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The MPG offers junior researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Max Planck Research Group Leader in all areas of science. Application deadline is October 18, 2017.

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Iain Couzin and his colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology are using new observation techniques and technologies to reveal the mysterious mechanics of schooling fish.

 Secrets of schooling

Iain Couzin and his colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology are using new observation techniques and technologies to reveal the mysterious mechanics of schooling fish. [more]

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"Where did we come from?” is one of the fundamental questions of humankind. Archaeologists, anthropologists and geneticists are finding  more and more clues about where the first humans came from, how they spread throughout the world and how they lived.

The Roots of Humankind

"Where did we come from?” is one of the fundamental questions of humankind. Archaeologists, anthropologists and geneticists are finding  more and more clues about where the first humans came from, how they spread throughout the world and how they lived. [more]

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Three Schools selected for a five-year pilot phase

Concentrated excellence – first Max Planck Schools selected

September 06, 2017

Three Schools selected for a five-year pilot phase [more]

Want your question answered quickly? Use gestures as well as words

Study shows that conversation is faster when words are accompanied by gestures [more]
Steven Laureys and Giulio Tononi will be honoured for their research on sleep, coma and consciousness

K. J. Zülch Prize

September 04, 2017

Steven Laureys and Giulio Tononi will be honoured for their research on sleep, coma and consciousness [more]
The star that sustains life on Earth has no influence on the current global temperature increase

Earth's climate engine

August 22, 2017

The star that sustains life on Earth has no influence on the current global temperature increase [more]
New research by the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids shows a rare state of matter in which electrons in a superconducting crystal organize collectively.  The discovery could help scientists better understand exotic behaviours of electrons.

Physicists find strange state of matter in superconducting crystal

New research by the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids shows a rare state of matter in which electrons in a superconducting crystal organize collectively.  The discovery could help scientists better understand exotic behaviours of electrons.
The impact of the Cold War on geophysics and oceanography lies at the centre of Lino Camprubí's research. The Spanish postdoc, who has been researching in Berlin for three years, is currently investigating how submarine surveillance advanced marine acoustics. In an interview, he reports on what marine biologists have learned from this data.

The sound of the oceans

The impact of the Cold War on geophysics and oceanography lies at the centre of Lino Camprubí's research. The Spanish postdoc, who has been researching in Berlin for three years, is currently investigating how submarine surveillance advanced marine acoustics. In an interview, he reports on what marine biologists have learned from this data. [more]
 
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