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MaxPlanckResearch Symbiosis

If dissimilar couples enter into a union for life, the relationship doesn't necessarily have to fail. On the contrary: such partnerships have decisively shaped the evolution of our planet. Max Planck researchers are examining symbioses in animals and plants and keep discovering fascinating details. Bacteria, for example, produce protective antibiotics for insect larvae or help deep sea muscle in the provision of energy.

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Chemistry

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Probability of contamination from severe nuclear reactor accidents is higher than expected

May 22, 2012

Western Europe has the worldwide highest risk of radioactive contamination caused by major reactor accidents [more]

Developmental Biology . Neurosciences

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The living fossils of brain evolution

May 22, 2012

Göttingen scientists reconstruct a radical change during the evolution of the brain [more]

Medicine

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G protein-coupled receptor mediates the action of castor oil

May 21, 2012

Action mechanism of one of the oldest drugs known to man elucidated [more]

Neurosciences

Rare neurons discovered in monkey brains

May 21, 2012

Max Planck scientists discover brain cells in monkeys that may be linked to self-awareness and empathy in humans [more]

Cell Biology . Infection Biology . Structural Biology

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Zooming in on bacterial weapons in 3D

May 21, 2012

Max Planck scientists decipher the structure of bacterial injection needles at atomic resolution [more]

Genetics

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New details about gene regulation explained

May 19, 2012

The transcription factor P-TEFb regulates RNA polymerase based on an unexpected pattern [more]

Material Sciences

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A crowning success for crayfish

May 18, 2012

Australian freshwater crayfish have a tooth enamel very similar to humans [more]

Astrophysics

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Fuel for the Black Hole

May 18, 2012

First investigations with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer reveal the dust torus around the black hole in a galactic nucleus [more]

 
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