. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc7859.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=893&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Analytical Research Infrastructures of Europe join forces to face COVID-19</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Analytical Research Infrastructures of Europe (ARIE) joins cross-border, multidisciplinary forces to offer Europe a strong and effective weapon against the current COVID-19 challenge and other potential viral and microbial threats. The MLZ is represented by Dr. Astrid Schneidewind from Forschungszentrum Jülich, who heads the working group "Adaptation to climate change, including societal transformation".<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild1_72dpi_4x3_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=894&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The magic is in the details: Luminous protein decoded more precisely</title>
<description><![CDATA[The green fluorescent protein GFP is of immense importance as a luminous marker in the cell. At the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center (MLZ), Japanese researchers investigated the position of hydrogen atoms in the coloring components of the protein, which enables the development of new marker proteins.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20201016_gfp-kristall-biodiff_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=895&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Strengthening of neutron research in Garching</title>
<description><![CDATA[Every year, up to 1,200 guest scientists from all over the world come to perform measurements at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II). Technical University Munich (TUM) and Forschungszentrum Jülich are now expanding the research capacities of the world’s most versatile neutron source with two new buildings providing a total of 4,550 square meters of floor space for laboratories, offices and workshops.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20201022_eroeffnung_online-kl.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=896&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Smart bottle brushes</title>
<description><![CDATA[They look like microscopic bottle brushes: Polymers with a spine and tufts of side arms. This molecular design gives them unusual abilities: For example, they can bind active ingredients and release them again when the temperature changes. With the help of neutrons at the MLZ, a research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now succeeded to unveil the changes in the internal structure in course of the process.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/flaschenbuerstenpolymere72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=898&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Conservation: Nanolime used to prevent decay</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cultural artefacts such as murals or buildings made of calcareous material can often suffer significant damage from unavoidable exposure to various elements in their surrounding environment. Material referred to as nanolime is used to better protect and preserve this cultural heritage. Italian and Czech scientists performed experiments at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) to investigate how effectively nanolime protects porous material.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=897&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Getting to know the large-scale facilities in Munich and Prague through a virtual format</title>
<description><![CDATA[Before the current crisis, a mini-school for budding physicists was planned and organized by scientists at the Technical University of Munich and Charles University - a cooperation project funded by the Bayerisch-Tschechischen Hochschulagentur. But as it has turned out, Corona forced the event to be held in a virtual format. The silver lining is that this format allowed a larger number of people from around the world to participate.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/group_pic_flash_talks_final.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=899&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons detect air pollution</title>
<description><![CDATA[Portuguese scientists have analyzed lichens from areas with traditional charcoal production for the first time with the help of the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Lichens located near areas of charcoal production contained more than twice the concentration of phosphorus, which is generated during the combustion process.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20201119_dsc2476_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=900&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>The frustrated “third wheel” in a magnet</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists of the Technical University Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich investigated frustrated quantum magnets with neutron scattering at the MLZ. They published their results in the prominent journal “Annalen der Physik” – a showcase for luminaries such as Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, and Erwin Schrödinger, who also published their results here. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20201126_mira_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=904&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Reactor operators exchange their experiences: Isar nuclear power plant experts visit FRM II </title>
<description><![CDATA[If the fuel element is the heart of the reactor, then the control room is its brain. It is where the reactor operators sit monitoring and controlling all processes. In September, reactor operators and shift supervisors of the Isar nuclear power plant (KKI) visited the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) to exchange information with their colleagues on site. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/expertenaustausch_titelbild4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=905&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Wolfram-Prandl-Prize for outstanding research using neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Sabrina Disch is the winner of the Wolfram-Prandl-Prize 2020 for young scientists. The German Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN) awarded the prize on the occasion of the German Conference Neutron Scattering Conference (DN2020) today, organized by the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum together with the MLZ User Meeting.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/sabrinadisch.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=908&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>From Berlin to Garching: two new instruments for the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the end of 2019, the neutron source used for materials research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) was shut down as planned. Now the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Munich is taking over two scientific instruments from the HZB. The Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMBF) is funding the relocation and adaptation with 5.62 million euros.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20201208_hzb_instrumente_komposition.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=907&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ User Meeting and DN2020: Meetings without meeting…</title>
<description><![CDATA[Under normal conditions, the 405 registered participants of the MLZ User Meeting and the DN2020 would have met at a conference hotel in Munich downtown between Dec. 8th-10th. But there was no thought of a cancellation due to the corona pandemic and therefore, MLZ and the KFN (Komitee für Forschung mit Neutronen) decided to switch to purely virtual events.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/logos_um_dn_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=927&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A new slogan for the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum has given itself a new slogan: "Neutrons for Research and Innovation" is what the cooperation between the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Forschungszentrum Jülich and Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) makes available to visiting scientists from all over the world. This was announced by MLZ spokesperson, Prof. Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum, on the occasion of the annual User Meeting in front of more than one hundred participants. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc5911_2_ohne-rand.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=911&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Werner Köster Prize for outstanding publication</title>
<description><![CDATA[Reason to celebrate at MLZ: With their work on a new material for power plant turbines, scientists won the award for the best publication in the "International Journal of Materials Research" of 2019.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc8980.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=910&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>174 participants at the Serpent User Group Meeting</title>
<description><![CDATA[Presentations, intensive exchange and stimulating discussions made up the 10th Serpent User Group Meeting. 174 participants from 28 countries came together virtually at MLZ to exchange information about the "Serpent" software used for modelling the neutron physics and behaviour of nuclear reactors.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/serpent2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=912&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>FRM II sends protective equipment to Hungarian fire department</title>
<description><![CDATA[When the charity organisation NAVIS e.V. called for a donation for a newly established fire department in Hungary, the management of the FRM II research neutron source was eager to help by donating 16 firefighting outfits for this cause.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/highqual.ungarnhilfe.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=913&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Martin Müller becomes new MLZ Director</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since January, Prof. Dr. Martin Müller has been the new director at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), succeeding Prof. Dr. Stephan Förster in the role. A materials physicist, he now represents the Helmholtz partners Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) in the Scientific Directorate of the MLZ. By rotation, Martin Müller will also be the spokesman of the directorate for a period of two years.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/martin_mueller_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=917&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Cell with windows: New design in lithium battery research</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new cell design for lithium-ion batteries for material characterization. The “battery with windows” makes it possible, using neutron scattering, to measure the lithium concentration within an electrode as a function of depth during charging and discharging. The new technique can help to elucidate both the reaction mechanisms and aging phenomena in batteries.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200204_batterie_mit_fenstern_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=918&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Thomas Keller represents German neutron researchers</title>
<description><![CDATA[MLZ instrument scientist Dr. Thomas Keller received the most votes in the election for the 12th Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN). In December 2020, the outgoing chairmen Dr. Astrid Schneidewind and Prof. Dr. Markus Braden passed the baton to the new chairs Prof. Dr. Frank Schreiber (KFN chair) and Prof. Dr. Susan Schorr (vice chair).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/4x3_frm_6813-min.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=919&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Captured lithium</title>
<description><![CDATA[In our smartphones, our computers and in our electric cars: We use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries everywhere. But their capacity drops after a while. Now a German-American research team has investigated the structure and functionality of these batteries using neutron diffraction: They discovered that the electrolyte fluid's decomposition products capture mobile lithium in the battery and that the distribution of lithium within the cell is surprisingly uneven.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20140324_senyshyn_anatoliy_ah_68825_small.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=920&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Making reliable weld seams</title>
<description><![CDATA[If a component is to be tight and robust, it should be welded. Simulations determine the properties of the weld in advance. To optimize the simulated calculation models for the French electricity company Électricité de France (EDF), a team of researchers at MLZ measured stress in a component after welding.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/wig-schweisser.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=921&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Windows that generate electricity</title>
<description><![CDATA[Electricity from windowpanes sounds like science fiction at first, but it is an application that is possible with organic solar cells. To better understand the active layer of organic solar cells, a team of scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) studied the dynamic behaviour of the active layer at MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/grafik_final.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=922&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Can electrons waltz?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Almost 200 viewers followed Dr. Johanna Jochum's lecture via livestream on Tuesday, March 2. The MLZ scientist gave her lecture in the series "Science for Everyone" at the Deutsches Museum on "Dance of the electrons: Superconductors and their Application." <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/johanna-jochum.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=925&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons show, how water moves in permafrost</title>
<description><![CDATA[While ice skating, a thin liquid film forms on ice surfaces. This, along with other causes, is responsible for ice slipperiness. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have now investigated a related effect at interfaces between ice and porous clay minerals. Such interfaces are found in nature for example in permafrost. The results may help to better understand changes in frozen soils as temperatures rise.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/permafrost_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=926&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons for better mRNA vaccines</title>
<description><![CDATA[BioNTech, the Mainz-based biotechnology company which together with the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer developed the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the EU, is also working with the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) on vaccine development. Researcher used the instrument KWS-2 operated by the JCNS at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/4zu3_dsc3624.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=928&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>EU project for 45 postdocs</title>
<description><![CDATA[The three partners of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum will start to train 45 post docs in autumn 2021. The European Union (EU) is funding the project over its five-year duration with € 3.3 million. The three leading partners are investing a further € 5 million. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210316_doktoranden_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=930&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Conjuring colors out of cylinders</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nanoparticles can be found in pharmaceuticals, catalysts, and even TVs. Researchers at the chemical company Merck, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) used neutrons at MLZ to study colloidal nanoparticles. They are particularly well suited for converting electrical signals into light or, vice versa, light into electricity. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/nanorodmodell_4_3.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=931&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A Life for Science</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, the namesake of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) would have turned 110 years old. As the “father of the atomic egg” in Garching and founder of the international research institute Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz shaped modern neutron research like no one else.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210327_hml_portraet_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=934&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Strong weld joints for aerospace applications</title>
<description><![CDATA[When a rocket is launched, the weld seams on the enormous fuel tanks must withstand immense forces. To produce joints with the necessary strength, a process known as “friction stir welding” is used. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are working to make this process more efficient. They are using positrons generated by the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) to precisely localize “atomic holes” in the material.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/fsw_maschinemensch.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=935&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>“Unweldable” not anymore: Optimized joining technology for hydrogen aircrafts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Eco-friendly flying is on the horizon. All over the world, researchers are developing new technologies to achieve this goal. One focus of developments is the idea of using hydrogen-powered engines for aircraft in the future. The aircraft companies, though, face the challenge of storing this energy source. Hydrogen turns liquid when cooled to minus 253 degrees Celsius, and only then can it be used as a so-called cryogenic fuel. Both tanks and pipe systems in the aircraft have to be absolutely tight at such low temperatures. An innovative new welding process can help to fulfill these requirement: magnetic pulse welding. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have now demonstrated that this joining technology can produce extremely resilient, metallic mixed joints for cryogenic applications. They successfully achieved these outstanding joint properties in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-04-23_magnetpulsschweissen_bild1_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=955&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Dancing on dry land: How proteins stay active without water</title>
<description><![CDATA[Proteins actually need water to perform their function. Looking more closely with neutrons, researchers have observed that it can also be done without water and how the oxygen-transporting muscle protein myoglobin moves in that case. Their results have now been published in the renowned journal Physical Review Letters. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_585703.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=936&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Using antimatter to combat plastic waste</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mountains of plastic waste are a global problem. The search for packaging alternatives is in full steam. At the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source, a team of researchers has now studied the gas permeability of new types of biopolymers, with the help of antimatter.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210415_antimaterie_m-dickmann_rm.gif" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=938&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Energy-saving gas turbines from the 3D printer</title>
<description><![CDATA[3D printing has opened up a completely new range of possibilities, including for example production of turbine buckets. However, the 3D printing process often induces internal stress in these components which can in the worst case lead to cracks. Now a research team has succeeded in using neutrons from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) research neutron source reactor for non-destructive detection of this internal stress – a key achievement for the improvement of the production processes.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_9452-titel-4zu3_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=957&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Remembering Dr. Hans Boysen</title>
<description><![CDATA[He knew the Atomic Egg when it was still in its early stages and showed great commitment to the FRM II research neutron source: On March 19, 2021, Dr. Hans Boysen died at the age of 76.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc9965_4zu3-ausschnitt_fuer_titel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=958&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Research with neutrons for better mRNA medicines</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, with the support of neutrons at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), have now discovered how the subcutaneous administration of mRNA can be improved. For this, the small angle scattering diffractometer KWS-2 at MLZ was used. The goal is for chronically ill patients to be able to self-administer the medication on a regular basis. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/az-grafik.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=959&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A day as a Scientist - Girls&#039;Day at the Research Neutron Source</title>
<description><![CDATA[Atoms, neutrons, radiation - All three can neither be seen, nor smelled, nor tasted. And yet the scientists at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) at the Research Neutron Source (FRM II) in Garching near Munich work with them every day. On April 22nd the virtual Girls’Day enabled 15 girls from all over Germany to experience what the everyday life of a scientist is like and what atoms, neutrons, and radiation actually are.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_20210422_110602.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=963&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Towards 3D storage elements with high data density</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists at Jülich, together with their international colleagues, have now shed light on the switching mechanism of an oxide-based synthetic antiferromagnet. They also showed how this material could enable vertical data transfer, thus making it possible to develop three-dimensional storage elements with high data density. The researchers conducted their studies with the help of the neutron reflectometer MARIA, operated by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Garching, along with similar instruments in other European neutron facilities.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-05-12_dsc5267_maria_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=964&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Making the gray cells happy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Depressive disorders are among the most frequent illnesses worldwide. The causes are complex and to date only partially understood. The trace element lithium appears to play a role. Using neutrons of the research neutron source at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), a research team has now proved that the distribution of lithium in the brains of depressive people is different from the distribution found in healthy humans.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-05-20_dsc1554_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=965&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Nanomaterial fights back against resistant bacteria</title>
<description><![CDATA[Significant amounts of antibiotic residues and pathogens enter the environment via our wastewater. A German Italian team of researchers has now investigated a novel nanomaterial that has an antibacterial effect and can bind antibiotics at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum. Wastewater could thus be treated more effectively and safely.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=954&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>To the tumor via magnet</title>
<description><![CDATA[Biocompatible iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) offer great potential for biomedical applications, both in terms of imaging and therapy. More rapid progress in researching IONPs now looks promising by using a new method combination developed by a team of Jülich researchers using neutrons at the MLZ as a probe. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210608_titelfoto_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=966&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons for Life Sciences</title>
<description><![CDATA[Under the slogan “Neutrons for Life Sciences”, this year’s MLZ Conference took place from 08 – 11 June 2021. More than 200 scientists from 24 countries registered for the event and contributed to a lively and diverse digital exchange on neutron research in biology, biophysics, pharmacology and medicine. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-06025_konferenzfoto_72dpi_4x3.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=969&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>When hydrogen glows red</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of German and Dutch scientists synthesized a series of substances, which show bright luminescence under UV light. Therefore the amount of hydrogen in the structure determines the wavelength – and hence the color – of the emitted light. These compounds could be used as illuminants in LEDs or for chemical hydrogen storage.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-07-01_h57a5505_bernhard-ludewig_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=970&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Making data available to all</title>
<description><![CDATA[Who has not experienced this: Once a doctoral student has finished and leaves the research group, much data are also effectively lost? A new consortium is working to ensure that this no longer happens in the future by making research data more accessible and sustainable. DAta from PHoton and Neutron Experiments (DAPHNE4NFDI) will be funded for five years as part of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-07-07_h57a5765_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=973&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Metals with memory</title>
<description><![CDATA[When metallic objects change their shape seemingly without any external influence and only according to the will of their owners, this at first sounds like something only comic superheroes like Magneto and Ironman could do. However, the idea from those comics has a real-world manifestation in existing materials called magnetic shape memory alloys (MSMAs). Moreover, they have potential applications e.g. in robotics or medical devices.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210713_presseartikel_formgedaechtnislegierung_coladose_72dpi_4x3.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=971&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Using antimatter to improve wastewater cleaning</title>
<description><![CDATA[Who would want to drink residues of detergents or medicines? Researchers from Belgium and the Netherlands used positrons, the antiparticles of electrons, at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum to study membranes designed to filter precisely such micropollutants from wastewater. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-07-23_mg_0155_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=976&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Ideal glass detected with neutrons for the first time</title>
<description><![CDATA[It has been long debated whether the ideal glass exists. Now, a group of physicists from Spain has succeeded in producing the ideal glass and relating it to observations with inelastic neutron scattering at MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210730_ideales_glas_website_v02.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=978&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Pressure and heat: Testing alloys for gas turbines</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gas turbines must endure extreme conditions like high forces at temperatures above 600°C. Gas turbine materials therefore must be sufficiently robust, and as such they are under constant development. Together with the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), VDM Metals International GmbH tested its improved VDM Alloy 780 using a specially developed testing machine at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II). <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc_0447.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=979&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Explorers at the neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[Girls and young women experienced the world of natural sciences firsthand at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II). As one of a total of 17 projects, the course “Flight, Materials, Radiation” brought together eight TUM explorers from all over Bavaria.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-08-16_img_9317_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=981&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Launch of GNeuS fellowship programme</title>
<description><![CDATA[On September 1, the GNeuS program was officially launched at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ). The project, funded by the European Union, offers a total of 45 fellowships to train a new generation of excellent neutron researchers.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/englisch/news-und-press/events/details.html?back=yes&kalid=393]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Skin-like material developed for wearables</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Donghua University in Shanghai, China, have demonstrated a skin-like synthetic material intended to advance the development of so-called “wearables”, as well as smart clothing and artificial skin for robots. Neutrons from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source helped them to study the new material in detail.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild6_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=984&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Breakthrough in magnonics? Discovery of a new property in quantum materials</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lower energy consumption and new functions in semiconductor technology promises the new two-dimensional material. Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have discovered new properties in quantum mechanics, together with team members from Germany, France and China. They achieved this with the future technology of magnonics.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210614_bl_5833_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=985&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Triple switch for the nanoworld</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in demonstrating the existence of a novel nanoswitch with the aid of neutrons. In addition to the on and off function previously known for nanoswitches, this switch can be brought into a third stable standby state. The discovery could help develop new sensors or make it easier to dose chemical substances.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20211124_cover_final.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=986&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons with the Mouse</title>
<description><![CDATA[70 children and 139 adults enjoyed a guided tour of the research neutron source FRM II today. On the Open House and Door-Opening-Day of the “Sendung mit der Maus” program, they took a look inside the reactor hall and learned more about science with neutrons.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/01_dsc_0259_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=987&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ Prize for Peter Böni, creator of five instruments</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) has presented this year’s prize for instrumentation and scientific use just over the fence. The laureate, Prof. Dr. Peter Böni from the Physics Department of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has built five scientific instruments at FRM II and MLZ. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210924_boeni_preisverleihung_hoch_v01_72dpi_v02_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=988&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Testing test methods</title>
<description><![CDATA[Turbine manufacture often pushes conventional processes to their limits. That is why complex, curved components with intricate structures are increasingly produced using 3D printing. There are a range of test methods to find defects inside components. A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now examined a number of methods in use. The best error detection rate achieved neutrons at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source (FRM II).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210614_bl_6112_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=989&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>What happens to mRNA therapeutics in the body</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the second time, researchers from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Centre (MLZ), the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Malmö University collaborated to advance the understanding of mRNA therapeutics. This time, their focus was on a specific protein and the question of what happens to the mRNA once it is administered into the blood.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20211026_grafik_v01.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=990&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Apply now for 15 Post-Doc positions </title>
<description><![CDATA[Young researchers wanted: MLZ is awarding 15 postdoctoral positions for two years via the EU funded Global Neutron Scientists (GNeuS) project. Applications can be submitted from November 1, 2021 until January 15, 2022. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210614_bl_5906_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons unravel 50-year-old physics mystery</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 50 years ago, researchers discovered a pronounced phase transition in strontium iron oxide at room temperature. However, what exactly happens in this process at the atomic level has been unclear ever since. Using high-resolution neutron measurements, a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center (MLZ) has now been able to solve this old mystery.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=993&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Apply now for the MaMaSelf+ Program</title>
<description><![CDATA[From now on, students can apply again for the European Master Program MaMaSelf+ (Master in Materials Science for Energy applications using Large Scale Facilities). The goal of MaMaSelf is to apply large-scale research methods to characterize and develop materials. One of the stations of the two-year program is the research neutron source FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mamaself_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=994&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ-Conference &quot;Neutrons for Mobility&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mobility is a fundamental ingredient of our present society and engages researchers from various disciplines worldwide. The MLZ Conference "Neutrons for Mobility" brings together experts from mobility and neutron research. Participants can register as Early Bird until 31.03.2022. 

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<link><![CDATA[https://indico.frm2.tum.de/event/306/]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Revolution in imaging with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international research team at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new imaging technology. In the future, this technology could not only improve the resolution of neutron measurements by many times, but could also reduce the radiation dose for medical x-ray imaging.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210614_bl_5898_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=997&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Video call with the employer: MLZ at the job fair HoKo</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 03 November, FRM II presented itself at the university contact fair HoKo. The event, which is one of the largest German contact fairs between students and companies, took place for the second time in a purely digital format. In addition to numerous other exhibitors, the FRM II and the MLZ offered 35 positions for students and graduates. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2021-11-25_digitaler_stand_w_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1000&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Active User Meeting</title>
<description><![CDATA[The User Meeting 2021 showed that the users of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum are very active even without neutrons. From new materials for lithium-ion batteries and cancer therapeutics made by FRM II to a new deuteration service at the MLZ, the more than 130 talks and posters offered a lot of innovation. And despite the digital format, personal exchange was possible in the interactive "Ask the Instrument" sessions. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dienstag_4zu3.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1002&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Software from Garching goes global</title>
<description><![CDATA[NICOS is the link between the scientific instruments and visiting researchers during neutron experiments. The software, originally developed at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center (MLZ), is now in demand worldwide and is increasingly expanding its user community.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20211216_grafik_nicos_v01_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1004&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Optimization of mRNA containing nanoparticles</title>
<description><![CDATA[The research neutron source Hein Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is playing an important role in the investigation of mRNA nanoparticles similar to the ones used in the Covid-19 vaccines from vendors BioNTech and Pfizer. Researchers at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) used the high neutron flux available in Garching to characterize various formulations for the mRNA vaccine and thus to lay the groundwork for improving the vaccine’s efficacy.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20211222_mrna_biontech_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1007&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron imaging detector in handbag size</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Covid-19 pandemic has not been making things easy for researchers either. But a scientist from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) and a doctoral student at the training reactor in Prague did not let lockdowns and travel restrictions get them down: Using video calls, they teamed up to build a portable, highly sensitive neutron detector.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/tibetan_lock.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1008&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons detect clogs in pipelines</title>
<description><![CDATA[Industry and private consumers alike depend on oil and gas pipelines that stretch thousands of kilometers underwater. It is not uncommon for these pipelines to become clogged with deposits. Until now, there have been few means of identifying the formation of plugs in-situ and non-destructively. Measurements at the MLZ now show that neutrons may provide the solution of choice.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/hydrate.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1009&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Understanding the structure of fuel cell membranes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEMFC) can be found, for example, in hydrogen cars and are therefore important in the transition to green energy. The core element of the cells is a proton exchange membrane. Researchers at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Garching have now investigated its complex structure in greater detail than ever before with the help of neutrons.  <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220127_abb1_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1010&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons explore more efficient hydrogen storage systems</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hydrogen plays an important role in the transition to a sustainable energy infrastructure. It is particularly promising as a potential energy storage medium because of its flexible applications, for example in electromobility or in the steel industry. Nevertheless, the technology still faces major obstacles, especially in terms of energy efficiency and high costs. Intensive research goes into developing solutions and the neutrons from FRM II are contributing to this effort.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_585606_72dpi_4_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1011&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A better understanding of multiple sclerosis</title>
<description><![CDATA[The brain is the center of our nervous system - structural changes are often involved in neurological diseases and mental disorders. A team from Forschungszentrum Jülich has now developed a neutron-based method at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) to examine brain slices and better understand these types of diseases. 
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1012&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Positrons detect defects in solar cell material</title>
<description><![CDATA[How can the efficiency of photovoltaic plants be increased? Positron lifetime studies helped to understand new solar cell material and characterize defects. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220220_solarzelle_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1013&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Waves on circular paths</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just as electrons flow through an electrical conductor, magnetic excitations can travel through certain materials. Such excitations, known in physics as “magnons” in analogy to the electron, could transport information much more easily than electrical conductors. An international research team has now made an important discovery on the road to such components, which could be highly energy-efficient and considerably smaller.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220303_dsc5411_wenzel-schuermann-frmii-tum_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1014&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Women’s power for research</title>
<description><![CDATA[Great female engineers, scientists and technicians work at FRM II and at the MLZ. They shape international neutron research and take on a lot of responsibility in the operation of the neutron source.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2x2_womensday_blue_text.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1015&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>News from the European neutron community at LENS General Assembly </title>
<description><![CDATA[Over two days of informative and productive meetings, representatives from the League of advanced European Neutron Sources (LENS) and the wider neutron scattering community met online to discuss current and future goals of the initiative, in the context of the broader European research landscape. Members of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum also participated in the meeting.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220314_screenshot_lens_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1016&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Science for everyone: Neutrons in medicine</title>
<description><![CDATA[How neutrons help to diagnose and treat cancer was explained by Dr. Tobias Chemnitz during his talk in the “Science for everyone” lecture series at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. A livestream also enabled viewers at home to learn more about radioisotopes and tumor irradiation at the research neutron source FRM II. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220321_img_20220302_194154_72dpi-4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1020&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>How can water be cleaned better?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Clean water is in short supply worldwide. That is why there exist many plants based on membrane technology to purify brackish, sea and wastewater, especially in arid regions. An Israeli-German research team has now studied the fouling and scaling of membranes in wastewater treatment plants using neutrons. These studies could improve the purification processes and reduce costs. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/adobestock_174235326-72dpi-4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1021&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Less waste from lower enriched Uranium targets</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nuclear medicine utilizes technetium-99m among other things for tumor diagnostics. With over 30 million applications worldwide each year, it is the most widely used radioisotope. The precursor material, molybdenum-99, is mainly produced in research reactors. A study at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) now illustrates options to significantly reduce the radioactive waste produced during processing to a medical product.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210827_mo-99-instrument_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1023&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Kick-off for German-French cooperation in neutron research</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutron researchers from France and Germany have started a close collaboration with the International Research Project GeFR@NS. From February 15-16, more than 100 scientists from both countries exchanged ideas on current research topics and laid the foundation for concrete joint projects at the digital kick-off event.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220317_bild1_dt-frz-workshop_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1022&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The mouse opens doors</title>
<description><![CDATA[During the Germany-wide action day “Türen auf mit der Maus“ (“Open Doors with the Mouse”) organized by WDR on October 3, 2022, the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), together with other research institutes of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), opened its doors to mouse fans young and old. More than 800 children and adults visited the varied program at the various stations of the TUM.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20221004_tdot_maustag_02.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1056&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Smartly solved: How molecules release active ingredients in a targeted way</title>
<description><![CDATA[Smart molecules can change their shape and properties depending on temperature or other parameters such as macromolecular architecture. In pharmaceutic applications, they release active ingredients in a targeted manner at the desired locations. Neutrons at the MLZ reveal these nanostructures and help specifically design new molecules with desired properties.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210618_presseartikel_macromolecules_apostolos_v01.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Life after the cycle: How fuel elements contribute to research for final repositories</title>
<description><![CDATA[The final stage for each fuel element at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) is the storage pool. Here it waits several years before its onward transport. Taking advantage of this, one research team is using the remaining energy for valuable studies. For instance, they are examining salt crystals for the final disposal of radioactive waste - and dreaming of applications on a grander scale.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gammabestrahlung_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1029&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Hands-on science: Girls&#039; Day at the research neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[On April 28, more than 90,000 girls did not go to school. Instead, they went to Girls’ Day! FRM
II also participated in this nationwide event, welcoming 18 interested girls at its gate once
again. Everyone who is at the neutron source for the first time has many questions: What do you need neutrons for? Where do they come from? And what does radiation do?<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_1634.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1033&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>On the trail of hydrogen</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hydrogen is not only a sustainable fuel in the energy mix, but also plays a key role in neural networks. German and Argentinian researchers at the MLZ have now demonstrated that neutrons are more sensitive than ever before to hydrogen atoms in thin layers and can thus reduce the energy consumption in neural networks in the future.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mcqst-frmii_5448-4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1034&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Minister of State Herrmann visits research reactor FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[A very interested and enthusiastic State Minister visited the Research Neutron Source, "one of the most powerful and versatile neutron sources worldwide", as Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum introduced FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220603-tum-garching-frm_ii-013.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1036&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>On the road to the super-battery</title>
<description><![CDATA[A research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has taken an in-depth look at the internal workings of batteries during charging and discharging. Their findings may help optimize charging processes.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild1_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1035&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons for Mobility</title>
<description><![CDATA[From May 31st to June 3rd, this year's MLZ conference "Neutrons for Mobility" took place in Lenggries. Fifty scientists exchanged ideas on topics related to mobility and neutron research at the interdisciplinary event, contributing to a lively, diverse meeting.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/poster_01.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1039&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Not just a phase…</title>
<description><![CDATA[Superconductors can not only conduct electricity without resistance and are in demand for high magnetic fields. They are also an ideal playground for fundamental research, where physicists test theories for general physical phenomena. In a collaboration between the MLZ and the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, PhD student Xaver Brems used superconductors to investigate how different phases in a solid are interconnected.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220610_supraleiter_v03_72dpi.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1042&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>FRM II goes Deutsches Museum</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, the Deutsches Museum reopened for the first time after reconstruction presenting, among other things, a station for the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) in the permanent exhibition “Atomic Physics”. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_2566.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1044&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A 3D model and many contacts: The career fair IKOM</title>
<description><![CDATA[On June 27, FRM II presented itself at the student career fair IKOM. The four-day event at the Technical University of Munich is the largest student career fair in Germany and connects students and employers. Numerous internships, job offers and student thesis projects attracted more than 200 interested fair visitors to the FRM II booth.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_2470.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1043&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Engineered disorder </title>
<description><![CDATA[New solid-state batteries promise to deliver more energy than their conventional sisters using liquid electrolytes and are attractive for e-mobility because of their longer ranges. A study using neutrons at the MLZ suggests developing a solid electrolyte while intentionally leaving the material disordered. This will lead to higher battery performance.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1038&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>On a discovery tour at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[Their mission was to discover the neutron source, and the twelve motivated schoolgirls pursued this goal with a plan on August 2. As part of the “TUM Entdeckerinnen” program, the 13-15 year olds came to visit during summer vacation, looked behind the scenes at the research neutron source and asked plenty of questions. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220802_tum-entdeckerin_web01_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1046&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons help track down mammalian ancestors</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of German and Argentinian researchers has used neutrons in the FRM II research neutron source at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to identify an animal species that has been extinct for 220 million years. Findings on the new species provide surprising insights into the evolution of mammals.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220804_fig_3_-_life_reconstruction_of_tessellatia_bonapartei_-_artist_juan_cristobal_sotomayor.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1047&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Scientific Exchange on Positrons and Antimatter</title>
<description><![CDATA[From 05 - 08 July, the retreat "Antimatter: Positrons in Fundamental Research and Materials Physics" took place at the Dresdner Hütte in the Stubaital. At the event, which was sponsored by the Heraeus Foundation, MLZ researchers exchanged ideas with other experts in positron research and inspired the younger generation about their field of research.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gruppenfoto_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1048&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons Provide New Insight into Protein Folding</title>
<description><![CDATA[Proteins are one of the basic building blocks of life. They provide structure, enable movement and catalyse metabolic processes. With the help of neutrons, a German-Japanese research team has now discovered a previously unknown protein structure – an important step towards better understanding the complex folding processes of proteins.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_585962_72dpi_4x3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1049&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>ReMade@ARI – a hub for materials development for recycling</title>
<description><![CDATA[Together with more than 50 research infrastructures, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) is participating in the EU project ReMade@ARI, which starts on September 1, 2022. The aim of the project, which is funded with 13.8 million Euros, is to develop new materials that are competitive and highly recyclable.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/titelbild_72ppi_4.3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1050&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mourning for FRM II project manager Anton Axmann</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the age of 85, Dr. Anton Axmann passed away on August 30, 2022. Under his guidance, the construction permits for the research reactor were issued and the buildings were constructed. As an enthusiastic nuclear engineer, he ensured the optimal alignment of the beam tubes, a cold source with a particularly high neutron flux, and a hot source to expand the range of applications.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/anton_axmann_sw.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1055&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>8th TUM Expert Forum: A platform for industrial applications</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 08.09.2022, the Expert Committee 101 Non-Destructive Testing of the VDI Society Materials Engineering met for another platform meeting for application-oriented networking. Ten presentations under the umbrella term “Automation and Machine Learning in Nondestructive Testing” were held. A poster exhibition and a concluding panel discussion provided the opportunity for lively exchange, networking and discussion for the approximately 50 participants. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220909_vdi_expertenforum_v02.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1053&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>On bodies and sky discs </title>
<description><![CDATA[The 44th Edgar-Lüscher Seminar attracted more than 50 teachers from all over Bavaria to Zwiesel from July 4 to 8. This year, the renowned training course followed “Physics in Archaeology and Art History” and dealt with the latest neutron methods in the examination of paintings by Van Gogh or the Nebra Sky Disk.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/luescher001_4zu3.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1057&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The origin of everything: &lt;br /&gt; exploring the early solar system </title>
<description><![CDATA[Where did the Earth originate? Why do planets look the way they do? How did the solar system form? These big questions have been driving mankind forward since forever – and the answer is made up of an infinite number of small details. Researchers at the Heinz Maier-Leibniz Research Neutron Source are working to uncover some of these details. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild_pallasit_rm.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1054&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The mouse opens doors</title>
<description><![CDATA[During the Germany-wide action day “Türen auf mit der Maus“ (“Open Doors with the Mouse”) organized by WDR on October 3, 2022, the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), together with other research institutes of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), opened its doors to mouse fans young and old. More than 800 children and adults visited the varied program at the various stations of the TUM.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20221004_tdot_maustag_02.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1056&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Honor for the perfect communicator</title>
<description><![CDATA[Elisabeth Jörg-Müller has been awarded the Karl Max von Bauernfeind Medal. With this prize, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) honors the “proactive and extra-mandatory commitment” of the assistant to the scientific directors at the FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220630_awardsdinner2_ah_694974_4zu3.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1058&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Patent for a versatile valve</title>
<description><![CDATA[They are so indispensable that we sometimes forget their role in our everyday lives: Valves were drivers of the industrial revolution. Their electronic cousins, the transistors, kick-started the digital age by enabling logical circuits on ever-smaller components. A new patent, developed at the MLZ and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, makes for the first time so-called spin valves possible, which produce any resistance and could be used as artificial neurons, for example.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/spinventilalsneuron4zu.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1059&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Making CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; more usable </title>
<description><![CDATA[A team at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg uses high-resolution neutron microscopy to detect undesired salt formation in electrodes of CO2-electrolysis for the first time, thus shedding light on the cause of a central problem area.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/41467_2022_33694_fig3_html_4zu3_1.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1060&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Photo exhibition opened in Landshut</title>
<description><![CDATA[The directorate of the FRM II has ceremonially opened the photo exhibition of Wenzel Schürmann in the LITVAI Gallery of Photography. It can be seen in the old town of Landshut until November 19. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20221014_ausstellung_la_booklet_final_seite_01.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1061&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Walter Hälg Prize for Professor Peter Böni</title>
<description><![CDATA[For his ground-breaking research in superconductivity and magnetism, Prof. Peter Böni of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) received the Walter Hälg Prize on August 23, 2022. The award is endowed with 10,000 Swiss Francs and was presented by the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) at the International Conference on Neutron Scattering (ICNS) in Buenos Aires.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc9463_beschnitten.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1052&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Elusive carbonic acid: it really exists!</title>
<description><![CDATA[The existence of carbonic acid has long been the subject of debate: theoretically real, but practically impossible to detect. That is because the compound decomposes at the Earth’s surface. A German-Chinese team of researchers working at the FRM II Research Neutron Source at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now made the crystalline structure of carbonic acid molecules visible for the first time.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/titelbild_fin.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1062&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Operation of FRM II possible with Low Enriched Uranium </title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientifically speaking it is possible to convert the Research Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for a fuel element with Low Enriched Uranium (LEU). This conclusion is the result of TUM researchers' calculations, which have been independently confirmed by experts in the USA. This establishes the theoretical foundations for implementing state regulatory requirements to discontinue the use of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) as fuel at the FRM II in the future.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0768_cropped.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1066&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A life for texture: MLZ award for Heinz-Günter Brokmeier</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr. Heinz-Günter Brokmeier receives this year's prize of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum for instrumentation and scientific use. The 70-year-old from Clausthal University of Technology is thus honored for his early and great commitment to the material science diffractometer STRESS-SPEC at FRM II and MLZ. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/foto01_klein.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1067&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>User Meeting 2022: Back to reality!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Finally - after two years of virtual conferences - the MLZ was happy to welcome 225 participants in person to this year's User Meeting on December 8th - 9th. Besides 61 talks and a poster session, there was a clear focus on the future of neutron science at MLZ with a strong commitment of the three MLZ partners to refurbish the instrument suite.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/grouppicture_titelbild.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1069&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>7.9 million euros for research at the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is again funding the development and expansion of scientific instruments at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) with 7.9 million euros. In addition to the Technical University of Munich, five other German universities and institutes are participating.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210614_bl_5578_kl_titelbild-4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1070&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons expose the insides of an antique pendant </title>
<description><![CDATA[An interdisciplinary research team led by the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) has solved the mystery of a gold-plated pendant found in 2008 in a medieval refuse pit in the Old City section of Mainz. Thanks to the non-destructive examinations at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the researchers localized miniscule bone fragments inside the object, presumably religious relics. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/heinzel-figure_3_-_titelbild-jpg.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1071&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Open letter from the Committee Research with Neutrons to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research</title>
<description><![CDATA[The members of the Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN) are concerned about the current situation of research with neutrons in Germany. In a letter to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, they describe the situation and make suggestions on how to circumvent current bottlenecks and avoid future ones.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kfn_gif.gif" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www.sni-portal.de/en/news/open-letter-from-the-kfn-to-the-bmbf?set_language=en]]></link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron beam for better batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[With new insights into the interior of lithium-ion batteries, a team of scientists led by Dr Anatoliy Senyshyn and Dominik Petz has succeeded in taking another step towards longer-lasting batteries. Neutron scattering at MLZ's STRESS-SPEC instrument and further measurements showed a correlation between higher temperature development of the battery and its age.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20221007_cover_adenma_teaser.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1073&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Founding father of FRM II deceased: In mourning for Wolfgang Gläser</title>
<description><![CDATA[He was the successor of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz and contributed significantly to the fact that the most modern neutron source in the world is located in Garching. Recently, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gläser has passed away at the age of 89.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/glaeser_sw_titelbild_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1074&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Solid-state battery: New material class with excellent ion conductivity</title>
<description><![CDATA[A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered a material class with above-average conductivity. This is a decisive step forward in the development of high-performance solid-state batteries. Investigations conducted at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) made an essential contribution to the discovery.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210614_bl_5530_titelbild_cropped.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1075&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>From resistant steels and healing nanoparticles: Special issue on small-angle magnetic scattering </title>
<description><![CDATA[16 scientific articles on small-angle magnetic scattering with neutrons have been compiled by four researchers in a special issue of the Journal of Applied Crystallography. They were all published in the journal over the course of a good six months.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/stahl_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1076&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>What holds the cell together at its innermost folds?</title>
<description><![CDATA[At his public lecture as part of the "Science for Everyone" series at the Deutsches Museum, Dr. Sebastian Busch gave more than 100 listeners an insight into his research on water in important processes in the human body. The lecture is available online on the Deutsches Museum's YouTube Channel. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20230301-optimiert_wissenschaft-fuer-jedermann_seb-busch-molekuel3-titelbild.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1077&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Super methods for superalloys</title>
<description><![CDATA[The newly developed superalloy VDM® Alloy 780 withstands temperatures of up to 750°C and endures enormous forces with ease. Such materials are real superheroes among alloys. And just like human superheroes, they have very special laboratories and methods with which they can improve their strength. Neutrons and X-rays are an indispensable part of this research.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/image.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1078&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ Conference 2023: Neutrons for Biomaterials</title>
<description><![CDATA[From the food industry to artificial intelligence, biomaterials are increasingly being used. Neutrons at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum can also characterize these materials. From May 22 to 25, the conference "Neutrons for Biomaterials" will take place. Deadline for abstract submission is March 31, registration is possible until April 11.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild-biomaterials.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Martin Müller: new Chair of the LENS Initiative</title>
<description><![CDATA[The "League of Advanced European Neutron Sources" LENS has elected MLZ Director Prof. Dr. Martin Müller as its new Chair, his deputy is Prof. Dr. Michel Kenzelmann from PSI. They succeed Prof. Dr. Helmut Schober (ILL) and Prof. Dr. Robert McGreevy (ISIS).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_5183_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1079&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>More than 500 researchers at conference at MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[From March 20th to 23rd, the eighth European Conference on Neutron Scattering (ECNS) took place in Garching. After St. Petersburg (2019) and Zaragoza (2015), the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum was this year’s host.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_6184_compressed.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1080&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons for better vaccines against multidrug resistant germs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neutrons from the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) can be used to explore the structure of biomolecules. The most recent success: the precise analysis of a promising vaccine against multidrug resistant germs.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_8349.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Peter Müller-Buschbaum commences his second term</title>
<description><![CDATA[As of 1st April 2023, Prof. Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum has again been instated as Scientific Director of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ). <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/c4b5eb4f-da3a-41c7-9114-94393c107b11.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>FRM II not affected by end of nuclear energy</title>
<description><![CDATA[On April 15, the commercial use of nuclear power for electricity generation in Germany ended in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act. This decision does not affect the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mitarbeiter_frm-1.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Garching neutron tomography facility travels around the world</title>
<description><![CDATA[*The International Atomic Energy Agency has commissioned Dr. Burkhard Schillinger of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center (MLZ) to test low-power neutron sources in Argentina and Chile. He traveled to South America with a smaller, transportable version of the neutron tomography facility from Garching. After only two days, the facility was ready and successfully delivered first test images.*<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/thumbnail_20230425_bildgebende_anlag-burkhard_schillinger_v01.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>MORIS Workshop at the MLZ: Instruments on the Move</title>
<description><![CDATA["Science is moving," said Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum, scientific director at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) and the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), at the start of a workshop where 85 participants discussed the planned MORIS modernization program at the MLZ. In 50 presentations, the scientific use of neutrons from the user side and the currently discussed project ideas for the upgrade of the MLZ instrument portfolio were presented. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20230504_moris_workshop_04_red2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1086&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A protective layer for batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[The storage capacity, safety, and service life of rechargeable batteries must significantly increase to produce for example more reliable electric cars with higher mileage. A lithium-metal battery can offer much higher storage than a lithium-ion battery but there is concern about the safety issue. A protective coating of the anodes of lithium metal batteries shows great potential here for future products.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_6440.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons show how pre-filled syringes clog </title>
<description><![CDATA[The hypodermic needles on pre-filled syringes can clog when stored incorrectly. A research team subjected the process to a detailed and systematic investigation, including activities at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The results will help improve manufacturing and storage conditions accordingly.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/image0.jpeg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>From Orange to Red: How bacteria protect themselves from sunlight</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cyanobacteria have a built-in sunscreen in their cells. Using neutrons at MLZ, a German-Estonian research team has now directly observed the orange carotenoid protein in action. Surprisingly, they found that a previously much-studied mutant of the protein behaves significantly differently than the original.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_585788_andreas_heddergott_frm_ii_tum.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Using measurement time more efficiently with machine learning</title>
<description><![CDATA[A scientific team from Forschungszentrum Jülich has developed a new approach at MLZ to improve the efficiency of neutron spectroscopy experiments and successfully tested it at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). Neutron spectroscopy detects forces such as those between atoms arranged in an atomic lattice. The researchers optimized the data acquisition using an active learning artificial intelligence approach. This reduces the time per experiment and makes better use of the scarce resource of measurement time, especially in the first hours of an experiment.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20230328_frm2_ae_-2780_titelbild-4zu3_beschnitten-klein.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ Conference 2023: Neutrons for Biomaterials</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the MLZ Conference 2023 more than 50 conference participants met at Schloss Fürstenried from May 22 to 25. A total of 44 speakers discussed the application of neutrons in biomaterials research. Exciting lectures were given about the SARS-CoV-2 fusion process and new possibilities for cancer therapy.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/gruppenfoto_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons from Garching again as of summer 2024</title>
<description><![CDATA[Currently, the FRM II is working towards installing a new central channel. The work is progressing and it is planned to provide neutrons for research and innovation again from the second half of 2024.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc09141.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Lime ice-cream in 5 minutes? &lt;br&gt; Minikinderhaus visiting </title>
<description><![CDATA[As part of their summer program, the children of the Minikinderhaus from Garching visited the Forschungs-Neutronenquelle FRM II. After a short introduction to the research at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), the 25 children and their companions went to the neutron guide hall. There they marveled at the many instruments and learned what a dosimeter is. Final experiments with liquid nitrogen created a highlight.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20220914_minikinderhaus_eis.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Axel Pichlmaier heads international group of research reactors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Axel Pichlmaier is the new head of the International Group of Research Reactors IGORR, which represents research reactor interests worldwide. The FRM II Technical Director and his new leadership team were elected at a meeting at the University of Maryland, USA. They aim to continue the work of predecessor Gilles Bignan and recruit more members, especially from Africa.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/pichlmaier_as_dsc6339_titelbild-bitte_4_zu_3_beschneiden_und_kleinrechnen-min.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Ever radiographed a surprise egg? - An internship at the MLZ</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rebuilding the inside of a surprise egg without ever having opened the egg? This is possible? Yes, Felicia Calzada and Anna Senyshyn managed it during their internship at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Garching. The pupils enthusiastically present their results. The topic of their internship: non-destructive material testing.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/felicia_am_pc_4zu3_bearbeitet.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Organogels: New cleaning agent for artworks</title>
<description><![CDATA[The restoration of artworks often involves solvents which have toxic properties. Now researchers have succeeded for the first time in creating a non-toxic and sustainable cleaning agent for paintings. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) investigated the structure of the agent, referred to as an organogel.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/1v5a1131_gross.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Solving the puzzle behind the viscosity jump in the Earth’s lower mantle</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr. Tomoo Katsura and his international research team at the Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics, University of Bayreuth, have discovered why rocks in the Earth's interior suddenly become more viscous at depths of 800 to 1,200 kilometres.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/blender3d_earthquartercut_copyright-soylentgreen.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>In mourning of Marie-Sousai Appavou</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 13 September, our much-loved and highly respected long-standing colleague, Dr. Marie-Sousai Appavou, passed away suddenly at the age of 46.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210618_bl_8522_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Precise turning in three degrees of freedom: MLZ Prize for Prof. Wolfgang Schmahl</title>
<description><![CDATA[This year's MLZ Prize for Instrumentation and Scientific Use goes to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmahl from the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München. He has rendered outstanding services to the construction and operation of the scientific instruments RESI and SPODI.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0110_compressed.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Tuned crystals</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, researchers at the MLZ have provided a comprehensive overview of the production of superconducting niobium films. Using electron diffraction, they investigated the influence of temperature on production.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mcqst-frmii_5419_4_zu_3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Dive in the reactor and Nobel Prize lecture</title>
<description><![CDATA[Several thousand science enthusiasts came to the research campus in Garching on German Unity Day. Together with 16 other institutes, the FRM II had opened its doors for children and adults on the Germany-wide day of the “Sendung mit der Maus”. And on top of that, there was even the first lecture by the newly crowned Nobel Prize winner in physics.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/maustag_tdot_wurfspiel_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Visit from the city of Ahaus</title>
<description><![CDATA[The spent fuel elements of FRM II are to be transported to the Ahaus interim storage facility of the federally owned Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung (BGZ). A political delegation from the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Ahaus has now visited the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) and the City of Garching for the first time for an exchange.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0167_compressed.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A new phase in the battery</title>
<description><![CDATA[How do Li-ion batteries become more environmentally friendly, cheaper and more powerful? An international research team investigated this question. With the help of neutron and X-ray radiation, they examined the crystalline structure of a new cathode material and discovered a third, previously unknown structural phase.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild_neelima_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Closer to the dream of nuclear fusion with positrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nuclear fusion could help solve the energy problem in the future. However, there are still numerous challenges to overcome before then. Among other things, the inner walls of the fusion reactor must be able to withstand extreme conditions. Positrons help researchers to study these materials.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/asdex_copyright_mpi_fuer_plasmaphysik_jan_hosan_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Illuminating treasures of the past</title>
<description><![CDATA[From November 21 to 24, 2023, more than 80 internationally renowned scientists met at the Pinakothek der Moderne to discuss the benefits of synchrotron radiation and neutrons for art and archaeology. The MLZ organized the event with the Doerner Institut of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/titelfoto-_4_zu_3_beschneiden_kleinrechnen_copyright_haydar_koyupinar_doerner_institut_copy_cropped.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>User meeting despite ice and snow</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neither snow nor ice could keep 208 users and MLZ employees away on December 4 and 5: They came to Munich for the 9th MLZ User Meeting. The ca. 40 registered participants who could not make it due to canceled public transport or freezing rain at Munich Airport could join in via video conference.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mlzusers2024_collage_titel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1116&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Astrid Schneidewind represents European neutron researchers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Astrid Schneidewind has been elected as the new chair of the European Neutron Scattering Association ENSA. As an association of national European societies, ENSA represents the interests of neutron researchers in Europe. Astrid Schneidewind has actively promoted the interests of ENSA being an instrument scientist of the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at the MLZ and as Chair (2017-2020) of the German committee research with neutrons KFN.  
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutrons drive fusion research forward</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fusion research reactors require heat-resistant wall materials. Researchers have investigated a promising candidate with neutrons at the MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/ebsd_ipfx_eu97_heata_titel_reduced.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1117&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Change at the top of the TUM Research Neutron Source</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) is getting a new scientific director. Physicist Prof. Christian Pfleiderer from the School of Natural Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will take over from Prof. Peter Müller-Buschbaum on January 1, 2024. Pfleiderer has been at TUM since 2004 and has held the Chair of Experimental Physics for the Topology of Correlated Systems since 2014.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20231207_frm2_pfleiderer_ae_-303_titelbild-kleinrechnen_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1119&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Position swapping in cathodes: Why batteries lose performance</title>
<description><![CDATA[When developing new generations of batteries, researchers are challenged by various physical effects that reduce the storage capacity. Using state-of-the-art neutron scattering, scientists from FRM II and Australia have investigated one of these effects: the jumping of lithium ions in the cathodes of commercial batteries.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20230808_ni-li_batterie_fehlstellung_v03.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Ecological reactor physicist</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Wolfgang Waschkowski, who was part of the project management for the construction of the FRM II for many years, has died at the age of 84. He had been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his commitment to the realization of the research neutron source. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/wolfgang_waschkowski_auf_der_festveranstaltung_anlaesslich_des_10-jaehrigen_jubliaeums_des_frm_ii-_copyright_wenzel_schuermann_frm_ii_tum_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1123&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New face for neutron analysis</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr. Mirijam Zobel has been the director of “Neutron Analytics for Energy Research” at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at Forschungszentrum Jülich since the beginning of January. She operates two scientific instruments with hot neutrons at the MLZ.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc9385_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1125&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Clarifying the structure of the skin barrier</title>
<description><![CDATA[Promises made by moisturizers range from helping against dry skin to rejuvenating effects. The buzzword: ceramides. Quite a lot of responsibility for this group of molecules. But that’s not all: they also form the natural barrier in the outermost layer of the skin. However, the structures in which the lipids arrange themselves in the skin must be better studied in order to understand how they function. Neutron scattering is a particularly suitable method for that.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20240125_hautcreme_v11.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1124&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Examining paramedic proteins</title>
<description><![CDATA[Proteins unfold when exposed to heat and thus not only lose their function, but can clump together and cause damage in organisms. Heat shock proteins (Hsp) bind to proteins before they unfold completely. A group from Japan has studied Hsp72 with neutrons for the first time and gained important insights into the course of these reactions.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20200107_frm2_ah_585441_titelbild.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1126&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Without additives: How organic solar cells are becoming more efficient</title>
<description><![CDATA[Organic photovoltaics could be mass-produced cheaply and provide renewable energy. However, the materials are chemically unstable when exposed to oxygen or intense radiation. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the FRM II have now tackled this problem and made a valuable contribution to the further development of organic photovoltaic cells.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20231013_solar_trockner_v02.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>20 years of neutrons for research, industry and medicine</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) celebrates its 20th birthday on 2 March 2024. Since its commissioning in 2004, the FRM II has played a key role internationally in the supply of neutrons for research, industry and medicine.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20151001_campus_garching_ae_129692.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Exchange with Garching city council</title>
<description><![CDATA[14 members of all political groups of the Garching City Council and three city employees recently visited the TUM's Research Neutron Source together with Mayor Dr. Dietmar Gruchmann. Lectures, a tour of the reactor and a snack afterwards provided plenty of opportunity for discussion. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20240226_162009_stadt_garching_frm_ii.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1132&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Milk from green leaves</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 like in order for them to be stable, appealing and nutritious.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_8745.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1133&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Efficient iron scavengers</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 mechanism for the first time. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/titelbild-4zu3aus_drei_grafiken.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1138&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Starting signal for industrialization of low-enriched fuel</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 line and prepare an industrial manufacturing process for the uranium-molybdenum (U-Mo) fuel.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20240314_framatome_unterzeichnungkl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1137&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Research on geological deposits </title>
<description><![CDATA[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 Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the networks of micropores were characterized using small and very small angle neutron scattering. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/zugeschnitten2.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1135&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Machine Learning Conference: Innovations and Impulses in Garching</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mlc_2024-min.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1140&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Ice-cold screening</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 provided answers – now also on YouTube. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/modell-schulz-wiss_comp.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1136&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Using Neutrons for Solid-State Batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 electrolytes. With the help of neutrons, a group from Shanghai has gained important insights into the relationship between the lattice structure and ionic conductivity of such solid-state electrolytes.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20240214_festkoerperbatterie.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1131&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Industry cooperation for more efficient electric cars</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/02_news_240522_antares_elektromotor_schulz.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1144&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mystery of the failed measuring point solved</title>
<description><![CDATA[Green Councilor Daniela Rieth brought a few questions to ask when she visited FRM II in March. One was about a measuring station in Garching that records the local dose rate and had been out of action for several months. The mystery surrounding this probe has now been solved: it is operated by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) and has been measuring again since March.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_7594_4-3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1145&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Highly reactive compounds thanks to laser and plasma</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the MLZ and the Philipps University of Marburg are the first to develop a method that produces hexafluorides, which are difficult to access, in a plasma system with an additional laser heating system.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/plasmachemical_syntheses_of_ruf6_rhf6_und_ptf6.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1146&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Administrative Court confirms lawful operation of the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bavarian Administrative Court has confirmed the legality of the FRM II research reactor operation. It dismissed a corresponding complaint by the Bund Naturschutz against the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source in Garching. The Scientific Director of the FRM II, Prof. Dr. Christian Pfleiderer, said: “This means that this facility, which is unique in the world for science and medicine, can continue to be operated.”<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20240617_100823_gerichtsverhandlung_vgh-comp.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1150&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ scientist honored</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Iaroslav Meleshenkovskii has received the 2024 Young Scientist Award of the International Committee on Activation Analysis at the 16th International Conference on Modern Trends in Activation Analysis (MTAA-16) for his research on recycling rare magnets.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20240506_091049_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1147&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Drug cab for insulin</title>
<description><![CDATA[Up to three percent of people with diabetes have an allergic reaction to insulin. A team at Forschungszentrum Jülich has now investigated a method that could be used to deliver the active ingredient into the body in a masked form – in the form of tiny nanoparticles. The insulin is only released in the target organ when the pH value deviates from the slightly alkaline environment in the blood. The molecular transport system could also serve as a platform to release other drugs in the body precisely at the target site.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210618_bl_8574_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1153&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ Conference: Stronger, safer, and more sustainable batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[Many scientists were in one room for several days. The result? Heads full of new ideas, inspiration, and an exciting exchange. This is also the aim of the MLZ conference “Neutrons for Energy Storage.”<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mlz_conference-edit.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1151&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>How old are you, battery?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Battery capacity loss is among the biggest brakes in e-mobility and the industry. A research team from FRM II and other institutions is now validating a method that can be used to determine the distribution of elements in the anode of a battery and, thus, better understand aging.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20240718_newsmeldung_batterie_02.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1154&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>High-performance 3D-printed alloys for cars and airplanes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lightweight material that can be 3D printed and is stable enough to carry heavy loads: this is highly interesting for the automotive and aircraft industries because it could save up to 50% CO2 in the mobility sector. The aluminium alloy Scalmalloy® appears to have precisely such properties. In order to understand the reason for the high load-bearing capacity and to further optimise alloys in the future, researchers have carried out measurements in collaboration with Mercedes Benz, Premium AEROTEC, and Airbus.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_1377_titelbild_cropped_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1159&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Making order visible in crystals</title>
<description><![CDATA[Many advances in energy storage, superconductivity, and manufacturing rely on developing new materials with desirable properties. An international team has developed methods to better understand these structures, providing valuable tools for future research.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_4092_cropped.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1157&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>First phase of central channel completed – Project still delayed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The fabrication of the central channel is being pursued with the highest priority. Despite considerable progress, delivery has been postponed until 2025. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_2034_b.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1160&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Excellent research for the conversion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Bruno Baumeister and Dr. Christian Reiter from FRM II have received the Instrumentation Award of the Committee Research with Neutrons (KFN) to further develop neutron sources. The award ceremony took place during the German Neutron Scattering Conference in Aachen.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/collage.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1161&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Non-destructive testing for the sustainable energy technology of the future: TUM Expert Forum 2024</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 9th TUM Expert Forum, organized by the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the VDI Technical Committee 101 "Non-destructive Testing", brought together around 70 experts from science and industry to discuss current developments and challenges in non-destructive testing (NDT), from battery technology to aviation. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_5491_auswahl_tb.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1162&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Judgment reasoning published: FRM II lawfully in operation</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bavarian Administrative Court (BayVGH) has now published the reasons behind its decision of June 18. The FRM II may continue operating, the lawsuit filed by the Bund Naturschutz has been dismissed and an appeal was not admitted. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/3_-_bild_wappen_copyright_vgh.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1163&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>444 adults and children guided through reactor</title>
<description><![CDATA[For 364 adults and 80 children, probably the largest door on the Garching campus opened on October 3: they entered the FRM II research reactor through a gate in the fence. Hundreds of others were busy at the hands-on stations of the MLZ and FRM II in the physics building of the Technical University of Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20241003_164416_titel.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1165&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Movement in the smallest of spaces: researching polymers through neutron spin</title>
<description><![CDATA[Proteins are long-chain molecules essential for all biochemical processes in our body. How they move exactly in the densely packed cell interior has yet to be clarified. A Spanish research team has investigated at the MLZ how the dynamics of mimetic model polymer nanoparticles change depending on their environment.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc5214.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1166&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Girls&#039; Day: Following in the Footsteps of Lise Meitner and Marie Curie</title>
<description><![CDATA[Once again this year, the FRM II opened its doors for Girls’ Day. On April 25, 23 girls had the chance to gain insight into the world of neutrons and the daily life of a scientist or laboratory technician.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/titelbild_1.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1164&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Uniting Forces for Precision Cancer Therapies</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an effort to provide more targeted therapies for cancer patients, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the TUM University Hospital, and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE have signed a research framework agreement. Through this partnership, the institutions aim to enhance their collaboration and involvement of the FRM II research reactor in the fields of nuclear medicine, radiopharmacy, and medical isotope technology.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/design_ohne_titel.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1169&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Little explorers as visitors</title>
<description><![CDATA[This summer, children from the Nachbarschaftshilfe Garching e.V. enjoyed an unforgettable day at our FRM II research neutron source. With bright eyes and boundless curiosity, 17 young visitors, accompanied by their supervisor, explored the site and delved deep into the world of science. Welcomed by Johanna Jochum and Veronika Reich, the children were introduced to the mysteries of neutron science in an engaging and accessible way.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_4342_titelbild.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1172&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medal &lt;br&gt; for Prof. Christian Pfleiderer</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Christian Pfleiderer, Scientific Director at FRM II and MLZ, received the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medal on 5 December 2024 as part of TUM's ‘Dies Academicus’. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/csm_pfleiderer_dies_d641422934.webp" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1174&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>“Fantastic breath in science”</title>
<description><![CDATA[250 participants once again exchanged views on current research topics at this year’s MLZ User Meeting in Munich. They presented their results in 57 lectures and on 86 posters. The Chairman of the User Committee, Prof. Dr. Tommy Nylander, praised the “fantastic breath” that could be felt at the conferences. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/user_meeting_2024_collage.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1175&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ Prize for ‘shooting star’ Prof Günther Dollinger</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr Günther Dollinger has now been awarded the MLZ Prize for ‘Instrumentation and Scientific Use’ for his services to the positron source at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ). At the award ceremony as part of the MLZ User Meeting, laudator and Scientific Director of the MLZ and FRM II, Prof Dr Christian Pfleiderer, said that the PLEPS instrument developed by Dollinger's team was one of the ‘driving forces’ at the MLZ positron source. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/preisvergabe_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1177&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Important signal: EU, federal government and Bavaria fund conversion with a total of 12.8 million euros</title>
<description><![CDATA[Green light for further research projects on low-enriched uranium nuclear fuel: Europe, the federal government and the Free State of Bavaria are funding two corresponding scientific programs at the FRM II research neutron source at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The Bavarian Ministry of Science and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research are sharing a funding sum of 5.2 million euros. And the EU is providing 7.6 million euros, of which one million euros will go directly to TUM as the European consortium leader. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/heu-leu_umruestung_copyright_bruno_baumeister_frm_ii_tum.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1178&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Dr. Neelima Paul wins 2nd prize at Batterieforum Deutschland 2025</title>
<description><![CDATA[From January 21–23, 2025, the 13th Batterieforum Deutschland - organized by the Kompetenznetzwerk Lithium-Ionen-Batterien (KLiB) and supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - brought together leading figures from industry, academia and politics at the Ritz-Carlton in Berlin. Over the course of three days, experts discussed current trends in battery technology, while an accompanying poster exhibition showcased the results of ongoing publicly funded projects and research.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/foto_neelima_paul_preisverleihung-2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1179&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Useful in fuel cells or luminescent materials: New compound studied with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international team led by Dr Alexander Mutschke has produced a completely new compound with boric acid and hydrogen and elucidated its structure with the help of neutrons. The borate hydride could be used in fuel cells, luminescent materials or catalysis in the future. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_2097_kl_titelbild.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1180&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Unlocking safer batteries: Insights into electrolyte materials for all-solid-state batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lithium-ion batteries are essential for modern devices, so researchers continuously work on safer and more efficient alternatives. A research team led by Argonne National Laboratory (DOE) and Dr. Neelima Paul and Dr. habil Ralph Gilles from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) revealed key insights into solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries. Neutron diffraction experiments played a central role in this. Their findings could lead to safer, more energy-efficient batteries.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_6528.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1181&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Unlocking quantum secrets with entangled neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[Einstein called it ‘spooky action at a distance.’ Schrödinger deemed it quantum mechanics’ most essential trait. For decades, quantum entanglement has captivated the brightest minds—and now, we can create entangled neutrons using a standard neutron scattering instrument.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250217_reseda_v04.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1183&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>What high pressure experiments with neutrons can tell about degradation of micro-plastics</title>
<description><![CDATA[High pressure significantly modulates the association of water with polymers and phase separation processes. New investigations by a German-American research team at the MLZ KWS-3 instrument reveal the pathways of aggregation of polymers into particles and their disintegration. The experiments show that pressure is key to control the hydration properties of the polymers with relevance for degradation processes in micro-plastics.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_1610_kl_fig2_dr_vitaliy_pipich_co-autor_einer_studie_und_instrumentverantwortlicher_an_der_kws-3_des_forschungszentrums_juelich.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1184&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New material for efficient separation of deuterium at elevated temperatures</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international research team has characterized a new material, which could be applied to separate deuterium from hydrogen. Deuterium is for example needed as fuel in fusion reactors. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/design_ohne_titel_1_2.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1186&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>New data for the analysis of critical raw materials</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Eric Mauerhofer from Forschungszentrum Jülich and his colleagues at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Cologne have published new findings on the gamma emissions of nickel, zirconium, lanthanum, and praseodymium. These elements are indispensable materials for sustainable energy systems and high-tech industries. Using the FaNGaS  (Fast Neutron-induced Gamma-ray Spectrometry) instrument from Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at MLZ, their study provides valuable insights into these critical raw materials, supporting their effective application in advanced technologies.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250326_newsmeldung_fangas_seltene_erden_v04.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1185&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Smartphone camera sensor helps with antimatter research at CERN </title>
<description><![CDATA[At CERN, scientists from the AEgIS collaboration led by a team of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of tracking antiproton annihilations in real time with a resolution of about 0.6 micrometres, a 35-fold improvement over previous real-time methods. The detector was developed at the research neutron source FRM II.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250328_frm2_cern_ah_893993_bild1_43.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Lighter, firmer, hotter: lecture at the Deutsches Museum</title>
<description><![CDATA[In front of around 300 viewers in the live stream and on site at the Deutsches Museum, Dr. Michael Hofmann showed how indispensable research with neutrons is for the development of lighter, stronger materials that can be used at higher temperatures.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2025_wissenschaft-f-jedermann_michael-hofmann_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>How heat harms Li-ion batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[When charged, the graphite anode in a Li-ion battery (LIB) can be exposed to temperature- driven changes, causing structural degradation and negatively affecting its performance. X-rays and neutrons help to reveal the underlying processes behind these changes. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250410_grafik_homepage_2400x1800_lithiuminterkalation_spodi_senyshyn_copyright_created-with-ai.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Girls‘ power at the neutron source</title>
<description><![CDATA[24 girls between the ages of 14 and 18 responded to this call on the nationwide Girls' Day on April 3, 2025 and visited the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching. There, they learned about what can be researched using neutrons first-hand from the female scientists.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250403_120936.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1190&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>World record for lithium-ion conductors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Solid-state batteries are considered a key technology for the future: they can store more energy and do not rely on flammable materials like current lithium-ion batteries. Researchers at TUM and TUMint.Energy Research have now taken a significant step towards improving solid-state batteries. They developed a new material made of lithium, antimony and scandium that conducts lithium ions more than 30% faster than any previously known material. Dr. Anatoliy Senyshyn, head of the structural research group at the MLZ and instrument scientist at SPODI, also helped with this work.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_8521.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Stronger steel bonds thanks to neutron imaging</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a breakthrough for materials science, Dr. Nicolás Di Luozzo from University of Buenos Aires and his international collaborators have developed a method to detect boron in steel using neutron radiography at the ANTARES instrument, located at the MLZ. The findings have significant implications for industries that rely on steel components, such as oil and gas pipelines, automotive, and chemical processing.
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<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1191&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Modelling electrolyte transport in porous electrodes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lithium-oxygen batteries could one day supersede the widely used lithium-ion batteries because, in theory, their energy density is 10 times higher. However, the technology of lithium-oxygen batteries  is not yet ripe for commercial exploitation. Neutrons shed light on possible electrolytes and cathode materials. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/31-wettability_schulz_erstellt-mit_chatgpt_schrift_entfernt.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1195&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A robotic assistant at FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[To speed up the process of loading samples into measuring instruments and increase flexibility, staff at FRM II are developing an industrial robotic arm that will support scientists with their experiments in the future.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0664.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1196&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Exchange with Japan: FRM II delegation visits Kyoto</title>
<description><![CDATA[As part of the Meeting of the International Group of Research Reactors (IGORR) in Japan, representatives of the FRM II visited the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science (KURNS) at Kyoto University. The aim of the meeting was to exchange expertise on safety standards and the future of neutron research - particularly with regard to the planned construction of a new neutron source in Japan. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/frm_ii_kyoto_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1204&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Nuclear fusion research using neutrons from FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[To advance the development of fusion energy reactors, a new joint research project is being launched at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The project will investigate the properties of innovative high-temperature superconductors (HTS), which are used to control the extremely hot plasma in the reactor, under extreme conditions. In addition to TUM's Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II), the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) and the company THEVA are also participating in the HTS4Fusion project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/eve_stenson_hts4fusion.webp" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>MLZ Conference 2025: Neutrons powering the future of fusion and nuclear technology</title>
<description><![CDATA[From 28 to 31  July 2025, the MLZ Conference “Neutrons for Fusion and Nuclear Applications” brought together 62 international researchers and industry experts for four days of in-depth discussions, scientific presentations, and collaborative vision at Schloss Fürstenried in Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/mlz_konferenz_2025_komp.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>What does the reactor sound like? – TUM Entdeckerinnen at the FRM II</title>
<description><![CDATA[What does it sound like when the reactor produces neutrons? And what does a sugar molecule look like at the atomic level? With a whole backpack full of questions, nine young explorers visited the FRM II during the school holidays and immersed themselves in the world of neutrons, positrons and molecules.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/essbare_molekuele.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1219&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Shedding Light on Dark Matter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Polarised nuclei of the noble gas xenon interact with neutrons in a specific manner. The measurement of this interaction is promising for research into fundamental physical questions, such as the nature of dark matter.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250410_grafik_homepage_2400x1800_materie-antimaterie_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1201&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Maustag for Young and Old</title>
<description><![CDATA[A highlight for young and old every year: register now for the "Mouse Day" tours on 3 October!<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_7753_komp.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Confirmed in last instance: FRM II legally in operation</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the Federal Administrative Court, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) is lawfully in operation. It rejected the appeal by the Bund Naturschutz against the non-admission of an appeal against a ruling by the Bavarian Administrative Court of 18 June 2024. Consequently, this legal issue has been resolved in the last instance and with conclusive effect.
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Approval granted for castor transports</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) has granted approval for the transport of spent fuel elements from the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to the interim storage facility in Ahaus.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250526_frm2_castor_testlauf_ae-199_4zu3_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Ahaus interim storage facility: Storage of fuel elements from Garching research reactor approved</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) has granted BGZ permission to store up to 21 CASTOR casks with fuel elements from the research reactor FRM II at the Ahaus interim storage facility. Further steps are required before the first transports to Ahaus can take place, so a date has not yet been set.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bgz_ahaus_3853_5135_low_1200x800-4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1211&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Probing the past with neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[A study using neutrons provides insights into ancient craft techniques: MLZ researchers have analysed Celtic iron tools and gold artefacts from the Bronze Age to obtain information on their processing. Their results have now been published in a special issue of a renowned scientific journal.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/weimin_gan_stress_spec.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Materials research for the future of aviation</title>
<description><![CDATA[How can particularly light yet extremely resilient aluminium components for aerospace be manufactured using industrial 3D printing?<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/prag_rg.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1214&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Towards More Efficient Batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[How can lithium-ion batteries become more efficient? A research team involving Dr Senyshyn from the MLZ has measured a key degradation process in battery cathodes that will enable even more efficient lithium-ion batteries.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/csm_dr_anatoliy_senyhshyn_1db3df31c1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Mouse Day for young and old brings 1,000 people to Garching</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/maustagsstartseitenbild_2025.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>A life dedicated to neutron research</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc9463_wenzel-schuermann-tum.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Efficient water purification – it all depends on nano-pores</title>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250410_grafik_homepage_2400x1800_umkehrosmose-membran.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Award-winning research on frustrated magnets</title>
<description><![CDATA[MLZ physicist Dr Leonie Heinze has been awarded the Heinrich Büssing Prize by the Braunschweig University Association. The prize, worth €10,000, recognises her outstanding doctoral thesis on frustrated magnetic materials - a topic that is attracting great interest due to the unusual magnetic states that occur in solid-state physics.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/picture_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>How sodium ions migrate: MLZ researchers advance safer battery materials</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists based at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) has taken an important step toward developing safer and more efficient batteries. Their research reveals how sodium ions diffuse and migrate through a promising class of solid materials known as NASICONs. The findings, published in the journal Materials Chemistry A, could support the future development of sodium-based solid-state batteries for applications ranging from electric vehicles to grid-scale energy storage.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_9073_2.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A source of ultra-cold neutrons in Garching</title>
<description><![CDATA[The universe consists of significantly more matter than current theories can explain. The use of ultracold neutrons allows fundamental physical questions such as these to be investigated.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_0849.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>From entanglement to spin liquids: conference brings leading quantum researchers to Garching</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations has declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, marking 100 years since the birth of quantum mechanics. Fittingly, this October saw Garching become a hub of international exchange on the frontiers of quantum materials, as over 70 researchers from around the world gathered for the first-ever Munich Quantum Matter Days.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20251030_munich_quantum_matter_days_v01_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1223&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Ultrafast quantum effects discovered in low-cost materials</title>
<description><![CDATA[A research team led by Professor Samuel Stranks at the University of Cambridge has observed ultrafast quantum phenomena in a simple, low-cost semiconductor material – a breakthrough that could make future quantum devices faster and more affordable. The necessary X-ray measurements were carried out by scientists from the Forschungszentrum Jülich at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum and at the Technical University of Munich.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_8315.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1224&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>A week of collaboration, coding, and community</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 14th SasView Contributor Camp brought together students, postdocs, established researchers, and software engineers in Garching for a week-long hackathon designed to advance SasView, the open-source software for analysing small-angle scattering data.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20251111_sas_view_workshop_v02.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Ivana Pivarníková awarded the 2024 Edward Steers Memorial Award</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Ivana Pivarníková from the Advanced Materials group, who completed her PhD at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), has received the Edward Steers Memorial Award for Best Glow Discharge Paper. The award recognises her rigorous experimental work and method validation that advance battery materials research. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20250911_ivana_edward_steers_award_4zu3_01.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Christian Reiter appointed professor</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is committed to nuclear research. On 15 October 2025, Dr. Christian Reiter was appointed to the newly created professorship of Applied Nuclear Technologies at the TUM School of Engineering and Design as part of the Bavarian master plan to promote nuclear fusion and innovative nuclear technologies. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/2025-12-05_mu-oberbayern_bezirksversammlung_00a1002_komp.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1225&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Important fuel test for FRM II successful</title>
<description><![CDATA[An important step has been taken in the conversion of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to low-enriched nuclear fuel: two fuel plates made of a monolithic uranium-molybdenum alloy have been successfully irradiated. This marks the first time a manufacturing process for new fuels with low-enriched uranium has been tested under realistic irradiation conditions.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/img_6313.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Merry Christmas and a happy new year</title>
<description><![CDATA[Our greatest Christmas wish is to be able to provide neutrons for research and innovation again as soon as possible. 
Despite the current challenging situation for neutron research in Garching, a lot is happening every day at FRM II and MLZ. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/festive_greetings_from_frm2_mlz_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1231&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Winfried Petry appointed spokesperson for TUM Senior Excellence Faculty</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry, long-standing Scientific Director of the FRM II and at the MLZ, has been the new spokesperson for the Senior Excellence Faculty of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since 1 December 2025.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20181009_tum_emeriti_of_excellence_tum_-2531_fotoquelle_uli_benz_tum_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Compact prototype enables microbeam radiotherapy for cancer in the smallest of spaces</title>
<description><![CDATA[A newly developed prototype at FRM II enables complex microbeam therapy for the first time, allowing it to be performed at a distance of only one and a half meters. Until now, this new form of radiation therapy, which enables better tumor control and fewer side effects than conventional methods, could only be performed using giant particle accelerators and was therefore not a realistic option for clinical use. The line-focus X-ray tube, the world’s first prototype of which was built at FRM II, could bring micro-radiation therapy into clinical application for the first time.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kammer_foto_b.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Preventing dangerous short circuits in lithium batteries</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dendrites are considered the most dangerous destroyers of lithium batteries - tiny metal structures that can cause short circuits. A research team at TUM has now discovered that such structures can form not only at the electrodes but also in polymer-based electrolytes. This new finding is crucial for the stability of future solid-state batteries. MLZ postdoc Gilles Wittmann developed the miniature cell used to examine the battery under real-life operating conditions.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/picture1_ed.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1233&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Tirelessly for neutrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[From 3 December to 4, 2025, the neutron community gathered for the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) User Meeting. Around 230 participants came together - once again in a year without neutrons from Garching, but with a palpable sense of solidarity and a focus on restarting the research neutron source.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/bild1_4.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>The poetic doorman</title>
<description><![CDATA[It is Rudi Vesely’s last day. At least in his job as a gatekeeper at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II). For seven years, he has been handing out keys, opening the barrier, and issuing visitor passes. It’s a job with a lot of responsibility—one that Rudi Vesely has handled with ease after studying construction and pharmacy, working as a TV editor, and writing books.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20260113_151103_rudi-vesely_foto-andrea-voit_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1235&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Cataracts: How proteins shape our vision</title>
<description><![CDATA[A research group from Lund has investigated the crystalline proteins of the eye lens at the MLZ. Using neutrons, they showed that macroscopic properties can be predicted surprisingly well using simple mixing rules. The results provide new insights into age-related changes in the lens and open up perspectives for research into diseases such as Alzheimer's or cataracts.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/dsc7315_komp.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1228&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>“Research with neutrons is great fun”: MLZ Prize for Stephan Paul</title>
<description><![CDATA[From day one, Prof. Dr. Stephan Paul, as he says, “took the research reactor to his heart,” sat on the MLZ supervisory board, and helped develop the scientific instruments. Now, the professor of hadron and particle physics with neutrons at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been awarded the MLZ Prize for Instrumentation and Scientific Use for his many years of commitment.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/kl_preis_foto_komp.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1238&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Next-generation magnetic materials for advanced electronics</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international team including Yishui Zhou, Dr. Yixi Su, and researchers from the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) has achieved major advances in magnetic materials with strong potential for future electronic and quantum technologies. One study investigates a chiral antiferromagnetic semiconductor, while another examines a family of topological metals with an intricate, woven-like atomic structure.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/happy_team_komp.png" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1237&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>How hydrogen affects titanium implants</title>
<description><![CDATA[Whether used to treat bone fractures, replace teeth or act as pacemakers, metallic implants have become an irreplaceable part of modern medicine. They must remain stable while integrating with surrounding tissue.  A new avenue being explored in the field of biological implants is designing titanium-magnesium hybrid implants that combine the advantages of both materials to create superior implants. Titanium is used for its high strength, while the magnesium component dissolves over time and helps stimulate bone growth. Such materials have the potential to revolutionise metallic implants.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20210614_bl_5901_kl.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1239&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Why corals bleach</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rising sea temperatures are causing coral reefs around the world to bleach. For the first time, a research team at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has investigated the biological processes behind coral bleaching directly in living corals. With the help of neutrons, they were able to visualise structural changes during the bleaching process.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/koralle_4zu3.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1242&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Liquid salt for new reactor concepts</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the future, liquid molten salts could contribute to more efficient, climate-friendly energy generation. At FRM II, PhD student Liliana Quintero Zambrano is researching the use of liquid salt as a cooling and heat transfer medium in new reactor designs. The project is funded by TÜV NORD.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/liliana_quintero_zambrano.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1243&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Green biomass as a sustainable source of protein </title>
<description><![CDATA[The food industry is increasingly focusing on sustainable products. Proteins from green biomass are a promising option, as a research team involving the MLZ has discovered. These can be used, for example, as stabilisers in emulsions, such as in plant-based alternatives to yogurt, milk, ice cream, or cheese. <br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/linsenproteine_lab4_3_-_bearbeitet.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1241&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>Neutron research shows solvent microstructure influences nanomaterials</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nanoparticles have become an integral part of our everyday lives: they are found in medicines, catalysts, paints, and high-tech materials. Traditionally, solvents have been treated as a uniform background. A new study shows that solvents play a far more active role at the nanoscale than predicted.<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/aurel_radulescu_43.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1245&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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<title>€7.6 million for research with neutrons and positrons</title>
<description><![CDATA[From defect analysis in semiconductors with positrons to cancer therapy with neutrons: ten research projects at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) are receiving funding of around 7.6 million euros from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR).<br /><br /> <img src="https://mlz-garching.de/media/20230329_frm2_ae_-2548_reseda_copyright_astrid_eckert_frm_ii_tum_1.jpg" width="360" /> ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://mlz-garching.de/index.php?article_id=1248&clang=2]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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