Complex Systems (Physics and Astrophysics)

Convection of salty water creates hexagonal patterns more

A new model that describes the organization of organisms could lead to a better understanding of biological processes more

How fast the development from assisted to fully automated vehicles will progress is uncertain. One crucial factor here is the reliability with which a vehicle can navigate in its surroundings and react to unforeseeable incidents. Our group at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems showed that methods for motion analysis based on deep neural networks – likely components in future autonomous vehicles – can be confused by small patterns designed to “attack” these networks. more

Heinrich H. Bülthoff, retired director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, talks about personal aviation and urban air mobility more

Heart researchers in Göttingen develop a new, promising imaging technique for cardiac arrhythmias more

Soft materials that can use magnetic fields to generate desired time-varying shapes could provide an engine for microswimmers more

Droplets on a microfluidic chip can be controlled so precisely that they become a musical instrument more

Gerhard Rempe, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, uses single atoms to study the interaction between light and matter at the most elementary level. more

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization discover how the size of networks can skyrocket more