Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early ...

Herpesvirus infection prevented: They generated a highly potent nanobody that interferes with the function of this complex ...

Blue-throated macaws learn new behaviors by observing interactions of their conspecifics. When they observed how other ...

A new review study by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development shows that nearly one in three people choose to avoid ...

How could deep lakes have existed in the Tibesti mountains, the highest mountain range of the Sahara several thousand years ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain’s remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and ...

In 2025, the Max Planck Society received 17 Starting Grants from the ERC. This puts the MPG at the top of the European ranking.

Surabhi Ranganathan, Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge, receives the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2025, endowed with 1.5 million euros. The expert in international ...

Archaeogenetic study reveals this region’s population history in unprecedented detail, generating a DNA transect spanning nearly 5,000 years ...

Knowing how shrews loose brain volume over winter is the first step to understanding how they reverse this loss and regrow healthy brains in summer ...

The Mülheim-based Deep Tech start-up Minerva Carbon has secured around €1.8 million in funding through the EXIST program, an initiative by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

Sebastian Brill of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz is investigating how fungal spores and other biological ...