Experiment on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double-Beta-Decay publishes first results

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…

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 from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil, has been awarded the Friedrich…

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…

Cygnus Gamma-Ray "Cocoon" linked to Recent Supernova Remnant

Using a new rigorous theoretical framework, researchers from the MPIK theory department determined the charge radius of ²⁰⁸Pb nuclei. The reevalaution…

In Jahr 2025 gab es mehrfache Auszeichnungen für die Auszubildenden am Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK).

Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit achieved by the BASE collaboration at CERN paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s…

Most prestigious German research prize for precision measurements of natural constants and symmetries using ions in electromagnetic traps

First evidence of particle outflow from a young massive star cluster

Scientist from Columbia University awarded the Laboratory Astrophysics Prize, LAD’s highest honor, for his research conducted at the TSR in Heidelberg…

The KATRIN experiment has searched with unprecedented precision for signs of a fourth type of neutrino, that could reveal new physics beyond the…

Scientists use European XFEL’s fast X-ray pulses for doubly resonant ionisation of krypton

Laser-induced break-up of C60 fullerenes is caught in real-time on x-ray camera (Science Advances, 21 November 2025).

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma 'fireballs' using the Super Proton…

The KATRIN experiment reaches an important milestone in its operation

Shotaro Abe Wins First Werner Hofmann Scientific Award

New milestone in reducing background radiation in the XENONnT Experiment in Italy opens new possibilities in the Quest for Dark Matter detection

H.E.S.S. collaboration appointed Lars Mohrmann from the MPIK as new director