| 单词 | Max Planck |
| 例句 | Ayoung physicist named Max Planck looked at the new data and within hours came up with a new equation that replaced the Rayleigh-Jeans formula. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When Max Planck was turning the physics world on its head, Albert Einstein was scrambling for a job. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z One of the most impressive theories of the origin of cancer cells was developed by a German biochemist, Professor Otto Warburg of the Max Planck Institute of Cell Physiology. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We were about to enter the quantum age, and the first person to push on the door was the so-far unfortunate Max Planck. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But scientists from the Max Planck Institute reconstructing the Neanderthal genome announced in May 2010 that between 1 percent and 4 percent of the genome of non-African humans is derived from Neanderthals. Books of The Times: ?How to Think Like a Neandertal? ? By Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge ? Review 2011-12-27T23:05:30Z Study author Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany says the ancient people probably left Africa through the peninsula. Finger bone points to ancient migration from Africa 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, and the University of Pennsylvania found that people over the age of 40 are happier with children than without. Studied: Older Parents Find More Joy in Their Bundles 2011-04-07T23:00:35Z Mr. Schmidt, 34, is a research fellow in microbiome sciences, studying lactose intolerance at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. Olivia Ahern, Victor Schmidt 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z In 1900 Freud published “The Interpretation of Dreams,” Ferdinand von Zeppelin’s airship took its first flight, and Max Planck formulated quantum theory. 'The Knick,' a Cinemax Medical Drama Set in 1900 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z More tangles in a Max Planck astrophysics lab, a close-up photograph of wires and metal hoses, the innards of a machine cracked open and exposed, like open-heart surgery. Thomas Struth ? review 2011-07-06T17:42:12Z When Max Planck and Kimberly Adams, Adventure Lab’s founders, pitched “Dr. Crumb’s” to investors, they were met with hesitation. Theater’s Next Act? A Show That’s All in Your Head 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z I recently spoke with Christensen, a dancer turned neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, Germany, about the health benefits of a passion for dance. You know it feels good to dance. These scientists reveal why. 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy scientist studied computer simulations of past and future star movements. Two dwarf stars could shower Earth with comets 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z “We are challenging that idea with this paper,” said Hamid Noori, co-author of the research from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. Women as likely to be turned on by sexual images as men – study 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z For example, the Max Planck Society’s history of research on brains from Nazi victims is the subject of an ongoing research project. Medical education must include the field’s Nazi past, expert panel urges 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z That forced the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, for example, to shut down one of the two instruments onboard the Russian Spektr-RG spacecraft, which was mapping the universe in x-ray wavelengths. Scientists in Russia struggle in a world transformed by its war with Ukraine 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z “There’s no doubt about this,” say evolutionary immunologist Thomas Boehm of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics. Why don’t fish have tonsils? They have a good alternative, study suggests 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z That surprised Smeele, a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior who studies how parrots use their exceptional vocal abilities to socialize in large groups. Unique voice print in parrots 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Hungarian-born Krausz, speaking at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics where he is director, said he was trying to take in the reality of winning the award. Trio win Nobel physics prize for tiny light pulses that give snapshot of atoms 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence studied a genetic mutation in zebrafish that eliminates all connections between retina and brain throughout development. Vision in the brain: Hardwired for action 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z At the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Olivier Lemaire, Mélissa Belhamri and Tristan Wagner dissected the microbe to find its CO2-capturing enzyme and measure how fast and efficiently it can transform CO2. Capturing CO2 with electricity: A microbial enzyme inspires electrochemistry 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “This is a highly relevant and exciting scientific paper and discovery,” says Andrew Schulz, a biomechanist at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems who was not involved. Elephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microscopic musculature may explain its dexterity 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z "It makes sense for monk parakeets to have an underlying voice print," says the Max Planck's Simeon Smeele, first author on the paper. Unique voice print in parrots 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena are investigating the previously largely unknown biosynthetic pathway that leads to the formation of cardenolides in plants. Tracking down the formation of cardenolides in plants 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Last year, scientists at the Max Planck Institute reported that cockatoos had learned how to open the lids on trash bins. Cockatoos and Humans Battle Over Trash Bins 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen together with the Universities of Geneva and Radboud isolated one of these enzymes. Capturing CO2 with electricity: A microbial enzyme inspires electrochemistry 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In 1947, Hahn also invited Meitner to return to Berlin, offering her a position as the head of physics at the old KWI, now called the Max Planck Institute. How Antisemitism and Professional Betrayal Marred Lise Meitner’s Scientific Legacy 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z “There are job opportunities, but the job opportunities are low quality,” said Xiang Biao, head of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany. China’s ‘full-time children’ move back in with parents, take on chores as good jobs grow scarce 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, led by Sarah O'Connor, aims to elucidate the biosynthetic pathways of important phytochemicals with medical relevance. Tracking down the formation of cardenolides in plants 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z "It is really a complex effect," said Maryna Polyakova, a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Germany. The persistent mysteries of electroconvulsive therapy 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z “We need more observations and for sure they will come for such a fascinating source,” says Melanie Habouzit of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Giant black hole formed puzzlingly fast at dawn of cosmos 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Given that disparity, Tobias Erb, a synthetic biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, and his colleagues sought a way to convert electricity into ATP more directly. Chemists convert electricity into the fuel that powers the body’s cells 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z But ancient DNA research has advanced since then, so scientists decided to take another look at the iceman’s genes, explained study author Johannes Krause, a geneticist at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z “This was quite a journey for all of us,” says senior author Wolfgang Haak, a molecular anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. In a Stone Age Community, Women Moved While Men Stayed with Family 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Einstein called Meitner the “Madame Curie of Germany” and was one of a pantheon of physicists, from Max Planck to Niels Bohr, who nominated Meitner for a Nobel Prize 48 times during her lifetime. Female Physicists Aren’t Represented in the Media—And This Lack of Representation Hurts the Field 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The shortcomings of the transformative journal strategy are not surprising, says Colleen Campbell, coordinator of the Open Access 2020 Initiative at Germany’s Max Planck Digital Library. ‘Transformative’ journals get booted for switching to open access too slowly 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z “This process releases energy that is used to generate ATP,” says Shanshan Luo, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck institute and lead author of the study. Chemists convert electricity into the fuel that powers the body’s cells 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z They've inhabited urban spaces as long as there have been urban spaces, says Lucy Aplin of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany, and the Australian National University. Parrots Are Taking Over the World 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Gianina Ungurean, a researcher at the Avian Sleep Group for the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, was a corresponding author on the study. Pigeons seem to dream of flying: A new study unlocks tantalizing secrets about the minds of birds 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z A team at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics created prototypes up to 30 centimeters wide and plans to make larger ones. News at a glance: A new malaria vaccine, a Parkinson’s test, and editors resign 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Collaborators at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry looked for seasonal differences in the bears’ blood that might explain why it did not clot in the winter. Now we know why hibernating bears don’t get blood clots 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Lena Pernas, a microbiologist at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, is among those excited by the advance. No kittens required: Scientists find new way to study toxoplasmosis parasite in lab 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “We are finally understanding the dynamics of European hunter-gatherers,” said Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, a paleogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and an author of both studies. Ancient DNA Reveals History of Hunter-Gatherers in Europe 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The finding shows that “clearly, the body can trigger an emotion,” says Nadine Gogolla, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry who was not involved with the study. A racing heart makes the mind race, too, mouse study finds 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Francis, 86, did meet with young Orthodox priests and monks and members of the Max Planck Society, the German research organization that is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Pope Francis cancels an appointment, some speeches due to bad cold 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z But to her disappointment, “the spectrum got flatter and flatter and flatter,” says Kreidberg, now at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Lifting the veil: Astronomers conjure up the hazes that obscure alien worlds 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z A key factor in the mutual infighting was the “collapse of public trust,” said Mr. Xiang of Oxford, who is also the director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany. As China Reopens, Online Finger-Pointing Shows a Widening Gulf 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Hannah Rowland, an ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, wanted to see if the direction of this fake gaze contributed to the effect. Predators Act like Butterflies’ Eyespots Are Looking Right at Them 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist and director of the Department of Evolutionary Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, pioneered methods for reconstructing ancient DNA. The Biggest Health and Biology Breakthroughs of 2022 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z This week, researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology re-created that image during a test run of a cutting-edge digital climate model. News at a glance: Snags in emissions monitoring, negotiations on biodiversity, and a drug for sleeping sickness 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z As a better model, he points to Germany’s Max Planck Society’s world-class institutes, which thrive independently alongside the country’s university system. Hero city: Crippled by Russian attacks, Ukraine’s science hotbed refuses to give up 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The South African government and Germany’s Max Planck Society are adding another 20 dishes to the telescope, as part of an extension project. Construction of World’s Largest Radio Observatory Is Finally Under Way 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z In one very large and highly respected one—the Max Planck Institute Grand Ensemble—the observed warming for 1979–2021 is entirely beyond the results. Why Scientists Got the Fast Pace of Arctic Warming Wrong 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z That’s according to a recent report by an international group of scientists overseen by the Cyprus Institute’s Climate and Atmosphere Research Center and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt’s breadbasket 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, where De Zeeuw also had an affiliation, today told Science it had severed ties with a Leiden researcher based on a university investigation, also without mentioning a name. Prominent Dutch astronomer barred for ‘extremely unacceptable’ behavior 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z "Communicating with babies in infant-directed-speech is considered an essential prerequisite for successful language development of the little ones," the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences release on the study reads. Are depressed moms to blame for their children's developmental delays? 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Since then, scientists have sequenced 18 Neanderthal genomes, said lead author Laurits Skov, a geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Ancient DNA gives rare snapshot of Neanderthal family ties 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In another study published this year, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, demonstrated that this process physically disrupts memories rather than simply making them less accessible. How to Stop Unwanted Thoughts 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In order to clear the last hurdle, Pääbo, then the newly appointed director of the recently founded Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, continued to refine his methods over the coming years. Nobel Winner Svante Pääbo Discovered the Neandertal in Our Genes 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z De Zeeuw’s profile on the Max Planck website has been removed. Prominent Dutch astronomer barred for ‘extremely unacceptable’ behavior 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Paabo, director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, won the prize for "discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution," the Award committee said. Nobel medicine prize goes to explorer of ancient DNA 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z What makes our brain human has been the interest of neurobiologist Wieland Huttner at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics for years. ‘Breakthrough’ finding shows how modern humans grow more brain cells than Neanderthals 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The report was prepared by an international group of scientists overseen by The Cyprus Institute’s Climate and Atmosphere Research Center and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. East Med especially at risk as world heats up, report warns 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z “His work has revolutionized our understanding of the evolutionary history of modern humans,” stated Martin Stratmann, president of the Max Planck Society, in a press release. Nobel Winner Svante Pääbo Discovered the Neandertal in Our Genes 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “They’ll make a soft chirp, and then a repeating soft chirp,” said Alison Barker, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, in Germany. The Animal Translators 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “The sample size is phenomenal, and fascinating,” says Wolfgang Haak, a geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology who was not part of the team. ‘Phenomenal’ ancient DNA data set provides clues to origin of farming and early languages 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Figure 29.4 The German physicist Max Planck had a major influence on the early development of quantum mechanics, being the first to recognize that energy is sometimes quantized. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The region’s most vulnerable groups, including the elderly, children and pregnant people, will face major health challenges, said Max Planck Institute Director Jos Lelieveld, who was part of the study. East Med especially at risk as world heats up, report warns 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The videos alone are fairly convincing, says Niels Rattenborg, who studies bird sleep at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence in Seewiesen, Germany, and was not involved in the new study. Spiders Seem to Have REM-like Sleep and May Even Dream 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z “The mouse is a starting point for thinking about how one wants to approach this in humans,” said Alex Meissner, a stem cell biologist at Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics. Scientists create synthetic mouse embryos, a potential key to healing humans 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z In 1995, they and Dr. Paul Crutzen, of the Max Planck Institute in Germany, were given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in alerting the world to the thinning ozone layer. James Lovelock, Whose Gaia Theory Saw the Earth as Alive, Dies at 103 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Stars coalescing into a disk so early on doesn’t counter existing theories, but it does stretch them, says Sarah Bosman of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, who was not involved in the research. Ancient galaxy’s spin suggests universe’s first stars quickly coalesced into disks 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Padilla bends light through Jell-O, explains entropy by invoking the soccer rivalry between Manchester and Liverpool, and walks us through Max Planck’s work by referencing Squid Game, the massively popular Korean TV series. Climate Destroyers Go to Jail, Martian Travel Guide, Bee Interiority, and More 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “It’s migration driven by a sense of disillusion,” said Xiang Biao, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany focusing on migration. ‘Zero covid’ has many in China dreaming of leaving 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z A team led by astronomer Laura Kreidberg at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy hope to catch a signal of the surface using spectroscopy, in which different wavelengths of light suggest different elements. James Webb Space Telescope Set to Study Two Strange Super-Earths 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The researchers digitized the strange tooth using an x-ray scanner at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, precisely measuring its cusps, ridges, and crests. This unusual tooth is the first fossil evidence of Denisovans in Southeast Asia 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “The community is extremely concerned,” including the keepers who cull the animals, says Andreas Lengeling, who is responsible for animal research at the Max Planck Society. Germany weighs whether culling excess lab animals is a crime 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Twelve years ago the researcher, now at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, was attempting to design a legged robot based on bird biology. Birds Make Better Bipedal Bots Than Humans Do 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z “People feel that runxue is a way for them not just to imagine a different life. It’s a way to imagine their autonomy,” said Xiang, of the Max Planck Institute. ‘Zero covid’ has many in China dreaming of leaving 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “I also would like to reiterate once more that the Max Planck Society will hold on to the Institute,” he wrote. Max Planck archaeology director removed after alleged bullying 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “This could be one of the largest-scale regularities among life on Earth,” says the study’s lead author Ian Hatton, a biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany. All Ocean Life Follows This Massive Pattern—Except Where Humans Have Interfered 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The bats live in South and Central America and are basically “living Draculas,” said co-author Michael Hiller of Germany’s Max Planck Institute. Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Soon other physicists such as Max Planck, Neils Bohr, and Albert Einstein were studying the structure and energy of atoms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “This significantly deepens the known age of the colonization of Europe by modern humans,” said Michael Petraglia, an expert on prehistory at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. French cave tells new story about Neanderthals, early humans 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z “There’s an important point to be made that the Max Planck system and science in general are failing to support women scientists,” he says. Max Planck archaeology director removed after alleged bullying 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z These massive "sponge gardens" are part of a unique ecosystem thriving beneath the ice-covered ocean near the North Pole, said Dr Teresa Morganti from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. 'Alien-like' life thrives on dead matter in Arctic deep 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “Sponges are very primitive animals,” says Teresa Morganti, a biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. Surprise Fossil-Munching Sponges Found in Arctic Seafloor Wasteland 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Previously, some of the researchers who worked with Gkoupidenis’s Max Planck group on the new study had shown that organic polymers can record aspects of their past states. Lego Robot with an Organic ‘Brain’ Learns to Navigate a Maze 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z René Heller of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany, says he is not sure that the transit signal the team has seen is the result of a moon. Astronomers Have Found Another Possible ‘Exomoon’ beyond Our Solar System 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z He had several fellowships, including one to study at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, before moving to Caltech in 1978. Robert H. Grubbs, Nobel laureate in chemistry, dies at 79 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z “The origin of numbers is still a relatively vacant niche in scientific research,” says Russell Gray, an evolutionary biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. How Did Neanderthals and Other Ancient Humans Learn to Count? 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Initially, “We didn’t realize what sort of a gem it was,” says Michael Kramer of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, who led the study. Double pulsar data helps Einstein’s theory of gravity pass toughest test yet 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Much like a car, the robot can steer itself by continuously turning, according to Wenqi Hu, a senior research scientist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany who was not involved with the research. This Robot Looks Like a Pancake and Jumps Like a Maggot 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z “Over the past 5 years I have built up an internationally renowned Department of Archaeology at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History,” Boivin wrote. Max Planck Institute demotes noted archaeologist 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “The Bronze Age people of the Tarim Basin were genetically isolated but culturally incredibly cosmopolitan,” says study co-author Christina Warinner, a molecular archeologist at Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Western China’s mysterious mummies were local descendants of ice age ancestors 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z When Serena Ding, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, first saw a photo of blackworm blobs, her mind raced. Behold, the Worm Blob and Its Computerized Twin 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z A biomusicologist at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, he used a technique others had developed to discover rhythmic similarities between birdsong and human music. We got the beat: Lemurs show vocal musical rhythm, a rarity in animal kingdom 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z “They have found the original homeland of modern horses,” says molecular archaeologist Christina Warinner of Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, who was not part of the study. Ancient DNA reveals the long-sought homeland of modern horses 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z In Germany, the Max Planck Society has joined with German and Russian space authorities on ICARUS, a project to follow millions of animals from the International Space Station. A high-tech, low-cost push to track sharks, rhinos and other species amid climate change 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and David MacMillan of Princeton University share the award for discovering the “organocatalysts,” which speed intricate reactions that build complex functional molecules. News at a glance: Third vaccine doses, revised guidance on aspirin, and a research reactor leak 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z According to the Max Planck Institute, the temperature rise in the Middle East during summer has been more than 0.5 degrees Celsius per decade - about twice as high as the global average. 'Our whole life depends on water': Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Dr. List is a German chemist, born in Frankfurt, and director at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists for Tool That Builds Better Catalysts 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z MacMillan of Princeton University and Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute in Germany were awarded the Nobel for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction known as organocatalysis. Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to duo who made a tool to build molecules in an environmentally friendly way 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Germany and David MacMillan of Princeton University are honored for developing a new method in catalysis. Nobel honors molecule builders who made chemistry easier and greener 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z He is a professor at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Hasselmann, an oceanographer at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, linked weather with climate about a decade after Manabe developed his model. Nobel Prize in physics awarded to trio who described climate change, other complex natural systems 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Hasselmann, who is at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, told Reuters from his home that he did not want to wake up from what he described as a beautiful dream. Trio win physics Nobel for work on understanding climate change 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Mathew Stewart, a zooarchaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, who was not involved in the study, said that the evidence that humans had left the footprints was “unequivocal.” Ancient Footprints Push Back Date of Human Arrival in the Americas 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “It’s a fantastic study,” says psychiatrist and social neuroscientist Leonhard Schilbach of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, who studies social interaction but was not involved in the research. Making Eye Contact Signals a New Turn in a Conversation 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “We have been very lucky with Angela Merkel to have a chancellor who knows how science works,” says Martin Stratmann, president of the Max Planck Society, which funds research at its 86 member institutes. Climate policies loom large in German election 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “We noticed color patterns made by ancient lakes — sand dunes are kind of orange-colored, while ancient lakes are tinted white or gray,” said Groucutt, who is also based at the Max Planck Institute. Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z In 2016, after a chance suggestion, Judith Klatt, a biogeochemist now at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, realized those slowdowns in Earth’s rate of spin mirrored big leaps in atmospheric oxygen. ‘Totally new’ idea suggests longer days on early Earth set stage for complex life 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z As garbage trucks rolled down their routes and people shoved bins to the curb, Max Planck Institute behavioral ecologist Barbara Klump drove around and stopped to record cockatoos landing on bins. Bin there, done that: Cockatoos learn to lift trash lids 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “We wanted to see what the jet looked like at the resolution” EHT could offer, says team member Michael Janssen of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. Event Horizon Telescope captures ‘beautiful’ images of second black hole’s jet 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z In 2008, “You were part of the dark side if you talked about birds using olfaction,” recalls Martin Wikelski, an ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. Textbooks say most birds can't smell. Scientists are proving them wrong 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z “It’s all fine to propose the bird is doing something,” says lead author Tina Roeske of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt. Mockingbirds Are Better Musicians Than We Thought 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Inspired, Figueroa pursued the system at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics before landing at Stony Brook. New internet woven from ‘spooky’ quantum links could supercharge science and commerce 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Flawless’ technology is based on research from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics first published in 2019. Deepfake dubs could help translate film and TV without losing an actor’s original performance 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z “That’s totally unexpected,” says Martin Wikelski, an ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior who was not involved with the work. Tiny songbirds cross deserts and seas by soaring three times higher than usual 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z By studying hundreds of photos and videos of Arctic sponges, scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology discovered a vast web of trails several feet long left in the creatures’ roaming wake. Guess Which Creature Made Mysterious Trails on the Ocean Floor 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Making matters worse are broiling summers, with the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry projecting average daytime temperatures to exceed 116 degrees Fahrenheit and reaching almost 90 by night. The Dead Sea is dying. Drinking water is scarce. Jordan faces a climate crisis 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The findings “shifted our previous understanding of early human migrations into Europe”, said Mateja Hajdinjak an associate researcher at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology who helped lead the research. Ancient human migration into Europe revealed via genome analysis 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “It looks very spectacular,” says Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics developmental biologist Alexander Meissner, who was not involved in the work. Mouse embryos grown in bottles form organs and limbs 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z “It’s cool and exciting to see two very different lines of data yielding similar results,” says paleogeneticist Kirsten Bos of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. How tuberculosis reshaped our immune systems 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Jinxing Li, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Michigan State University who works on medical microrobotics, called Fischer’s team at Max Planck “one of the pioneers in the technology.” This L.A. start-up is building tiny injectable robots to attack tumors 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z "Wednesday's decision will enter the history books," Mark Somos from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law told the BBC. Syrian torture verdict expected in landmark German case 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z “After the migration, users became more toxic and more radicalized,” said one of the researchers, Savvas Zannettou, of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany. TheDonald’s owner speaks out on why he finally pulled plug on hate-filled site 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z For his 80th birthday celebratory symposium at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz, it was the Anthropocene he proposed as the theme. Remembering the Extraordinary Scientist Paul Crutzen (1933–2021) 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z “Paul Crutzen was a pioneer in many ways,” Martin Stratmann, the president of the Max Planck Society, said in a statement. Paul Crutzen, who shared Nobel for ozone work, has died 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z The experience was a wake-up call from both a safety and a scientific perspective, says Boesch, who retired as director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in 2019. This wildlife vet tracks deadly microbes in the African jungle. Now, he’s on the trail of COVID-19 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Still, the case isn’t yet closed, said Sarah O’Connor, a biochemist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany who studies catnip, but wasn’t involved in the new study. Your Cat Isn’t Just Getting High Off Catnip 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z “I was a bit taken aback,” says Kaspar Delhey, an ornithologist who lives in Australia and works remotely for the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany. Will climate change make animals darker—or lighter? 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “I think it’s exciting that we found anything at all,” says lead author Ainash Childebayeva, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. High-altitude living has changed more than just the genes of some Peruvians 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Prof Charpentier, from the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, said it was an emotional moment when she learned about the award. Two women share chemistry Nobel in historic win 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z “I call it the third dimension of climate modeling,” says Bjorn Stevens, a climate scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. Europe is building a ‘digital twin’ of Earth to revolutionize climate forecasts 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “We began to wonder if there were any male Neanderthals,” jokes Janet Kelso, a computational biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and senior author of the new study. How Neanderthals lost their Y chromosome 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Geiger worked with proteomics pioneer Matthias Mann at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany, before returning to Israel to run her own lab. The RNA and protein landscape that could bring precision medicine to more people 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “These are the first genuine human footprints of Arabia,” says archaeologist and team leader Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. These 120,000-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans in Arabia 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z “There are the old tales from Aristotle and Alexander von Humboldt, who saw this behavior,” says study co-author Martin Wikelski, managing director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. Do Animals Really Anticipate Earthquakes? Sensors Hint They Do 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z "These changes may contribute to bats' exceptional immunity and points to their tolerance of coronaviruses," said Dr Michael Hiller of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany. Cracking the secrets of how bats survive coronaviruses 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z “The sun is a fundamental yardstick,” says Martin Asplund, an astrophysicist at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany. An Elemental Problem with the Sun 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “It is a work in progress,” said Mr. Poscher of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. In Germany, Confronting Shameful Legacy Is Essential Part of Police Training 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z An extension project, in partnership with Germany’s Max Planck Society, will see another 20 dishes added to the telescope beginning in May 2021. South Africa slashes science budget, funds for giant radio telescope 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “We think the dolphins took advantage of this die-off,” says Sonja Wild, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. Dolphins learn unusual hunting behavior from their friends 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The research, which is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was undertaken at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. Neanderthal genome sequenced, shedding new light on our prehistoric cousins 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z "Nobody is asking for humans to stay in permanent lockdown," Martin Wikelski, director of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, said. COVID-19 lockdown reveals human impact on wildlife, researchers say 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z “Humans are characterized by this extended childhood that affects our intelligence, but we can’t be the only ones,” says Natalie Uomini, a cognitive scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Like humans, these big-brained birds may owe their smarts to long childhoods 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Experts from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany, led an international team of astronomers in the discovery of the exoplanet-star-pair. Scientists discover distant 'mirror image' of the Earth and the sun 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z But it’s commonplace for many, says molecular archaeologist Christina Warinner, who runs labs at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Munich, Germany. Frozen cells and empty cages: researchers struggle to revive stalled experiments after the lockdown 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “This was the first of a new wave of results,” says Maria Bergemann of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. The galaxy’s brightest explosions go nuclear with an unexpected trigger: pairs of dead stars 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “The Max Planck Society has no reason to curtail hiring of postdocs or PhDs at our institutes,” says spokesperson Christina Beck. Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The results reveal the need to change refugee policies, says Hannelore Ehrenreich, a neurologist and psychiatrist at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Göttingen, Germany, who led the study. How young refugees’ traumatic pasts shape their mental health 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Institute, along with an international team of astronomers, was recently involved in the discovery of a massive, rotating disk galaxy from the early universe. Scientists discover distant 'mirror image' of the Earth and the sun 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Reinhard Genzel, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, and his colleagues described the star’s unusual journey around the black hole on Thursday in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. Dancing With a Black Hole 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Jean-Jacques Hublin, from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, and colleagues detail features of the tooth that are found in modern humans but are absent from Neanderthals. Longer overlap for modern humans and Neanderthals 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Germany’s Max Planck Society, which has institutes across Europe as well as in the United States and South Korea, continues to advertise job openings for early-career researchers, including postdocs, and technicians. Junior researchers hit by coronavirus-triggered hiring freezes 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z So, the Max Planck team scrutinized proteins in the bone. Oldest Homo sapiens in Europe—and a cave bear pendant—suggest cultural link to Neanderthals 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z “The Black Sea just became this gelatinous ocean,” said Dr Thomas Larsen, an ecologist at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and co-author of the research. Warty comb jelly, scourge of fisheries, also eats its young 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Based on that study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces are now collaborating with ArtemiLife, a U.S. company that grows sweet wormwood, to test plant extracts on SARS-CoV-2 in vitro. Unproven herbal remedy against COVID-19 could fuel drug-resistant malaria, scientists warn 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z "This study sheds light into early cases of yaws after the European colonization of the Americas," says Aditya Kumar Lankapalli of the Max Planck Institute in the statement. 16th-century African skeletons discovered in Mexico City shed new light on early colonial slave trade 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z In the Nature Index 2020 Annual Tables, we see strong performances from institutions with considerable funding and reputation, such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harvard University and the Max Planck Society. Measures of merit 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Max Planck radiocarbon dating specialist Helen Fewlass and her colleagues directly dated collagen from 95 bones. Oldest Homo sapiens in Europe—and a cave bear pendant—suggest cultural link to Neanderthals 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Two additional trials by the Max Planck Institute in Germany of a TB vaccine candidate, VPM1002, are in the works. Reasons for hope: the drugs, tests and tactics that may conquer coronavirus 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The great physicist Max Planck put the pessimistic case in 1950. Surely the link between abusing animals and the world's health is now clear | Nick Cohen 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The public, in turn, must be open to considering and adapting to new evidence, said Lorraine Daston, a historian of science at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Embracing the Uncertainties 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Also this week, Nadine Gogolla, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, talks with Sarah about linking the facial expressions of mice to their emotional states using machine learning. How COVID-19 disease models shape shutdowns, and detecting emotions in mice 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z “This is a great study,” said Dina Dechmann, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, who also studies bats and was not involved in the research. Vampire Bats Know Sharing Blood With Friends Is Good Manners 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z He is currently senior research scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Human Development in the center for humans & machines. Even if Trump wanted to reopen the economy, it's not clear he could | Nick Obradovich and Renee C Wurth 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Anxiety is contagious, as a 2014 study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Germany shows. 'Think about the best-case scenario': how to manage coronavirus anxiety 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z He is currently senior research scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Human Development in the Center for Humans & Machines. The US could see more deaths than WWII. It's time to deploy the military to hospitals | Nick Obradovich, Robyn Migliorini and Renee C Wurth 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z But catalyst researcher Ben List, managing director at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim, Germany, sounds a note of caution about preprints. Working Scientist podcast: How the academic paper is evolving in the 21st century 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Odd, then, that their far-ranging book on “radical uncertainty” mentions Max Planck’s dalliance with economics but not Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Surviving Hiroshima, humanity’s footprints, and the truth about stem cells: Books in brief 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Team leader Michael Petraglia, an anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, suggests the eruption wasn’t so devastating. Humans in India may have survived supereruption 74,000 years ago 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “I think a deeper understanding… is needed,” says Dirk de Beer, a microbiologist developing microsensors at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology. Electric bacteria create currents out of thin—and thick—air 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Janet Kelso of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who was not involved in the study, found this conclusion “quite convincing.” Neanderthal Genes Hint at Much Earlier Human Migration From Africa 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “One person’s healthy microbiome might not be healthy in another context — it’s a tricky concept,” says Ruth Ley, a microbial ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. The hunt for a healthy microbiome 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z “They were quite intrinsically motivated to help another,” said Désirée Brucks, a cognitive biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany. Parrots Show Off Selfless Behavior 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Beck notes that Logothetis, 69, is already past the standard retirement age for Max Planck scientists. Animal rights conflict prompts leading researcher to leave Germany for China 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “It’s sort of a shortcut,” says Axel Mithöfer, a plant ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and co-author of the study, which appeared last November in Scientific Reports. Sweet Potato Sends Secret Signals 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Prof Désirée Brucks, a co-author of the paper from Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, said it was an obvious choice to try an experiment with parrots. Feathered friends: study shows 'selfless' parrots helping peers 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Staff at Germany’s Max Planck Society reported that gender-based discrimination and bullying are regular occurrences, in a massive employee survey that drew more than 9,000 responses. The science news events that shaped 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Other backers include leading scientific institutes such as the Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association and Max Planck Society. Lost in the house of tomorrow: Berlin’s newest museum 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z But the widespread German skepticism of animal research and his disappointment with the Max Planck leadership “made this impossible.” Animal rights conflict prompts leading researcher to leave Germany for China 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “It’s like a metabolic heart transplantation,” says Tobias Erb, a biochemist and synthetic biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, who wasn’t involved in the study. E. coli bacteria engineered to eat carbon dioxide 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Damien Farine, who led the research and is an ornithologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior who studies collective behavior, first worked in Kenya during his postdoctoral research on baboon societies. Tiny Brains Don’t Stop These Birds From Having a Complex Society 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The new study provides “a comprehensive picture of parrots’ food wasting behavior in their natural environment,” said Anastasia Krasheninnikova, a biologist at the Max Planck Comparative Cognition Research Group in Spain, an independent commenter. Why Do Parrots Waste So Much Food? 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z "It's a really outlandish project," says principal investigator Lucia Melloni, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, Germany. ‘Outlandish’ competition seeks the brain’s source of consciousness 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z But Logothetis, who studies visual perception, says the lack of support by Max Planck leadership during his encounter with animal rights activists is another major reason for his move. Animal rights conflict prompts leading researcher to leave Germany for China 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z "These findings indicate a single entry of Y. pestis into Europe through the east," archaeogeneticist Maria Spyrou, from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, said in a statement. Ancient DNA puts Black Death's origin in Russian region 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z This new world is “an extraordinary candidate” for this process, said Hubert Klahr of Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany, part of the research team. Big world around tiny star puts new spin on planet formation 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Olivier Morin, a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, who was not involved with the study, called it “very clever and flawlessly executed.” Humans Can Improve Technology without Really Understanding It 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Inspired, physicist Max Planck reluctantly broke with Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory and took his first, tentative steps towards quantum theory5. Discovery is always political 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z But the opportunities in Shanghai—and his disappointment with the Max Planck leadership—sold him on the move. Animal rights conflict prompts leading researcher to leave Germany for China 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The researchers, led by Hamid Noori at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany, weren’t initially interested in exploring sexual behavior. What Can Brain Scans Tell Us About Sex? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z In 2005, he was part of a team at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, which developed an advanced genetic sequencing technology to read DNA extracted from fossilized bones. Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Had he stayed at Max Planck, Palma adds, “It would have taken me 10 years to become a director” with the same degree of autonomy. When Europeans do science in China 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Svante Pääbo, an evolutionary geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, received one of the fragments. Lost Denisovan bone reveals surprisingly human-like finger 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z In 2015, citing lack of support from Max Planck leadership and other colleagues, he announced that he would no longer work with macaques, instead shifting his focus to mice. Animal rights conflict prompts leading researcher to leave Germany for China 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “We did the skin as kind of a negative control,” said Dr. Eacock, who is now at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. These Caterpillars Can ‘See’ Colors With Their Skin 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z “The preservation of the specimen really is exceptional,” says Stephanie Melillo, a palaeoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who was involved in the latest work. Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull recasts origins of iconic ‘Lucy’ fossil 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z "We were extremely surprised by the genetics of the Roopkund skeletons," said lead author Éadaoin Harney of Harvard University, in a statement released by Germany's Max Planck Institute, which was also involved in the research. 'Skeleton Lake' mystery deepens with strange DNA discovery 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “This is a pretty exciting result,” says astronomer Laura Spitler at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany. Astronomers Closer to Cracking Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z During the episode, several major neuroscience organizations published open letters that were critical of Max Planck’s handling of the situation, which attracted thousands of signatures. Animal rights conflict prompts leading researcher to leave Germany for China 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Eaton, a 59-year-old molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany, had been on the island for a conference and disappeared while out for a run. British woman goes missing on Greek island, prompting massive search: police 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “This is the most massive black hole with a direct dynamical detection in the local Universe,” the researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and University Observatory Munich told the publication. Gigantic black hole with mass 40 billion times the Sun discovered by astronomers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “Stable isotope dietary reconstruction of the skeletons also supports the presence of multiple distinct groups,” explained the Max Planck Institute. 'Skeleton Lake' mystery deepens with strange DNA discovery 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Tobias Boothe, a biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, uses it to visually distinguish the thousands of species of flatworms, a difficult task even for experts. No coding required: Companies make it easier than ever for scientists to use artificial intelligence 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z I worked hard there and was accepted into the PhD programme at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in Dusseldorf, Germany. Meeting the challenges of research across Africa 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z But Stevens from the Max Planck Institute says something even more drastic is necessary. Special Report: A Cloudspotters' Guide to Climate Change 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The work was completed by astronomer Kianusch Mehrgan and her colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and University Observatory Munich. Gigantic black hole with mass 40 billion times the Sun discovered by astronomers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Suzanne Eaton, 60, a molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany, was found dead in a disused military bunker around a week after going missing. Greek man confesses to rape, murder of U.S. scientist, police say 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z As the new director of the comparative cultural psychology department at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology here, Haun hopes to help change that. Is the Western mind too WEIRD to study? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Later, while doing her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany, she became friendly with a quiet Russian scientist visiting the institute. These young scientists will shape the next 50 years of Moon research 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z He also said that the new government-controlled network of institutes in Hungary will operate similarly to the Max Planck Society. Hungarian government takes control of research institutes despite outcry 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The Ashkelon team sent more than 100 skeletal samples to Germany’s Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Biblical bad guys the ancient Philistines came from Europe, DNA shows 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Most of the scientists who work for the Max Planck Society in Germany have pride and trust in their institutes, finds a survey of more than 9,000 employees. Daily briefing: There are already too many power plants 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Staff who work for the Max Planck Society’s research institutes responded to a survey that asked about working culture.Credit: Germany’s top research organization conducts huge social study of staff 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Chemistry is fundamental to the Max Planck Society’s history; its Institute of Chemistry was one of the first established within the German research organization. Top 10 institutions for chemistry in 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The letter clarifies that the research institutes integrated into the West German system were immediately provided with scientific autonomy and guaranteed basic funding — as are all Max Planck institutes. Hungarian government takes control of research institutes despite outcry 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z At the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, researchers use computer simulations and experimental methods to tease apart how humans and other animals process information. Top 10 institutions for life sciences in 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Named after the Nobel prize-winning creator of quantum theory, the Max Planck Society’s strength in physics began in the first half of last century. Top 10 institutions for physics in 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The Max Planck’s international make-up was another focus of the survey — 36% of research directors are from outside Germany as are 75% of postdocs. Germany’s top research organization conducts huge social study of staff 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Society’s work ranges from investigating the chemical processes in Earth’s foundations, to understanding how cells communicate. Top 10 institutions for chemistry in 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z In 2017, the Max Planck Society’s annual budget reached US$1.9 billion, most of which was contributed by the federal government. The top 10 global institutions for 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z With 27 institutes and 7 research facilities dedicated to biology and medicine, the Max Planck Society is a formidable player in the life sciences. Top 10 institutions for life sciences in 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z In 2018, Max Planck researchers were part of a large global team that observed the creation of a neutron star binary system for the first time. Top 10 institutions for physics in 2018 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Yang’s co-author Robert Spengler, laboratory director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, agrees. Using Ganja to Get High Dates Back Millennia 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Soon after, across the world in Germany, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry found more clusters. In Search of Life's Beginnings 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z “They told us the spacecraft was too large for Russia, too ambitious,” says Sunyaev, now at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. Telescope designed to study mysterious dark energy keeps Russia’s space science hopes alive 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Over two days, they gathered at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry for the group’s annual meeting. The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z “Standard search algorithms attempt to identify sudden drops in brightness,” lead author René Heller, an astrophysicist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, said in a statement. 18 Small New Worlds Found In Old Planet-Hunting Data 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Martin Surbeck, a primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, said: “We wanted to see if the mothers’ behaviour changes the odds of their sons’ success, and it does. Pushy bonobo mothers help sons find sexual partners, scientists find 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Dominik Mueller is an expert on Islam in South East Asia at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany, and one of the very few academics to have studied Brunei closely. Inside the silent nation of Brunei 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry survey, and data collected by learned societies around the world — such as the Max Planck Society and the US National Science Foundation — are valuable starts. Improving diversity in the physical sciences needs more than data — it needs resolve, too 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Not only will the research organizations—including the Max Planck Society and the grantmaking agency the German Research Foundation—get their increases, universities and technical schools will also receive significant boosts through 2027. German research promised a decade of budget increases 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z In February 2019, however, René Heller from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany and his colleagues released their independent analysis of the data. An Exomoon Eludes Astronomers—for Now 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Proteins can outlast a fossil’s DNA, said Frido Welker, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Human Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and a member of the study team. Jaw from a mysterious human species shows early embrace of the high life 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Co-author Jean Jacques Hublin, from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, said finding evidence of an ancient - or archaic - species of human living at such high elevations was a surprise. Primitive humans lived at high altitudes 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Jean-Jacques Hublin, the director of the department of human evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and senior author of the find, described this element as “spectacular”. 'Spectacular' jawbone discovery sheds light on ancient Denisovans 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z At the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, we’ve seen quite a few colleagues in non-tenured senior researcher positions jump ship to industry. Junior AI researchers are in demand by universities and industry 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Celina Love moved to the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden in 2016 to work on synthetic biological symptoms. British chemist battles xenophobia in Germany 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Society is creating tenure-track positions that will lead to a permanent contract, with up to 10 positions that will be open to female scientists only. Sexism is still a problem for German research 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Society is a network of institutes that focus on basic research. An introduction to the complexities of the German research scene 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Dr. Olalde and his colleagues analyzed DNA from four additional hunter-gatherers, while a separate team, based at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, extracted DNA from 10 more. A History of the Iberian Peninsula, as Told by Its Skeletons 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The reasons behind this loss of behavioral diversity or cultural traditions are probably many, said Ammie Kalan, a primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and senior author of the study. Chimpanzees develop distinct local cultures, and we’re destroying them 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z It’s a stretch to think the clouds and ocean would link together in such a simple way, says Bjorn Stevens, a climate scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany. A world without clouds? Hardly clear, climate scientists say 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z These ancient humans were using “bones from the hunted monkeys to hunt more monkeys,” says study co-author Noel Amano, an archaeologist at Max Planck. Ancient humans hunted monkeys for tens of thousands of years 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Laura Spitler, an astronomer at Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy who discovered the first repeating FRB but was not involved in this research, is planning to observe this object soon. Monster Magnetar Pinpointed as Trigger of Ultrabright Stellar Detonation 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z “This is quite amazing, because it’s not happening in other areas,” said Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, the lead author of the Max Planck study, published in Current Biology. A History of the Iberian Peninsula, as Told by Its Skeletons 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Alex Jordan, who’s at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Konstanz, Germany, and colleagues observed a reef-dwelling species called the cleaner wrasse doing odd behaviors like swimming upside-down by the mirror. Fish pass mirror test, but does it mean they’re self-aware? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z “These fish are fascinating in their breadth of cognitive abilities – and underappreciated,” said Alex Jordan, an evolutionary biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany and the study’s senior author. Scientists find some fish can ‘recognise themselves’ in mirror 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In 2010, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology announced they had found DNA in teeth and bones from the cave. High Ceilings and a Lovely View: Denisova Cave Was Home to a Lost Branch of Humanity 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z They were aided in this by their colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, in Jena. Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “They looked like little robins’ eggs, they were so bright,” said Dr. Warinner, group leader of archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany. In an Ancient Nun’s Teeth, Blue Paint — and Clues to Medieval Life 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z After finishing my PhD in England in 1987, I was offered a position as a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. Ultima Thule, the Cold War and Trump's Wall 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z When Christina Warinner, a molecular archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, started to study the medieval skeleton, she wasn’t expecting to find anything special. These 1000-year-old teeth belonged to a skilled female artist, pigment remains reveal 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z These ideas aren’t entirely contradictory, says Dmitri A. Jdanov, a mathematician at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research who specializes in data collection and processing for the International Database on Longevity. How we know the oldest person who ever lived wasn’t faking her age 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The case provoked outcry among scientists, after the Max Planck Society revoked some of Logothetis’s duties and rights. Daily briefing: Your final Nature Briefing of 2018 — and the science to look out for next year 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z In a controversial move, the Max Planck Society then temporarily removed some of Logothetis’s managerial duties, along with his rights to work with animals and oversee animal research. German court dismisses animal-welfare case against leading neuroscientist 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Simon Fisher, a co-author of the new study at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands, speculated that modern humans evolved more sophisticated powers of language. Narrower Skulls, Oblong Brains: How Neanderthal DNA Still Shapes Us 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Martin Wikelski, an evolutionary biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Ornithology in Germany, was spending his research seasons off the coast of Genovesa Island when he noticed something strange in his calculations. As Seas Warm, Galápagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Johannes Krause, a palaeogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, is more critical and says the suggestions are not backed up by data. Plague linked to the mysterious decline of Europe’s first farmers 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Singer apologized “for the mistakes I made as a young director of a big Max Planck Department” in a letter to her former lab members. Empathy expert resigns as head of Max Planck institute after report confirms bullying allegations 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “It’s a very intense debate,” says Denes Hnisz, a molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin. Cancer researchers seek to harness mysterious DNA ‘super-enhancers’ 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Patrick Roberts, an archaeological scientist also from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and lead author on the study, analyzed the enamel of the teeth for carbon and oxygen isotope data. When Human Relatives First Visited a Green Arabian Peninsula 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z There is a quantity that relates weight to electrical current, called Planck's constant - named after the German physicist Max Planck and denoted by the symbol h. Definition of kilogram set to change 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Joachim Spatz’s group at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, has built a rudimentary mitochondrion that can create ATP inside a vesicle. How biologists are creating life-like cells from scratch 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z In September, Martin Stratmann, president of the Max Planck Society in Munich, Germany, appointed a committee to investigate. Empathy expert resigns as head of Max Planck institute after report confirms bullying allegations 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The Max Planck Research Network in Synthetic Biology, a German collaboration, is funding efforts to identify the minimal building blocks of living systems. Which biological systems should be engineered? 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “As the savanna expanded, so did humans of this period,” said Michael Petraglia, an archaeologist from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany and an author on the paper. When Human Relatives First Visited a Green Arabian Peninsula 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Schwille is director for cellular and molecular biophysics at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, a suburb of Munich. A European heavyweight 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “This is a major breakthrough,” says Reinhard Genzel, an astrophysicist at Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and leader of the group. The Milky Way's Monster, Unveiled 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z PhDnet, a network of Ph.D. students within the Max Planck Society, also welcomed the decision. Empathy expert resigns as head of Max Planck institute after report confirms bullying allegations 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The paper, from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, suggests a mental process that combines “psychological distancing” and “psychological embracing.” Dissecting the Bloodthirsty Bliss of Death Metal 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Designed by a large consortium led by Frank Eisenhauer of the Max Planck Institute, the instrument enabled the telescope array to achieve the resolution of a single mirror 130 meters in diameter. Trolling the Monster in the Heart of the Milky Way 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Schwille’s institute is one of 11 located in the larger metropolitan area of Munich, which are part of the prestigious basic science organisation Max Planck Society, headquartered in the city. A European heavyweight 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Depending on how you define the field, it may be even older, since the first inklings of quantum phenomena emerged in 1899 in the work of Max Planck. The Second Quantum Revolution 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Around the time he released the white paper, Wikelski was offered one of the most coveted positions in science: a Max Planck directorship. The man behind the internet of animals 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z “There were many surprises,” says Elias Roussos, a planetary scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany, who co-led the team that discovered the radiation belt. Cassini probe sniffs out strange radiation belt inside Saturn’s rings 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z “It’s a very, very exciting object,” says René Heller, an astrophysicist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany. Suspected first exomoon comes into tantalizing focus 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Allegations of bullying against a director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, a town on the northern edge of Munich, surfaced this year. A European heavyweight 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z She, with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, published the first successful crystallization of a ribosomal subunit in 1980. Ribosome reader to Royal Society leader: a biologist’s road to the Nobel 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z In 2008, he took over the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, moving from Princeton to the institute, which was housed in a countryside castle near Konstanz. The man behind the internet of animals 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Then, in 2009, Allen Caldwell of the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany, and his collaborators proposed yet another approach3: inducing the plasma waves with protons rather than electrons. CERN’s pioneering mini-accelerator passes first test 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z We met in Nijmegen, at the Max Planck Institute, where he was finishing a yearlong stint as the writer-in-residence, and looking forward to moving back to Maine with his family. The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z And in 2017, the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich faced charges of financial fraud, plagiarism, and bullying. A European heavyweight 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Gilles Laurent, a world-renowned reptile neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute, published a landmark study in Science with a relatively humble conclusion: The differences between the brains of reptiles and humans seem largely overstated. Maybe the “lizard brain” isn’t so different from ours after all 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “The cool thing about this is, this is extremely direct evidence,” said Svante Pääbo, a molecular geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany who led the new research. Mom was a Neanderthal. Dad was something else entirely. Meet the strangest hybrid in human history. 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Many of those mysterious fragments were sent to Svante Paabo, a renowned geneticist and the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. A Blended Family: Her Mother Was Neanderthal, Her Father Something Else Entirely 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Viviane Slon, a paleogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who did the ancient DNA analysis, says when she saw the results, her first reaction was disbelief. This ancient bone belonged to a child of two extinct human species 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z If you look at the large number of early career researchers within the Max Planck Society, I think it’s fair to call these individual cases. Q&A: Doctoral students at Germany’s Max Planck Society say recent troubles highlight need for change 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Tania Singer, a celebrated neuroscientist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, is known as one of the world’s foremost experts on empathy. She’s the world’s top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z This implies that Neanderthals undertook multiple migrations across Eurasia, said Viviane Slon, an evolutionary geneticist who works with Pääbo at the Max Planck Institute and who was lead author of the Nature study. Mom was a Neanderthal. Dad was something else entirely. Meet the strangest hybrid in human history. 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Several researchers say they are disappointed in the Max Planck Society. She's the world's top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z But the new finding "is sensational" just the same, says Johannes Krause, who studies ancient DNA at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. This ancient bone belonged to a child of two extinct human species 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z “The scientific community looks to bodies such as the Max Planck Society for leadership and clarity,” it says. Neuroscience societies join outcry over treatment of Max Planck neuroscientist 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “It appears the Max Planck Society decided it would rather sacrifice another generation of students than risk a scandal,” says one former colleague. She’s the world’s top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Science writer Anil Ananthaswamy focuses on this single experiment, which has taken many forms since quantum mechanics debuted in the early twentieth century with the work of Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr and others. Two slits and one hell of a quantum conundrum 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Tania Singer, a celebrated neuroscientist and director at the Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in Leipzig, Germany, is known as one of the world’s foremost experts on empathy. She's the world's top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z "I'm so frustrated with the idea of parameterizing these things," says Bjorn Stevens, a climate scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany. Science insurgents plot a climate model driven by artificial intelligence 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z A team led by Reinhard Genzel, of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany, announced the discovery today at a press conference and reports the results in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Milky Way's Black Hole Provides Long-sought Test of Einstein's General Relativity 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z For the study, researchers with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin visited 305 German families that included at least one child between the ages of 6 and 12. Parents Aren’t Good Judges of Their Kids’ Sugar Intake 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z His organization provides journal access to the dozens of Max Planck Institutes and their libraries, and its contract with Elsevier finishes at the end of this year. Dutch publishing giant cuts off researchers in Germany and Sweden 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “The implications of all this are large,” said Michael Petraglia, a paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, who was not involved in the new study. Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools Outside Africa 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Michael Erard is writer in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Opinion | What Adults Can Learn From Dutch Children’s Books 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z That absence of alternative explanations for the fractures seen on the stones is enough to persuade Zeljko Rezek, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Tools from China are oldest hint of human lineage outside Africa 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z “It’s absolutely a new story,” said archaeologist Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, who did not participate in the study. Chinese find suggests human relatives left Africa earlier 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z These researchers say the institute and its parent body, the Max Planck Society — also one of the world’s leading research organizations — failed to control the situation in a timely manner. No place for bullies in science 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Society is one of Germany's wealthiest research organizations.Credit: Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society investigates new allegations of abuse 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z “For a while, it kind of just stayed a rumor,” said Brendan Barrett, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany and a visiting researcher at the STRI. ‘We were stunned’: Researchers find capuchin monkeys using rocks to crack nuts, snails, in Panama 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Michael Petraglia, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, and another of the paper’s reviewers, agrees that the tools are convincing. Tools from China are oldest hint of human lineage outside Africa 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z And the institute — which is funded by the Max Planck Society, one of the world’s wealthiest and most prestigious research organizations — is stepping up its response. Max Planck astrophysicist at centre of bullying allegations speaks up 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics says it is already revising its code of conduct and making sure its internal mechanisms for addressing concerns are accessible. No place for bullies in science 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Researchers led by a team at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Astronomy found that the planet orbits about as far from its star as Uranus does from the Sun. Newborn planet pictured for first time 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Lorraine Daston, director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, said that scientific accuracy and artistic goals of “what a painting should do” are moving targets. Do You Know What Lightning Really Looks Like? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The bodies were uncovered just a few years ago, the teeth pulled and sent westward to the Max Planck Institute in Germany, where Maria Spyrou was working on a Ph.D. in paleogenetics. Ancient Teeth Unlock Plague Secrets 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The finding complements one reported earlier this spring by Wieland Huttner, a neurobiologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany. Trio of genes supercharged human brain evolution 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Society says that it will also look at the way it deals with allegations of inappropriate behaviour. No place for bullies in science 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Recall Max Planck’s position: “I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness.” Coming to Grips with the Implications of Quantum Mechanics 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z “The atoms of space are not the smallest portions of space,” says Daniele Oriti of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany. What Is Spacetime? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Simon Neubauer, a physical anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, said the finding did support the idea that both brain size and brain organization are important to human evolution. Tiny Brains of Extinct Human Relative Had Complex Features 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The findings are impressive in some ways and frustrating in others, notes Paul Heggarty, a historical linguist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. These Asian hunter-gatherers may have been the first people to domesticate horses 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z “I think it's pretty spectacular,” says Michael Petraglia, a paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History who was not involved in the work. 700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z “It’s really nuts,” said Ms. Wessling, now a graduate student at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Hints of Human Evolution in Chimpanzees That Endure a Savanna’s Heat 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z There is indeed a “European angle on AI” that values privacy, transparency, and fairness, says Bernhard Schölkopf, a machine learning researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen, Germany. With €1.5 billion for artificial intelligence research, Europe pins hopes on ethics 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z "They are essential to your health," says Prof Ruth Ley, the director of the department of microbiome science at the Max Planck Institute, "your body isn't just you". More than half your body is not human 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z "We've been waiting for this for 30 years," says Thomas Udem, an experimental physicist at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, who works on precision measurements of hydrogen. Atoms and antiatoms haven’t crashed Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity—yet 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “They often answer age-old questions and sometimes provide astonishing unanticipated insights,” said Svante Paabo, the director of the Max Planck Institute of Paleoanthropology in Leipzig, Germany. David Reich Unearths Human History Etched in Bone 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z “These were dramatic theories,” said Michael Petraglia, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History who was not involved in the study. After a volcano’s ancient supereruption, humanity may have thrived 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z By combining artifacts with environmental data, the papers help explain what drove the MSA, says archaeologist Shannon McPherron of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Signs of symbolic behavior emerged at the dawn of our species in Africa 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z When the directors of the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena left within a few years of each other, for instance, prominent economists proved hard to lure to that city. Do you want to direct a research institute? Germany's Max Planck Society has hundreds of top jobs to fill 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “It’s a beautiful marker,” says Michael Petraglia, an archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. How ancient humans survived global ‘volcanic winter’ from massive eruption 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Pike and Zilhão started brainstorming how to do this in 2003, when they serendipitously met Dirk Hoffmann, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology who specializes in dating minerals. World's Oldest Cave Art Found—And Neanderthals Made It 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Rock art “is unique, it’s precious — there’s a lot of pressure on you not to make a mistake,” says geochronologist Dirk Hoffmann at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Ancient cave paintings turn out to be by Neanderthals, not modern humans 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The artwork is rudimentary, but a study author, Dirk Hoffmann of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, said it’s symbolic. Science Says: European art scene began with Neanderthals 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The new procedure refines a method developed in 2012 at the Max Planck Institute to use the waste product from the production of artemisinin, which is extracted from a plant, to produce the drug itself. Scientists in Germany improve malaria drug production 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z “This is the biggest chunk of the loss,” said Maria Voigt at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. Dramatic decline in Borneo's orangutan population as 150,000 lost in 16 years 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z This implied large numbers of orangutans were simply being slaughtered, said lead researcher Maria Voigt of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany. '100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 years 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and other institutions said the original population of the gentle ginger-haired great apes is larger than previously estimated but so is the rate of decline. Borneo’s orangutan population plunged by 100,000 since 1999 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Michael Petraglia, a professor of human evolution at the Max Planck Institute in Germany who also did not participate in the research, agrees that the discovery is a key piece of the puzzle. Discovery of ancient stone tools rewrites the history of technology in India 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “I simply don’t buy it,” said Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Stone tools in India suggest earlier human exit from Africa 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “Early modern humans in many respects were not so modern,” said Jean-Jacques Hublin, director of the department of human evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany. In Cave in Israel, Scientists Find Jawbone Fossil From Oldest Modern Human Out of Africa 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The paper also promises a 3% yearly increase in federal funding for research organizations such as the Max Planck Society and the Helmholtz Association. A new Merkel-led government could be good news for German science 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “It’s possible now to understand the paths through which genetic changes influence form,” says Miltos Tsiantis of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. The lost art of looking at plants 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z According to study author Åshild Vågene from the Max Planck Institute, the strain is a bacterial infection that causes a type of enteric fever nearly identical to typhoid. What Wiped Out the Aztecs? Scientists Find New Clues. 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Working with researchers at Harvard University, scientists at the Max Planck Institute investigated the remains of five bodies excavated from the pre-contact cemetery, and 24 bodies buried at the post-contact cemetery. "Abundant bleeding" epidemic in 16th-century Mexico might have been Salmonella 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z They will partner with the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, based in Seewiesen, Germany - arguably the most prestigious ornithology research center in the world - to conduct the statistical analysis. The power of the owl 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z They will partner with the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, based in Seewiesen, Germany — arguably the most prestigious ornithology research center in the world — to conduct the statistical analysis. The power of the owl 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z She had been on something of a cosmology bender, soaking up the works of Arthur Eddington, Max Planck and Albert Einstein. Why A Wrinkle in Time Will Change Hollywood 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z "Quasars are among the brightest and most distant known celestial objects and are crucial to understanding the early Universe," said co-author Bram Venemans of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany. Farthest monster black hole found 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Olivier Morin, a cognitive anthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, analyzed the features of 116 writing systems across 3000 years of history. Why written languages look alike the world over 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z "We've been a bit frustrated working so many years with the traditional tools," says neurogeneticist Simon Fisher, director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, who studies FOXP2. Lab-grown 'minibrains' are revealing what makes humans special 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z To conduct the new study, lead author Javier Lazaro, a PhD candidate at Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, and his colleagues trapped 12 shrews in the nearby town of Möggingen, Germany. Small-Minded Strategy: The Common Shrew Shrinks Its Head to Survive Winter 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z For example, the German Research Institute for Psychiatry, now the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, housed a large anatomical collection. Neurologists' Role in Nazi "Racial Hygiene" Only Now Comes to Light 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The research center will be located adjacent to the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and draw on the expertise of two of its experts, Prof. Bernhard Schoelkopf and Prof. Michael J. Black. Amazon backs German artificial intelligence research hub 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z At the World Psychiatric Association’s World Congress in Berlin on October 9, Hannelore Ehrenreich of the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine presented results of a study of 1,200 people with schizophrenia. Link between Adolescent Pot Smoking and Psychosis Strengthens 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z According to lead author Alberto Sanna, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, the VLBA’s measurement is “equivalent to seeing a baseball on the surface of the moon.” Astronomers Are Finally Mapping the “Dark Side” of the Milky Way 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Last week, Michael Dannemann and Janet Kelso of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany reported that people in Britain still carry a number of Neanderthal variants that color skin. Genes for Skin Color Rebut Dated Notions of Race, Researchers Say 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “The Munich group quickly invented some of the most important ingredients that made the detectors possible,” says Karsten Danzmann, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Hanover, Germany. LIGO's unsung heroes 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z The research center will be located adjacent to the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and draw on the expertise of two of its experts, Prof. Bernhard Schoelkopf and Prof. Michael J. Black. Amazon backs German artificial intelligence research hub 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, also confirmed that Neanderthals interbreeding with humans affected people’s skin and hair color, though not in any single direction. Researchers shed light on Neanderthal’s legacy in humans 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z "Bats predominately rely on their echolocation system to forage, orientate, and navigate," says a team led by Dr Stefan Greif of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology near Munich in Germany. Bats 'tricked' into flying into buildings - BBC News 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The Max Planck Society, founded in 1948, now runs 81 basic-research institutes whose directors are given extraordinary budgets and free rein to tread their own paths. The secret to Germany’s scientific excellence 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Germany’s Max Planck Society — formerly the Kaiser Wilhelm Society — deserves credit for its public acknowledgement that many prominent members worked with the Nazi regime and that the society did not help to protect Jewish scientists. Removing statues of historical figures risks whitewashing history 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z A sample sent to one of the world’s leading ancient-DNA labs, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, did not contain enough DNA, Stinnesbeck says. Skeleton plundered from Mexican cave was one of the Americas’ oldest 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z All the data was shared publicly on Movebank, a free, online database of animal tracking data hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. This animated globe showing animal migration routes is mesmerizing 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z In studies conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, a border collie named Rico was taught the meanings of 200 words. Yes, We Can Communicate with Animals 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z “This security about future funding allows us to really plan our research strategies in the long term,” says chemist Martin Stratmann, president of the Max Planck Society. The secret to Germany’s scientific excellence 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z “For African primatology to get its own society is tremendously important,” says Roman Wittig, a primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Home-grown scientists step up to save Africa’s primates 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Now, physicists at the Max Planck Institute and University of California at Santa Barbara are using data from WheresGeorge to track epidemics. There are a lot of gross microbes on a dollar bill 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Analyses on the lunch box was performed by researchers from Germany's Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of York. What We Can Learn From This Ancient ‘Lunchbox’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z In the first study, psychologists Martin Schmelz and Sebastian Grüneisen at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, trained six chimps at the Leipzig Zoo to play a sharing game. True altruism seen in chimpanzees, giving clues to evolution of human cooperation 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z “We are in a state of electrified excitement about the possibilities,” says Lorraine Daston, a director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. The ‘time machine’ reconstructing ancient Venice’s social networks 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The stone tools were a lucky find, because they gave the researchers — led by Jean-Jacques Hublin and Shannon McPherron at the Max Planck Institute in Germany — a chance to date that layer precisely. Archaeologists unearth the oldest Homo sapiens ever discovered 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z "This material represents the very root of our species," said paleoanthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, who helped lead the research published in the journal Nature. Moroccan fossils shake up understanding of human origins 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z “The face is the face of somebody you could cross in the metro,” says Jean-Jacques Hublin, the paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology who led the new research. These Early Humans Lived 300,000 Years Ago—But Had Modern Faces 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z “My reaction was a big ‘wow’,” said Jean-Jacques Hublin, a senior scientist on the team at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z “These hominins are on the fringes of the world at that time,” says archaeologist Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Prof Jean-Jacques Hublin, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, told me that the discovery would "rewrite the text books" about our emergence as a species. 'First of our kind' found in Morocco - BBC News 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z An analysis of stone flints heated up in the ancient fires let the scientists calculate the age of the adjacent human fossils, Max Planck Institute archaeologist Shannon McPherron said. Moroccan fossils shake up understanding of human origins 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z “It did not make sense,” Dr. Hublin, now at the Max Planck Institute, recalled in an interview. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z A study led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Tubingen in Germany managed to plug some of those genetic gaps. DNA from ancient Egyptian mummies reveals their ancestry 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z When he moved to the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, he got funding to reopen the now-collapsed cave, which is 100 kilometers west of Marrakesh, Morocco. World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z When I began discussing the idea with colleagues in Germany’s Max Planck Society and at Synlett, they were rather sceptical. Crowd-based peer review can be good and fast 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Max Planck Institute paleoanthropologist Philipp Gunz said the findings indicate the shape of the face was established early in the history of Homo sapiens, but brain shape, and perhaps brain function, evolved later. Moroccan fossils shake up understanding of human origins 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Dr. Gunz, of the Max Planck Institute, said that the human brain may have become rounder at a later phase of evolution. Fossils Found in Morocco Reset the Clock on the Origin of Humans 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Michael Skeide and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science in Leipzig, Germany, wanted to study how culture changes the brain, so they focused on reading and writing. Learning to read and write alters brain wiring within months, even for adults 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Archaeologist Daniel Richter of the Max Planck in Leipzig used a thermoluminescence technique to measure how much time had elapsed since crystalline minerals in the flint were heated by fire. World’s oldest Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Reeves, at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön, Germany, is one of many scientists adopting containers. Software simplified 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z The find led to further investigations, which turned up “additional brain sections and preserved specimens”, said the Max Planck Society. German scientists to begin identifying Nazi victims' brain specimens 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z But the German scientists, led by Matthias Meyer at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, have spent years developing methods to find DNA even where it seemed impossibly scarce and degraded. No Bones About It: Scientists Recover Ancient DNA From Cave Dirt 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z “There are many caves where stone tools are found but no bones,” said Matthias Meyer, a geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who co-authored the study. DNA from dirt: Tracing ancient humans found in ’empty’ caves 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z “This is a really extraordinary claim. There are questions about everything,” said Jean-Jacques Hublin at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. Could history of humans in North America be rewritten by broken bones? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z “Science works well in Germany,” said Jan Girieb, who last year completed his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching near Munich. What's happening at March for Science events around the world 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The three-year research project into the specimens in the Max Planck institutes’ possession, which will begin in June, aims to build a database listing the names of all “euthanasia” victims. German scientists to begin identifying Nazi victims' brain specimens 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z A statement from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany, where several of Southworth's co-authors are based, noted that atmosphere detection is an essential component of scientists' strategy for detecting life on an exoplanet. There’s an ‘Earth-like’ planet with an atmosphere just 39 light-years away 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Once they get their five nights of observations, the astronomers around the globe will deliver their findings to supercomputers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute in Germany. What does a black hole look like? Astronomers are on a quest to find out. 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Max Planck, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein and others founded the knowledge for techniques on which today's world is reliant — not least, microprocessors, the Global Positioning System and mobile phones. Outreach: Local problems are a low research priority : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z But in late January, astrophysicist Sherry Suyu of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, and her collaborators published their current best guess at the Hubble constant. A recharged debate over the speed of the expansion of the universe could lead to new physics 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z “It will include basic biographical data on the victims, their institutional treatment, and the criteria used to select the victims,” the Munich-based, non-profit Max Planck Society said in a statement. German scientists to begin identifying Nazi victims' brain specimens 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Dolan, director of the new Max Planck Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing, and Dayan, cracked open a bottle of champagne in London after being told of the prize. Work on brain's reward system wins scientists a million euro reward 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Says Thomas Henning, director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg: “Imagine a solar system with seven planets like our own, it’s just amazing.” Seven potentially habitable Earth-sized planets spied around tiny nearby star 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “The main significance is this finding of continuity over about 7000 years,” says Mark Stoneking of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, who wasn’t involved with the work. Ancient women found in Russian cave were close relatives of today’s indigenous population 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z They found those opportunities at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes, created in 1911 and renamed the Max Planck Institutes after the Second World War. Higher education: The making of US academia : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z After the war, the Max Planck Society sought to inter all human remains belonging to victims of the Nazis in its possession. German scientists to begin identifying Nazi victims' brain specimens 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z A group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, led by Svante Paabo, had been assembling a draft sequence of a Neanderthal genome, using DNA recovered from bones. Neanderthals Were People, Too 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z “Males have to reduce their sleep and defend and court females virtually non-stop throughout the endless Arctic summer days to successfully reproduce,” the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, in Seewiesen, Germany, said in a statement. Sandpipers go the extra 8,000 miles to have as much sex as possible 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Germany’s other major neuropathology center, the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, also purged its World War II brain slides. Germany to probe Nazi-era medical science 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The hearing loss data, said James Vaupel, director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, “is consistent with other research showing a delay in aging.” Americans’ Hearing Loss Decreases Even as Headphone Use Rises 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In 2006, Le took a position at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in the medieval German university town of Tübingen. The Great A.I. Awakening 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Dan Dediu, a psycholinguist at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, says the study’s results open new doors for investigating modern languages, as well. Why monkeys can’t talk—and what they would sound like if they could 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z A team led by Tobias Erb at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, assembled a series of chemical reactions using 17 redesigned enzymes from 9 different organisms. Biochemistry: A fast way to convert carbon : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “He wanted to know how I planned to plead to the charge of Titelmissbrauch,” or misuse of titles, recalled Prof. Baldwin, who directs the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. Doctor Who? Germans Wage Vigilante Campaign Against Fake Ph.D.s 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The Max Planck Institute for Informatics, based in Saarbrücken, Germany, for example, is developing an engine called DeepLife specifically for the health and life sciences. AI science search engines expand their reach 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z That made it possible to "grasp the contribution of personal carbon dioxide emissions to the loss of Arctic sea ice," scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the U.S. Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals' emissions: study 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z This August, Niels Rattenborg of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany proved that frigate birds—large seabirds with piratical tendencies—do the same. These Birds Fly Almost a Year Without Landing Immune systems tend to evolve rapidly because infections produce immediate evolutionary pressure, says computational biologist Janet Kelso of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Neanderthal DNA affects ethnic differences in immune response 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Failure "would be a drawback," says Norbert Krupp, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Goettingen, Germany. Europe’s probe feared lost on Mars 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The age experiencing the greatest increase in survival may have plateaued in many countries, says James Vaupel, founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. Human age limit claim sparks debate 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Max Planck says science advances one funeral at a time -- when prejudices die with their holders. Phyllis Schlafly, ‘First Lady’ of a Political March to the Right, Dies at 92 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z It is dying so slowly because, as physicist Max Planck once noted, older scholars tend to hang on to the old ways: “Science progresses one funeral at a time.” What’s universal grammar? Evidence rebuts Chomsky’s theory of language learning 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Teeth are removed and sent for ancient DNA analysis at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. DNA confirms cause of 1665 London's Great Plague - BBC News 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The new project is run by an alliance of 10 major research bodies, including the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Max Planck Society, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany's main funding agency. In wake of attacks, German science bodies fend for animal research 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z “I immediately recognized Philae, there was no doubt about it,” says Tubiana, who’s at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. Long-Lost Comet Lander Finally Found 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Many scientists decided to work at renowned independent research centres such as the Max Planck Society and the Fraunhofer Society. Germany: Equality or excellence : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The machine's 'hyperspectrum' means that it can capture much more information than can the human eye, says Chennu, who works at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. Computers on the reef 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The court said that one patent Promega licensed from the Max Planck Society was valid and reversed the lower court's finding that it was not infringed upon. Supreme Court to hear genetic-testing kit patent fight 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Dr. Charpentier, now a scientific superstar, was appointed director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and is a founder of two biotech companies. Emmanuelle Charpentier’s Still-Busy Life After Crispr 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z “This approach seems to allow much more subtle and much more common signals of selection to be detected,” says evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Humans are still evolving—and we can watch it happen 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Martin Wikelski, a zoologist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology who was not involved in the research, cautioned that some questions about the birds were still unanswered. Climate Change and the Case of the Shrinking Red Knots 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z His father, Emil, was one of Germany’s leading physicists, and many of the world’s greatest physicists and chemists, including Albert Einstein and Max Planck, were friends of the family. An Old Idea, Revived: Starve Cancer to Death 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Two elite universities, three biologically-oriented Max Planck Institutes, and the Helmholtz Centre Munich — it was, and is, a great place for excellent science. Q&A: Horst Domdey : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Laurent is the director for the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, and an author on the new paper. These dozing ‘dragons’ could change how we think about sleep 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But, her child is also born 20 years later in time, said researcher Mikko Myrskyla, director of the laboratory for population research at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, in Rostock, Germany. Kids of Older Moms May Have a Leg Up on Their Peers 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z So she forged a collaboration with molecular microbiologist Jörg Vogel, then a junior group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, who was developing methods for large-scale mapping of RNAs in a genome. The quiet revolutionary: How the co-discovery of CRISPR explosively changed Emmanuelle Charpentier’s life 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Rather, they are opportunists, according to Andrea Flack, an ornithologist from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, who was not involved in the study. Seduced by Junk Food, Storks Are Opting Not to Migrate 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Science advances, said the great German physicist Max Planck, “one funeral at a time”. Is block power about to revolutionise banking? | John Naughton 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Gerhard Heinzel, an eLISA physicist also at the Max Planck Institute in Hanover, cautions against a single country going it alone on such a large project. Chinese gravitational-wave hunt hits crunch time 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z “The big advantage of the Reichardt model for motion detection was that it was an algorithm to begin with,” says neurobiologist Alexander Borst of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany. Neural modelling: Abstractions of the mind : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z This year, she has already won ten prestigious science prizes, and has officially taken up a cherished appointment as a director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. The quiet revolutionary: How the co-discovery of CRISPR explosively changed Emmanuelle Charpentier’s life 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “There are statistical methods that allow you to analyse change in cognitive abilities instead of changes in test scores,” says cognitive neuroscientist Ulman Lindenberger of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. Brain training: Memory games : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The study, conducted by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, relies on DNA tests of the remains of several Neanderthals. Neanderthals and Humans Interbred Earlier Than We Previously Thought 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z In 2010, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, recovered about 60 percent of a Neanderthal genome from fossils found in a Croatian cave. Ancient Humans May Have Left a Genetic Mark on Neanderthals 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z "Let's say this: The first discovery of gravitational waves is a Nobel Prize-winning venture," said physicist Bruce Allen of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Hannover, Germany. Ripple effect: scientists await word on gravitational waves 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Just over two years later, she was recruited by the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. The quiet revolutionary: How the co-discovery of CRISPR explosively changed Emmanuelle Charpentier’s life 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “The current assumption is that all forest management and all forests contribute to climate mitigation,” says Kim Naudts, a postdoctoral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany. Forests not equal when it comes to climate 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Greifswald, Germany, plan to inject hydrogen into a doughnut-shaped device to produce a super-hot gas known as plasma. Scientists are poised to flip the switch on an experiment that could help provide the world with a clean and almost unlimited source of energy 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z "The storks use less energy and it seems they are benefiting" by abandoning migration, lead author Andrea Flack, of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, said of the findings published in the journal Science Advances. Storks spend winter eating rubbish in landfills not flying to Africa 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z This week, they were found to interfere with a patent application filed by Doudna, a scientist at Berkeley and Emmanuelle Charpentier, who now directs the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. Control of CRISPR, biotech’s most promising breakthrough, is in dispute 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z "The evidence suggests that this genetic region contributes to the immune system of modern day humans," Dr Michael Dannemann of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, told BBC News. Neanderthal genes 'boosted our immunity' - BBC News 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “A small group of modern humans leaving Africa would not carry much genetic variation,” said Janet Kelso, who led the research at the Max Planck Institute for evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. Human-Neanderthal relationships may be at root of modern allergies 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “It's like Linnaean classification before Darwin came along,” says biologist Tony Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics. The physics of life 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “If I want to do something I am happy to repeat it many, many times,” says Eremets, who is now at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany. 365 days: Nature’s 10 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z It was hailed as a breakthrough for the Max Planck Institute's stellarator - a chamber whose design differs from the tokamak fusion devices used elsewhere. German plasma success raises nuclear fusion hopes - BBC News 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z A study led by atmospheric chemist Jos Lelieveld of Germany’s Max Planck Institute and published this year in Nature magazine estimated that 1.4 million people die prematurely because of pollution in China each year. Beijing Issues Its First Red Alert For Smog, Closing School and Grounding Cars 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z A study led by atmospheric chemist Jos Lelieveld of Germany's Max Planck Institute and published this year in Nature magazine estimated that 1.4 million people die prematurely because of pollution in China each year. Beijing Issues Red Alert on Smog 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z “I realized that actually people had been a bit desperate for an easy-to-use-tool,” says the microbiologist, now at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. Research: Biology's big hit : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Biologist Anthony Hyman, director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, is one of those who thinks that a split PhD might work. How to build a better PhD 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z “Italian politicians can take a liking to a project and then finance it directly,” says Marino Zerial, a director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany. Italian scientists slam selection of stem-cell trial 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Dresden is the only city in the former Communist East with a top-ranked university and three of the Max Planck research institutes. Discontent Over Migrants Takes a Toll on East German City 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Max Planck, the physicist who set off the revolution in quantum mechanics, thought this presented Einstein with an insurmountable problem. The most beautiful theory 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z It's hard to record their behavior in the wild, so she turned to a colony of captive cordon bleus in the lab of Manfred Gahr at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany. Tap-Dancing Birds Revealed For First Time in New Video 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Susanna Sawyer of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology led the genetic effort to describe and date the recently found tooth. DNA Reveals Mysterious Human Cousin With Huge Teeth 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and his colleagues described it in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In a Tooth, DNA From Some Very Old Cousins, the Denisovans 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z That’s been tough to resolve because it is hard to quantify how colorful a plumage is, says Bart Kempenaers, an ornithologist at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany. Female birds get drabber when their males fool around 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z These criticisms of the call for standardization surprised Nicole Dubilier, a co-author of the Nature piece who is a microbiologist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. Scientists debate mega-microbiome initiatives 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The method, called facial expression re-enactment, was developed jointly by researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, and Stanford University. Researchers Put Words In Your Mouth – Virtually 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Earlier experiments with a smaller stellarator do however mean that the machine’s masters at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics are pretty confident. Stellar work 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z After receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918, Max Planck went on tour across Germany. The 2 Types of Knowledge You Should Know About 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z But geneticist Svante Pääbo at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, later realized that the sequences were likely to be the result of contamination by modern DNA — possibly his own. Ancient DNA from hot climes yields its secrets 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Moritz Helmstaedter, director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, agrees that it's good to have the data out—but the paper confirms his worst suspicions. Rat brain—or a smidgeon of it—is modeled in a computer 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z A nifty invention, to be sure, but not exactly paradigm-changing research—especially during an era when Max Planck and others were revolutionizing our understanding of physics. Nobel Laureates We’d Like To Forget 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “This is an attempt to step back, but keep the detail,” says Moritz Helmstaedter, director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany. A Massive Global Effort Maps How the Brain is Wired 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Developed by the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany, the aim is to combine virtual reality experiences with the sensation of real physical motion. The simulator bringing movement to virtual reality - BBC News 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z "This is an astounding number," said Jos Lelieveld of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany, who led the research. Air pollution could kill 6.6 million people a year by 2050 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Denisovans were discovered when their genome was sequenced from this pinky finger bone from a young girl. Siberian cave was home to generations of mysterious ancient humans 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Long-term studies are "absolutely required" to answer those questions, said lead researcher Kathleen Krol, of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, in Leipzig, Germany. Breast-Feeding Tied to Better Emotion Perception in Some Infants 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z And he already had one competitor, Shawn Mikula, then a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute. A Dying Young Woman’s Hope in Cryonics and a Future 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Report author Mr Hillman says that if the elite German science institute, the Max Planck Society, was included in global rankings it would overtake both Oxford and Cambridge. How Germany abolished tuition fees - BBC News 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, Diethard Tautz, a biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, was one of many researchers who were skeptical of Begun’s idea. A Surprise Source of Life's Code 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z For example, Max Planck commented about the evolution of relativity theory in a 1910 article, “The Mechanical Theory of Nature”: “The principle of relativity, despite its youth, appears very promising.” Scientific American Editorial and Einstein 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The effect was especially strong among mothers and fathers who are well educated and older, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany said. Parents' Happiness Key to How Big Families Grow 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The study, by scientists at University of Leipzig, Germany, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, was published Thursday in the journal Genome Biology. Kiwi gene study suggests bird lost color vision in adapting to nocturnal life 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z “As soon as I saw the skull, I knew it was definitely not a puppy,” says Perri, now a zooarchaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Ancient bobcat buried like a human being 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Jonathan Gershenzon, who studies plant chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, says that he would not have expected continuous emission of a pheromone to work. GM wheat that emits pest alarm-signals fails in field trials 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Paul Heggarty, a linguist at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, said that the new studies were important, but were still too limited to settle the debate over the origins of Indo-European. DNA Deciphers Roots of Modern Europeans 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Although the German government organized the G-7 meeting this year, only one German economist was on the program, Martin Hellwig, director of one of the Max Planck institutes in Bonn. Finance Officials Focus on Economic Growth at Group of 7 Meeting 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Although the German government organized the G-7 meeting this year, only one German economist is on the program, Martin Hellwig, director of one of the Max Planck institutes in Bonn, Germany. U.S. Urges European Leaders to Solve Greek Crisis Quickly 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Passionate about animal behaviour, he studied evolutionary ecology at the University of Munich, and then did a PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology in Starnberg. Animal behaviour: Inside the cunning, caring and greedy minds of fish 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Germany's Max Planck Institutes provide an ideal governing model. Research management: Priorities for science in India 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z And a new policy of the Max Planck Society to be more open about its animal research showed its teeth. Challenging times 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z In 2002, a group at the Max Planck Institute in Germany built an optical lattice—a super-chilled egg carton made of light—and controlled it by pulsing different strengths of laser beams at it. Analog Simulators Could Be Shortcut to Universal Quantum Computers 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z He stresses that the problem of inaction is not specific to the Max Planck Society. Embattled Max Planck neuroscientist quits primate research 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z And he found one when Hans Fricke, a fish ecologist working at the Max Planck institute, told him the strange tale of barrier-reef fish that operate a remarkable system of cooperation. Animal behaviour: Inside the cunning, caring and greedy minds of fish 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Stephen Blake, of the Max Planck Institute, who studied the feeding and range habits of forest elephants, refers to them as the “megagardeners of the forest.” The Elephant Watcher 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z It is a little bit like the German system in which a lot of the outstanding research takes place in Max Planck institutes rather than in universities. Q&A: China still rising : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z But it was not the type of attention that the study author, Bjorn Stevens, a climatologist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, was seeking. How to Misinterpret Climate Change Research 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z In particular, he says the Max Planck Society—and other organizations—should pursue criminal charges against the activists who target researchers. Embattled Max Planck neuroscientist quits primate research 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Many abandoned other Ras-related projects because they thought the Ras problem was solved, says chemist Herbert Waldmann of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund, Germany. Cancer: The Ras renaissance 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z “They called it moonshine because it appeared so far-fetched,” said Don Zagier, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany. Mathematicians Chase Moonshine’s Shadow 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The rest are expected to stay for a short period of time only and will receive Max Planck Fellowships as scientific guests. Max Planck Society unveils €50 million support plan for young scientists 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z After graduating from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Rojas-Berscia moved to Holland, where he does research on language and cognition at the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics. Can Dying Languages Be Saved? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Investigations by the Max Planck Society and animal protection authorities in the state of Baden-Württemberg found no serious violations of animal care rules. Embattled Max Planck neuroscientist quits primate research 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Levels of both ozone and nitrogen dioxide are also tied to climate change, according to a team including Ulrich Poschl, of the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and others. Smog Plus Pollen May Mean Even More Sneezing 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z |
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