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Visit to and from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Last week, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting took place for the 73rd time. More than 30 Nobel Laureates and around 600 young scientists took part to…
Unexpected deviation in the lifetime – First observation of the nuclear two-photon decay in bare atomic nuclei
For the first time, an international research team, led by GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, the Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers…
First measurement of a nuclear recoil signal from solar neutrinos with XENONnT
Today, Wednesday, July the 10th, at the IDM conference in L’Aquila (IT), the XENONnT collaboration announced the first measurement of low-energy…
Open day at MPIK was a great success
More than 6000 interested visitors experienced exciting insights into the research at the institute
Pair plasma generated in laboratory experiments at CERN
An international team of scientists has developed a novel way to experimentally produce pair plasma ‘fireballs’ on Earth, opening a new frontier in…
Scientist from the MPI für Kernphysik receives multiple awards for her outstanding doctoral thesis
Dr. Laura Olivera-Nieto from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal and the Otto Hahn Award by the Max Planck…
Cold astrochemistry traced in the lab
Pioneering measurements of cold ion-neutral collisions at the Cryogenic Storage Ring reveal an unexpected isotope effect. [Phys. Rev. Lett. / Phys.…
Increased precision in ion trap enables unprecedented measurement accuracy
Scientists led by the Max-Planck-Institutes für Kernphysik have succeeded in significantly increasing the measurement stability of a Penning trap.
Habilitation of Christian Buck
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg has granted Dr Christian Buck the Venia Legendi for the subject of…
Susanne Mertens appointed new Director at the MPIK
Susanne Mertens joined the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) in Heidelberg as a new director. She has taken up the position of Director on a…
Ghost particle on the scales
What is the mass of a neutrino at rest? This is one of the big unanswered questions in physics. Neutrinos play a central role in nature. A team led by…
Workshop on Physics Beyond the Standard Model at MPIK
The workshop „New Physics Directions in the LHC era and beyond“ will take place at the MPIK from April 22nd to 26th. About 100 leading international…
Klaus Blaum new member of the Leopoldina
The Presidium of the "German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences" has elected Prof. Dr Klaus Blaum, Director at the Max…
Obituary for Bogdan Povh
On 14 February 2024, at the age of 91, passed away Professor Dr Bogdan Povh, Emeritus Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear…
Tracking down the secrets of neutrinos with supernovae
Scientists of the MPIK and the "Gleb Wataghin" Institute of Physics of the University of Campinas in São Paulo, Brazil have investigated the influence…
Almudena Arcones Max-Planck-Fellow at MPIK
Origin of heavy elements: Nuclear matter under extreme conditions
Astrophysical Jet Caught in a “Speed Trap”
How Gamma Rays Track the Velocity of the Galactic Microquasar SS 433’s Jets and Uncover Highly Efficient Particle Acceleration.
Guoyuan Huang appointed at the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan
Dr. Guoyuan Huang accepted as of Febrary 1, 2024, a call for an associate professorship at the School of Mathematics and Physics of the China…
New Managing Director at MPIK
At the turn of the year, Honorarprofessor Dr. Christoph H. Keitel on a rotational basis took over the Institute management of MPIK. This is his second…