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MPR 1 /2002
MPR 1 /2002
Viewpoint
The attacks in the USA on the 11th of September breathed new life into the debate about money laundering in Germany, as elsewhere.
Physics & Astronomy
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to one German and two American physicists for their pioneering work on
"Bose-Einstein Condensation".
"Bose-Einstein Condensation".
In celebration of Theodor W. Hänsch’s 60th birthday,
the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Ludwigmaximilians University (LMU) invited guests to Munich
for a special symposium.
the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Ludwigmaximilians University (LMU) invited guests to Munich
for a special symposium.
Richard Wielebinski, Director of the MPI for Radio Astronomy is one of the world’s leading experts on cosmic magnetic fields.
Biology & Medicine
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, Nikos K.
Logothetis of the MPI for Biological Cybernetics examines
the brain as it thinks.
Logothetis of the MPI for Biological Cybernetics examines
the brain as it thinks.
Environment & Climate
Researchers from the MPI for Chemistry have analysed which processes occur in the tropical rain forest in Brazil and how the "green lung" affects climate.
Ulrich Cubasch of the MPI for Meteorology describes how sun, man and climate interact under the heading "First-hand Knowledge".
Culture & Society
Speech only works because of certain probabilities and rules understood equally by both speaker and listener. Only with the help of this underlying pattern can man combine individual sounds into words and thereby identify the meaning.
Core operations in normal speech production are the accessing
of words in memory that appropriately express the intended message, and the preparation of each word retrieved for articulation.
of words in memory that appropriately express the intended message, and the preparation of each word retrieved for articulation.
Silvia Tellenbach from the MPI for Foreign and International Criminal Law investigates the different legal systems in Islamic states.
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