Mathematics

The director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics is the first German researcher to receive this prestigious mathematics prize more

How Political Narratives are distributed on Twitter/X more

Gaitsgory, director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, receives the award in recognition of his “foundational works and numerous breakthrough contributions to the geometric Langlands program and its quantum version; in particular, the development of the derived algebraic geometry approach and the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture in characteristic 0”. more

In both ancient Roman and modern cities, population size and the wealth of the elites are related more

Geordie Williamson receives the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2024, and Max Planck-Humboldt Medals go to Laura Waller and Torsten Hoefler more

Coupling two approaches of game theory can shed light on how moral norms evolve more

In the long term, contact restrictions can be lifted more quickly if younger people are immunized first more

If the case numbers are low, contact restrictions can be relaxed relatively quickly in the course of the vaccination campaign more

Mathematical metrics reveal market instabilities more

Using COVID-19 as an example, a machine learning method predicts patients' individual mortality risk more

In 2025, four new female directors were appointed to Max Planck Institutes more

A look back at a year of research with many highlights more

The idea that black holes exist dates back to the 18th century more

Particular sounds are preferred or avoided in non-related languages far more often than previously assumed more

A mathematical model explains how popping cress catapults its seeds into the air more

A new learning rule could help robots to acquire new movements and explain how people develop sensorimotor intelligence more

Languages with a wide range of tone pitches have primarily developed in regions with high levels of humidity more

How the mathematics professor Galileo became a passionate telescope builder and enthusiastic sky watcher more

Numerical calculations by scientists at the AEI give an initial insight into the relativistic properties of this mysterious process more

A new computer model rapidly and accurately estimates who spreads an infection particularly extensively, thereby facilitating countermeasures more