Max-Planck - a cradle for Nobel Laureates

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Starting on 7 October, the excitement around the Nobel Prizes will once again capture the world’s attention. The announcements will begin in Stockholm on Monday, with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine,  revealed around midday. Max-Planck - a cradle for Nobel Laureates

Pioneers of science

A digital story about the Nobel Laureates of the Max Planck Society in eight chapters more

Meet our Nobel Laureates

The Max Planck Society counts 31 Nobel laureates who were scientific members of the Max Planck Society or its predecessor, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. more

News

Colored drawing of a thick ring in the center with cone-shaped streams in opposite directions, both viewed from the side

Winds that make stars and planets grow

October 04, 2024
Astronomy Astrophysics
Nested morphology of gas streams confirms a mechanism that helps infant stars to grow by ingesting disk material.
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A drone view shows a fire from burning vegetation in Amazon rainforest at the beginning of August 2024

"Even untouched forests are burning"

September 27, 2024
Biodiversity Climate
Max Planck researchers are witnessing first-hand the alarming scale of forest fires in the Amazon
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Scientists discover potential pause button in human development

Scientists discover potential pause button in human development

September 26, 2024
Developmental Biology Stem Cells
Humans could also possess a mechanism to temporarily slow down the development of an embryo
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Career

A first-class doctoral training

A first-class doctoral training

The International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) have been an integral part of our support for doctoral students since 2000, giving talented students the opportunity to do their doctorate under excellent conditions
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Max Planck Research Group Leaders

Call for proposals 

The Max Planck Society is currently looking for new Max Planck Research Group Leaders. Application deadline: 14 October 2024.
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Job Offers

Postdoc Position: Catalysis with supported metal phosphides

Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
October 04, 2024

Postdocs / Research Scientists (m/f/d) | Digital and Computational Demography

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
October 02, 2024

PhD Position (f/m/d) | Integrative Earth System Science

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena
October 02, 2024
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Topic Specials

Climate and transformation

Climate and transformation

In addition to climate forecasts, the consequences of climate change are increasingly becoming the focus of research at Max Planck Institutes
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The brain

The brain

The human brain is the most complex organ that nature has ever produced: 100 billion nerve cells and many times more contact points give it capabilities that no supercomputer can match
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Migration

Migration

The causes and consequences of human mobility and its history are central topics for research at Max Planck Institutes
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Further Topic Specials

Publications


Evaluation - The procedures of the Max Planck Society
Living and working in Germany
Lise Meitner Excellence Program 2021
MaxPlanckResearch 2/2024 cover. Focus: Law creates Freedom.
Yearbook Highlights 2023
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
75 years Max Planck Society
Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science
Talent Companion

From the Institutes


MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
What turns bacteria into spirals? more
MPI for Solar System Research
A New Birthplace for Asteroid Ryugu more
Icarus, et al.
How cranes navigate their complex world more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Oldest DNA from South Africa decoded to date  more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
A bitter aftertaste more
Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
Fruit flies with increased mutation rate more
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
People think in many dimensions at a time more
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
The brain of women and men more
MPI for Radio Astronomy
A New Milestone in Sharpness more
MPI of Biochemistry
Folding of proteins observed with unprecedented accuracy more
MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
A hybrid arrowhead against immune disorders more
MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, et al.
A Taste for Carbon Dioxide more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
Pit-building venom mixers more
MPI of Microstructure Physics
Ab initio methods for superconductivity more
MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
From 2D to 3D tissue more
MPI for Evolutionary Biology
In subdivided communities cooperative norms evolve more easily more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, et al.
Local food production saves costs and carbon more
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain? more

Multimedia


Barcamp #FUTUREOFLAW

Barcamp #FUTUREOFLAW

Event November 07, 2024
What impact will technology and digitalisation have on the law? Is artificial intelligence a game changer? Join researchers from the Max Planck Law network to discuss these current and future challenges for legal studies at the #FUTUREOFLAW BarCamp.
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Unraveling Behavior

Unraveling Behavior

Podcast
A science podcast about the patterns driving human judgment and decision making. In each episode,  Ana Sofia Morais sits down with a researcher to explore how people make decisions, how they handle risk, and how our surroundings and the online world shape our behavior.
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Cell droplet research

Cell droplet research

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A new hope for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. A film about the research of Anthony Hyman, who was awared the Koerber Prize 2022 and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2023.
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Flight and Trauma

Flight and Trauma

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Traumatic experiences from fleeing war zones can lead to distressing symptoms, which impair everyday life. Now with Ukranian sub-titles.
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Optogenetics | briefly explained

Optogenetics | briefly explained

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Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light. Optogenetics is a relatively new field that uses light to control genetically modified cells. It is based on light-activated membrane proteins, such as bacteriorhodopsin or channelrhodopsin, that are built into nerve cells.
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