HOME Contact Press Office Links Site Map FAQs RSS Deutsch   Quickfinder Events Calendar Help guests scientists Institutes Job Opportunities MaxPlanckResearch Max Planck Research Group MPS Statutes President Presidential Commiss. Research Schools About the Society Institutes, Projects and Facilities Research Fields Research Results Documentation, Events, Multimedia Resources and Cooperation Career Opportunities News and Updates   News     Publications     Job Offers     Events   The Max Planck Society is searching for the head of a Paul Gerson Unna Research Group in Shanghai, China Scientists can apply for this position in the area of "molecular biology of the ageing skin" [more] Great tits: birds with character February 9th, 2010 Gene variation is the reason that some great tit populations are more curious than others [more] PDF [173 KB] Axel Ullrich honored with Israeli Wolf Prize February 4th, 2010 Axel Ullrich is the winner of the Wolf Prize in Medicine 2010, which is endowed with 100.000 dollar [more] Cell growth regulates genetic circuits January 29th, 2010 Max Planck researchers discover an explanation for different growth rates of genetically identically cells [more] PDF [153 KB] Max Planck Society steps up cooperation with India January 29th, 2010 On February 3, 2010, the Indo-German Max Planck Center for Computer Science in Delhi will take up its work [more] PDF [101 KB] The roots of food security January 27th, 2010 Max Planck scientists discovered how certain hormones control aspects of root branching in plants [more] PDF [183 KB] Where droplets gently touch a membrane January 27th, 2010 Max Planck researchers explain the shape of membrane vesicles containing two different fluids [more] PDF [186 KB] Diamond in space January 26th, 2010 Researchers use the OSIRIS camera aboard the Rosetta space probe to reveal the shape of the Steins planetoid [more] PDF [154 KB] Changing flowering times protect tobacco plants against insect herbivory January 21st, 2010 Messenger molecule in oral secretions of herbivorous insects changes flower opening time of their host plants [more] PDF [181 KB] New strategies in the fight against influenza January 21st, 2010 Scientists in Berlin have now identified new starting points for the treatment of influenza [more] PDF [179 KB] Organized chaos gets robots going January 17th, 2010 An autonomous walking robot switches flexibly between many different gaits by using "chaos control" [more] PDF [162 KB] Press Releases Here are the English press releases stemming from the Max Planck Society and its Institutes. Print version   Top © 2010, Max Planck Society, Munich Imprint