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MaxPlanckResearch Focus: 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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The cosmos quakes

Albert Einstein predicted their existence in the last century, but thought it would be impossible to discover them. Astronomers are now looking for them, nevertheless: gravitational waves.

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MPG President Receives Medal of Honor

May 13, 2012

Peter Gruss receives the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in New York and sees it as recognition for the work of all MPG employees.

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Peter Hagoort awarded prestigious Academy Professor Prize

April 11, 2012

April 11, 2012

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First instrument for new space telescope JWST handed over to Nasa

May 09, 2012

Scientists of the Max Planck Institute of Astronomy in Heidelberg developed components for the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Employer of choice for scientists

May 08, 2012

Where would you like to work after you graduate? This was a question put to 23,000 German students in all semesters and disciplines at a total of 107 universities. According to the “Universum Student Survey 2012”, the Max Planck Society (MPG) is the favourite with scientists: a total of 32.9% of all students would like to work for Germany’s most successful research organisation, 20.4% at the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and 19.5% at Bayer. [more]
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Taï chimpanzees featured in Hollywood movie

April 26, 2012

The Disneynature production “Chimpanzee” provides us with a fascinating insight into the life of our next closest relatives, chimpanzees.

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Princeton Partnership in fusion research

March 30, 2012

The Max Planck Society is strengthening its commitment to the development of a sustainable energy supply and has joined forces with internationally renowned Princeton University to establish the Max Planck Princeton Research Center for Plasma Physics.

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