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Climate Research
The tower in the Taiga
April 08, 2013
High-precision measurement technology and a steel construction nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower are allowing scientists in Siberia to gain an ever greater understanding of climate change. The research of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry with ZOTTO would be inconceivable without Russian partners. [more]
Climate Research
The tower of Gobabeb
February 19, 2013
Scientists from the Jena-based Max Planck Institute establish an outpost of climate research in the Namibian desert [more]
Chemistry . Medicine
Biology-oriented synthesis (BIOS) – cancer drugs based on natural models
February 27, 2012
Max Planck researchers develop methods to simplify the search for effective substances and their synthesis [more]
Climate Research . Earth Sciences
“Climate change mitigation through the freeloader effect”
November 29, 2011
An interview with Jochem Marotzke about the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban. [more]
Climate Research . Earth Sciences
The fate of the big rain
September 23, 2011
Max Planck researcher are investigating the interplay of dry season and monsoon in India and the future outlook for water resource availability [more]
Chemistry . Climate Research
Breathless in the Megacity
September 22, 2011
Together with an Indian Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Bhola Ram Gurjar is analyzing the pollution in Indian megacities and how badly it is affecting the health of city dwellers. [more]
Ecology . Microbiology
Oil degradation without oxygen
December 15, 2010
Some bacteria do not require oxygen to degrade crude oil. They can survive even deep within the ocean's sedimentary layers [more]
Cell Biology . Plant Research . Structural Biology
Chaperones fold Rubisco
August 01, 2010
Rubisco binds carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. Now researchers have revealed how the protein is formed [more]
