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 33 communities across 15 countries, both children and adults generally agree that animals can think and feel, but that ...

Research highlights 2025: the year 2025 saw Max Planck scientists publishing exceptional research across disciplines. We have selected twelve highlights to share.

The Max Planck Society offers all employees Max Planck-wide, target-group-specific opportunities for further training and personal career development. Whether special welcome and support offers for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Henry Molaison, known widely as H.M., is a famous name in memory research. Large parts of the American‘s hippocampus – the region of the brain that is a major element in learning and memory processes ...