In the center of the galaxy OJ 287, there is one active, super-mass-rich black hole.…
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The Max Planck Institute is a network of over 80 independent research institutions in Germany and abroad, renowned for pioneering work across a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines—from physics and astronomy to biology, social sciences, and humanities. Founded in 1948 and named after physicist Max Planck, the institutes are part of the Max Planck Society and are internationally recognized for pushing the boundaries of fundamental science. Each institute focuses on specific areas of research, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation that frequently leads to groundbreaking discoveries and influential scientific publications.
With the integration of a rudimentary metabolic function into a tiny droplet, a step has…
French fries, cream cake, chips, and candy bars make you fat and unhealthy. Still, we…
Diabetes affects more than 400 million individuals worldwide. In what is becoming a paradigm shift,…
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the…
A team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and…
The first substantial cave record from coastal Kenya ranges from the Middle Stone Age to…
SUP05 bacteria are often found in places where there is really no basis for life…
Our cerebral cortex, a sheet of neurons, connections and circuits, comprises “ancient” regions such as…
The first Homo sapiens fossil discovery from Saudi Arabia dates to 90,000 years ago during…
Light controlled current transport by charged atoms, now demonstrated for the first time, makes new…
From a research perspective, reading and writing is a fascinating phenomenon. After all, the first…
A computer-aided network shows how ion channels in the membrane of neurons are able to…
In the first fractions of a second after the birth of our universe, not only…
The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220…
Using state-of-the-art dating techniques researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,…
The gastric bacterium H. pylori colonizes the stomachs of around half the human population and…
Homo naledi’s relatively taller and more wear-resistant molars enabled it to have a much more…