Basic research may seem far removed from everyday technology, yet it often provides the spark for major industrial shifts.

A new study shows that medieval communities around Lake Constance actively boosted biodiversity. Combining fossil pollen, ...

Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that ...

The Max Planck Center for, Security and Human Rights brings together researchers from Freiburg and Jerusalem to study how ...

Five Max Planck researchers secure prestigious ERC Synergy Grants in 2025, enhancing collaborative research in Europe.

A detailed study shows the maximum risks of being infected by the coronavirus for different scenarios with and without masks The Göttingen team was surprised at how great the risk of infection with ...

With some 70 billion neurons and hundreds of thousands of kilometres of circuits, the human brain is so complex that, for many years, it seemed impossible to reconstruct the network in detail. Each ...

Data from the former ROSAT X-ray satellite have revealed a network of 68 galaxy clusters in the nearby universe, stretching over 1.4 billion light-years. Averaged over very large volumes, the universe ...

Here, employees of the Max Planck Society can find an overview of the contact and reporting points they can turn to if they ...

In Germany, animal research is primarily carried out in the areas of basic research, medicine and veterinary medicine. Animal research can also be required to identify factors that pose a risk to the ...

Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz besuchte das Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik in Halle im Rahmen seines ...

Der Meeresboden birgt enorme Reserven an Mangan, Kobalt, Nickel und anderen Mineralien. Bislang gibt es keinen ...