In the night of December 19, 2025, the EU Council reached a decision if and how frozen assets from Russia should be used in ...

In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig analyzed the impact of over 2,000 clinically approved drugs on DNA repair and CRISPR genome editing ...

Astronomers have repeatedly observed events near a distant star that mirror processes from the early solar system’s planet-forming era Astronomers, including MPIA’s Bin Ren, have used the Hubble Space ...

Every year the Max Planck Society submits a report on its annual activities and commenced or planned undertakings. As stated in the statues, the Senate adopts the annual report and presents it to the ...

Cross-cultural consensus: In 33 communities across 15 countries, both children and adults generally agree that animals can ...

Entering the postdoc phase requires distinguishing yourself through excellent research, impactful publications, and affiliations with leading institutes in your field. At the institute, you will ...

Viruses, bacteria and other parasites pose a permanent threat to the survival of organisms. Most living creatures therefore have ingenious defence strategies in place with which to fight such invaders ...

The Max Planck Society is Germany's most successful research organization. With 31 Nobel Laureates among the ranks of its scientists, it is on equal footing with the best and most prestigious research ...

The Max Planck Centres are a central pillar in strengthening the European Research Area. In addition to these collaborations with the best research institutions in Europe, the Max Planck Society is ...

They operate in the background and, if it wasn’t for them, nothing would ever get done. Over 7,800 non-scientific employees ensure that everyday research activities at the Max Planck Institutes run ...

Over 400 Personal Supporting Members (individuals) as well as about 250 Corporative Supporting Members (companies, associations, and communities) support Max Planck in a variety of ways. As ...