Molecules as Antennas Transmit Signals of Single Photons
In recent experiments, Scientists from the Max Planck Institute and ETH Zurich have transmitted single photons between the smallest antennas in the world, i.e. between…
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New Software Simplifies 3D Animations
New software for creating advanced 3D characters like those seen in blockbuster films will allow inexperienced users a chance to create their own movie magic….
Dynamics of a System of Ultracold Potassium Atoms
A new publication demonstrates that the dynamics of a system of ultracold potassium atoms, trapped in an optical lattice, depend surprisingly strongly on the particle…
Intranasally Administered Neuropeptide S Lowers Anxiety and Alters Neuronal Activity
New findings show a non-invasive way to administer anxiolytic neuropeptide S (NPS). While working with mice, the findings show that intranasally administered neuropeptide S was…
Researchers Use Bioinformatics and Epigenetics to Aid Cancer Research
A computational epigenetics research group at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken is using software programs to rummage through the genomes of cancer…
Researchers Discover Electrical Switch for Magnetic Current
Physicists at the Max Planck Institute used a short electric pulse to change the magnetic transport properties of a material sandwich consisting of a ferroelectric…
Researchers Clarify Recycling Mechanism for Hydroxyl Radicals
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have now clarified exactly how hydroxyl radicals, which oxidize volatile organic compounds such as methane and isoprene, are recycled…
Researchers Use Statistical Method to Challenge Criminological Theories
Criminologists from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg set out to see if there is such a thing as…
Researchers Track Development of T-cells in Living Zebrafish Embryos
For the first time ever, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have observed the maturation of immune cells in…
Large Globular Star Clusters Survive Collisions, Smaller Clusters Do Not
Using computer simulations, a team of astronomers found that when galaxies collide and form starbursts, the total number of star clusters decrease. Their research shows…
Astrophysicist Uses Computer Simulations to Explain Millisecond Pulsars
Astrophysicist Thomas Tauris from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and the Argelander Institute for Astronomy in Bonn used computer simulations to explain the…
Researchers find Evidence that Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4449 is Swallowing Smaller Companion
A research team from Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and another team lead by Michael Rich of UCLA and the Polaris Observer Association has identified…
Researchers Complete Genome Sequence of a Denisovan Human Finger Bone
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan human finger bone that was discovered in Denisova…
Researchers Record Detailed Live Images Inside the Brain of a Living Mouse
Using the STED microscopy developed by Stephan Hell, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry recorded the first ever detailed live images inside…
Researchers Discover Chloroplast Genomes Transfer from Plant to Plant
While studying DNA from plants’ green chloroplasts, researchers at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdamare discovered that a transfer of chloroplasts genomes…
Scientists Use Tasar Silkworm to Help Grow Artificial Cardiac Tissue
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research are trying to repair damaged cardiac tissue by growing replacement tissue in a laboratory….
Synchronized Brain Oscillations Crucial for Short-Term Memory
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics are studying how different brain regions cooperate during memory. While testing monkeys with images for visual…
Physicists Measure the Propagation Velocity of Quantum Signals
Physicists from the Quantum Many-Body Systems division at the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in collaboration with theoretical physicists from the University of Geneva have…