Max Planck Society - Research Max Planck Society - Research News http://www.mpg.de/en en © 2010 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:39:37 +0100 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Max Planck Society - Research News* The Max Planck Society is Germany's most successful research organization. Since its establishment in 1948, no fewer than 17 Nobel laureates have emerged from the ranks of its scientists, putting it on a par with the best and most prestigious research institutions worldwide. The more than 13,000 publications each year in internationally renowned scientific journals are proof of the outstanding research work conducted at Max Planck Institutes – and many of those articles are among the most-cited publications in the relevant field. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Max-Planck-Gesellschaft webmaster@gv.mpg.de Tiny galaxy with a huge appetite For the first time, astronomers have caught a so-called dwarf galaxy in the process of swallowing another, even smaller galaxy. http://www.mpg.de/5023412/hungry_dwarf_galaxy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0100 Entire genome of extinct human decoded from fossil The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, has completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan, a representative of an Asian group of extinct humans related to Neandertals. http://www.mpg.de/5018269/denisovan_genome Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Sharp images from the living mouse brain Max Planck scientists in Göttingen have for the first time made finest details of nerve cells in the brain of a living mouse visible. http://www.mpg.de/5017138/sharp_images_mouse_brain Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 The discovery of deceleration Stellar astrophysics helps to explain the behaviour of fast rotating neutron stars in binary systems http://www.mpg.de/5011886/millisecond_pulsars Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Genetic information migrates from plant to plant Sexually incompatible species exchange chloroplast genomes at contact zones http://www.mpg.de/5010542/genetic_information_plants Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Available information on the free release of genetically modified insects into the wild is highly restricted Max Planck scientists analysing the release of genetically modified insects into the environment have found that the available scientific information can be misleading http://www.mpg.de/5007891/genetically_modified_insects Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Short-term memory is based on synchronized brain oscillations Scientists have now discovered how different brain regions cooperate during short-term memory http://www.mpg.de/5005704/brain_oscillations_memory Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 The first atomic X-ray laser A new perspective on the nanoworld: free-electron laser elicits extremely short and brilliant X-ray pulses from neon gas http://www.mpg.de/5004069/first_atomic_xray_laser Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Hot molecule explains cold chemistry Researchers shed light on the mystery surrounding energy-rich molecules in interstellar clouds http://www.mpg.de/5003925/hot_molecules Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Heart of silk Max Planck scientists use silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue http://www.mpg.de/5000944/heart_of_silk Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 New mechanistic insights into adaptive learning Associative learning leads to changes in the brains internal connectivity http://www.mpg.de/5000193/Insights_adaptive_learning Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 How cells dispose of their waste Max Planck researchers reveal the structure of the cellular protein degradation machinery http://www.mpg.de/4995342/26S_proteasome Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Bonobos‘ unusual success story Dominant males invest in friendly relationships with females http://www.mpg.de/4994603/Bonobos_testosterone Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 The chemistry of exploding stars Meteorite contains evidence of formation of sulfur molecules derived from the ejecta of a supernova explosion http://www.mpg.de/4992099/meteorite_murchison_supernova Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Pictures of food create feelings of hunger External stimuli control the hormonal regulation of our eating behaviour http://www.mpg.de/4990409/regulation_eating_behaviour Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 The fermented cereal beverage of the Sumerians may not have been beer 4000-year-old cuneiform writings from Mesopotamia tell us little about the brewing techniques used at the time http://www.mpg.de/4987500/sumerian_beer Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 The world's smallest magnetic data storage unit Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built a magnetic data storage unit that uses just twelve atoms per bit. http://www.mpg.de/4986668/worlds_smallest_magnetic_data_storage_unit Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Anti-malaria drug synthesised with the help of oxygen and light In future it should be possible to produce the best anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, more economically and in sufficient volumes for all patients http://www.mpg.de/4984709/artemisinin_malaria Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Genetic fingerprint reveals new efficient maize cultivars A computer model predicts the ability of different maize lines to produce high-yield offspring http://www.mpg.de/4777398/maize_genetic_fingerprint Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 Brain region can signal early-stage Alzheimer's and other dementias Early changes to the inferior frontal junction observed in early dementias http://www.mpg.de/4776048/brain_regions_alzheimer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100