In December 2020 the space probe Hayabusa 2 brought samples of asteroid Ryugu back to Earth. Since then, the few grams of material have been through quite a lot. After initial examinations in Japan, ...

Worldwide, around 540 million adults suffer from diabetes – a figure that is expected to rise to almost 800 million by 2045.

The Max Planck Society is currently looking for new Max Planck Research Group Leaders. The Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.; MPG) is a world-leading, ...

When different varieties of one plant species are crossed with each other, their hybrid offspring are often more robust and ...

Am 10. Oktober berät der Bundestag ein Gesetz, das das Bundesverfassungsgericht besser schützen will. Max-Planck-Juristinnen ...

Reis ist ein Grundnahrungsmittel für über vier Milliarden Menschen. Von Natur aus enthält er viel Kohlenhydrate, jedoch nur wenig Protein. Ein Forscherteam hat nun die Gene identifiziert, die die ...

Pflanzen sind in der Lage, auf die unterschiedlichsten Reize zu reagieren. Bei Schädlingsbefall ist – neben der Produktion giftiger Substanzen – die Abgabe von Duftstoffen eine der Abwehr dienende ...

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As you enter the postdoc phase, the goal is to qualify yourself through exciting research projects, important publications, and research stays at renowned institutes in your field. You will conduct a ...

The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics researches information processing in the human and animal brain. The institute is currently in a phase of reorientation and expansion. Theoretical ...

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology focuses on matters regarding the origins of humankind. The Institute’s researchers study widely-differing aspects of human evolution. They ...

Born 1955 in New York/USA. PhD in botany Univ. of Texas (1984), scholar (1985) and scientist (1991) at the Institute for Biological Chemistry Washington State Univ. Pullman (USA), Director and ...