The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn has left its mark on the terrestrial landscape: a gigantic white dish that towers into the sky near Effelsberg in the Eifel hills – the 100-metre ...

Milestones of the history of science and the beginnings of the Max Planck Society in the "German Oxford" Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of science and go on a journey in time through ...

Although the Magdalenian in much of north-west Europe is commonly characterised as the period of the ‘reindeer hunters’ this is unlikely to have been the case in Iberia. Other lines of evidence showed ...

The Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens focuses on fundamental research on pathogens causing diseases in humans.

Intelligent systems can optimise their structure and properties in order to successfully function within a complex, partially changing environment. Three sub-areas – perception, learning and action – ...

Medical therapies are constantly evolving. As part of our focus on the “Future of Medicine” Science Year, we are presenting new approaches in three areas. We describe how a team in Göttingen is ...

This timeline outlines the events, milestones and turning points in the history of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society up from the founding idea from 1909 through to 1945.

For many people today, botanical knowledge doesn’t go much beyond daisies, buttercups, and dandelions. But an app is changing ...

An international team led by Tim Sprenger of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy used two of the world’s most ...

Max Planck Partner Groups are led by outstanding early career researchers who, after a research stay at a Max Planck Institute (MPI), move to a respective research institution or university, ...

Every year since 1978, the Max Planck Society has awarded the Otto Hahn Medal to young researchers for outstanding scientific achievements, mostly in connection with their doctorate.The Medal is ...

White light sources being several orders of magnitudes brighter than light bulbs, the manipulation of single photons or the smallest focal point in the world – these are just a few skills mastered or ...