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Genetics . Medicine
“Human evolution has become multi-coloured”
August 31, 2012
An interview with Matthias Meyer from the Max Planck Institut of Evolutionary Anthropology about the new analyses of the Denisova genome [more]
Medicine
"We need more basic research in Africa"
March 23, 2012
The Max Planck Society, in cooperation with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is establishing a research group in Durban, South Africa [more]
Ecology . Plant Research
Barley genes against drought
November 08, 2010
With many regions of the world becoming more arid as a result of the climate change, the crop yield also decreases. New types of crops should therefore be more resistant to aridity.
[more]Climate Research . Ecology
Agriculture is plowing up the climate
February 15, 2010
Since the earliest beginnings of agriculture and livestock farming, humanity has been transforming areas of natural vegetation into cropland and pastures. However, the vegetation covering the continents influences our climate in a variety of ways. [more]
