On March 14, 2026, Jürgen Habermas passed away in Starnberg at the age of 96. With his death, we have lost a thinker who ...

The new School will develop advanced AI methods for basic life sciences research. The concept was coordinated by Karsten ...

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 ...

Microplastic particles can be found in the most remote corners of our planet. For some places, such as Arctic or Antarctic glaciers and ice sheets, atmospheric transport is the only conceivable ...

In Yellowstone National Park, birds primarily search for food in areas where wolves frequently hunt prey When a wolf pack runs down its prey, the first on the scene is often the raven. Even before the ...

A Europe-wide citizen science study reveals common buzzards are becoming more uniform in colour as intermediate-plumaged birds dominate at the expense of darker and lighter ones ...

Caught in action: A research team has revealed how the molecular copying machine of the influenza virus, termed FluPol, interacts with the human copying machinery inside the infected cell to steal the ...

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

MPG.PuRe is the institutional publication repository of the Max Planck Society (MPG). The Max Planck Institutes use this application to make bibliographic data of their academic publications (title, ...