In the night of December 19, 2025, the EU Council reached a decision if and how frozen assets from Russia should be used in ...

In 33 communities across 15 countries, both children and adults generally agree that animals can think and feel, but that ...

Research highlights 2025: the year 2025 saw Max Planck scientists publishing exceptional research across disciplines. We have selected twelve highlights to share.

The Max Planck Society offers all employees Max Planck-wide, target-group-specific opportunities for further training and personal career development. Whether special welcome and support offers for ...

Entering the postdoc phase requires distinguishing yourself through excellent research, impactful publications, and affiliations with leading institutes in your field. At the institute, you will ...

MPG.PuRe is the institutional publication repository of the Max Planck Society (MPG). The Max Planck Institutes use this application to make bibliographic data of their academic publications (title, ...

Every year the Max Planck Society submits a report on its annual activities and commenced or planned undertakings. As stated in the statues, the Senate adopts the annual report and presents it to the ...

With the first call for applications in April 2025, a new recruitment procedure was introduced. Positions are advertised collectively twice a year – on March 1 and September 1. Each call for ...

Over 400 Personal Supporting Members (individuals) as well as about 250 Corporative Supporting Members (companies, associations, and communities) support Max Planck in a variety of ways. As ...

Henry Molaison, known widely as H.M., is a famous name in memory research. Large parts of the American‘s hippocampus – the region of the brain that is a major element in learning and memory processes ...

Even though it sounds like a paradox, water is an immigrant on our blue planet. In the early days of our planetary system, Earth was so hot, that all volatiles such as water evaporated. Only the outer ...

Scientists today use artificial intelligence in many areas, especially in the natural sciences, for tasks such as analysing data or images. In theoretical mathematics, on the other hand, AI has barely ...