Astronomers have directly imaged the “swirl” where a protoplanet interacts with the gas in the surrounding protoplanetary disk. Taking an image of structures this small requires a powerful observatory ...

Orangutan infants spend their first eight years with their mothers, and throughout this time, they can draw on her knowledge. After that, however, orangutans are entirely on their own. To fare well as ...

AI models are becoming increasingly adept at identifying and exploiting security vulnerabilities in IT systems. In July 2026, models from OpenAI, including GPT‑5.6 Sol, even began acting autonomously ...

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 ...

Proteins are the molecular building blocks and engines of the cell, and are involved in practically all life processes. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry investigate the ...

The current call for applications for the Max Planck Postdoc Program runs from 1 September to 13 October 2026 (12 pm CEST). Open positions can be found on the application platform. Please check the ...

With approximately 26,700 employees at 85 Max Planck Institutes and more than 11,000 early-career and visiting researchers each year, the Max Planck Society is an international organization for ...

After the discoveries he made with his telescope, Galileo Galilei embarked on an increasingly urgent quest for proof of the Copernican worldview, which placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the ...

An international research team led by Jean-Jacques Hublin of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany) and Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer of the National Institute for ...

However, an international team led by André Strauss of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has discovered this kind of practice is much older than previously ...

"Our research approach focuses primarily on understanding the connections between different regions in the chimpanzee brain and how these findings can contribute to a better understanding of the human ...

Salamanders have long served as valuable biological models for developmental, regeneration and evolutionary studies. In particular, the Mexican axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum has received special ...