Research with chimpanzees shows that cooperation and leadership shape sustainable use of resources in our closest living ...

Degrader of cancer protein IDO1 prevents cancer immune suppression by cancer and offers promising strategy to support ...

Vocal coordination in duels: Male nightingales rapidly adjust both the pitch and note length of their whistle songs during ...

A behavioral experiment shows that a completely uncooperative behavioral strategy undermines climate protection efforts even ...

In house mice, the pay-off of mating with multiple males depends especially on the quality of food available to mothers ...

Fourteen newly founded start-ups of the Max Planck Society got off the ground in 2025. We present seven of them in detail.

Prima facie, the numbers are clear: Mothers and fathers generally live longer than the childless. The effect is particularly pronounced for adoptive parents: Adopting a child adds three years to the ...

Everybody’s been there: You’re sitting at your desk, staring out the window, your thoughts wandering. Instead of getting on with what you’re supposed to be doing, you start mentally planning your next ...

Kombrink, Kaiser and their colleagues have identified a molecule that interferes with the effect of jasmonic acid. This plant hormone influences flower formation, root growth, defence against ...

Proteins are the molecular building blocks and engines of the cell, and are involved in practically all life processes. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry investigate the ...

Die Studie untersucht, was Menschen für umweltfreundliches Verhalten motiviert. Am wichtigsten ist die direkte Umweltwirkung, ...

Kooperation und Führungsqualitäten prägen den nachhaltigen Umgang mit gemeinsamen Ressourcen bei unseren nächsten Verwandten ...