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Bright recycling: second use of electrons produces sharper X ray light
A novel x ray source uses synchronized electron–crystal interactions to create bright, narrow band radiation for high precision studies of atomic…
Three MPIK Early-Career Researchers at the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Three researchers from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik participated in the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, joining outstanding early-career…
Jonathan Morgner recieves Otto Hahn Medal
Dr. Jonathan Morgner receives an Otto Hahn Medal from the Max Planck Society ‘for his work on the high-precision experimental verification of…
Prof. Achim Schwenk appointed as external scientific member at Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
The Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr Achim Schwenk from the Technische Universität Darmstadt as a new…
Manibrata Sen awarded a new Max Planck Partner Group in India
The Max Planck Society has approved a Max Planck Partner Group at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), in collaboration with the Max…
1000-days of KATRIN data
The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment reached a remarkable milestone in October 2025: 1,000 days of data taking for a precision…
Simplest Molecules Test Quantum Theory
A high-precision measurement of the properties of a molecular hydrogen ion tests new predictions from fundamental quantum theory and lays a foundation…
A whisper of nothing: tracking the neutrino mass with ‘cold’ detectors
The ECHo collaboration has determined a new upper limit for the neutrino mass, thereby laying the groundwork for further experiments aimed at refining…
Prof. Dr Thomas Pfeifer elected as Chair of the DPG’s Atomic Physics Division
At this year’s spring meeting of the Section for Atoms, Molecules, Optical Physics and Plasmas (SAMOP) of the German Physical Society (DPG) in March,…
Antimatter on the move
Today, at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, antiprotons were transported across the site in a truck for the first time.…
Hunt for new forces with precision experiments
Two recent MPIK studies open the way to set new constraints on scalar, pseudoscalar and vector bosons.
First results of the LEGEND-200 Experiment
Experiment on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double-Beta-Decay publishes first results
Dr. Claus Dieter Schröter
It is with great sadness and deep sorrow that we bid farewell to our colleague and friend Claus Dieter Schröter, who passed away unexpectedly on…
X-ray breakthrough puts the spotlight on the electron dance
New X-ray technique at swiss laser facility reveals how electrons act together – with the potential to show why quantum information slips away so…
Professor Dr. Farinaldo Da Silva Queiroz receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Professor Dr. Farinaldo Da Silva Queiroz from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil, has been awarded the Friedrich…
New Managing Director of the MPIK
On January 1st Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum took over the management of the MPIK. Klaus Blaum has been Director of the Stored and Cooled Ions Department…
Past supernova identified as extreme particle accelerator
Cygnus Gamma-Ray "Cocoon" linked to Recent Supernova Remnant
Lead nuclei bigger than thought
Using a new rigorous theoretical framework, researchers from the MPIK theory department determined the charge radius of 208Pb nuclei. The reevalaution…
Doppelter Erfolg bei den Auszubildenden des MPIKs
In Jahr 2025 gab es mehrfache Auszeichnungen für die Auszubildenden am Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK).
MPIK among finalists for Physics World ‘s “Breakthrough of the Year 2025”
Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit achieved by the BASE collaboration at CERN paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s…