The Max Planck Society is making a wide range of efforts to achieve greater equality of opportunity and, in particular, to ...

A recent study highlights the long-term demographic impact of Colombia's armed conflict, revealing profound family loss and ...

Artificial intelligence can generate texts, images, and music in seconds that would take humans hours or days to create – and ...

Insights into the lives of people in the Late Bronze Age: Interdisciplinary analyses (DNA, isotopes) shed light on the ...

A new study warns that efforts to reduce bureaucracy may fail due to a lack of information among the population. The ...

A new study tests the hypothesis that the consumption of the mind-altering beverage kava facilitated the emergence of complex ...

The influenza virus continues to pose a threat to our health. It triggers seasonal epidemics and, from time to time, potentially serious global pandemics. Existing antiviral drugs are often less ...

In 2025, four new female directors were appointed to Max Planck Institutes.

When scientific insight leads to innovation – and ultimately to the founding of a company: this year’s Max Planck Start-up Award of the Stifterverband honours the work of Ovo Labs. Founded in 2025 as ...

Researchers at the MPI of Biochemistry and TUM have examined the cerebrospinal fluid of 5,000 patients with neurological diseases and discovered new diagnostic and prognostic markers for multiple ...

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 ...

Researchers have analyzed the dynamics of the protein folding helpers TRiC and prefoldin together with their substrates for the first time more ...