On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the clocks in Germany will spring forward for daylight saving time. As we adjust our watches, ...

Researchers led by Thomas Vilgis of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have examined foie gras and developed an ...

Difference between humans, chimpanzees and Neanderthals: In humans, facial growth slows during childhood and stops during ...

The newly published data cover a comparatively large area of the sky, 63 square degrees, with three images, each consisting of individual exposures. By the end of the mission, about a third of the ...

The Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences is a leading international research institute of exceptional scientific breadth. With more than 40 research groups and some 1,000 employees from ...

The Geertsma group is interested in understanding the molecular principles underlying transepithelial solute transport, with a focus on SLC26 family transporters. In this project, we aim to unravel ...

At the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, one of the 84 institutes of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, physicists, chemists and biologists create knowledge of long-term ...

The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors – most notably, it is significantly smaller, and more gracile. However, the reasons behind this change remain largely ...

Proteins are the building blocks of life, maintaining cellular structure and function. However, when proteins become damaged, misfolded, or obsolete, they can lead to a range of diseases, from ...

The MPG offers excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of science. The Max Planck Society has initiated a number ...

The fact that collaboration between Latin America and the Max Planck Society has been consolidated to a significant degree is not only evident from the increasing number of Latin American scientists ...