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Ripples in space time (English subtitles)

Space and time are connected. This is why very heavy masses can stretch and compress space – creating so-called gravitational waves. This animation explains the phenomenon of the gravitational waves and how these distort the space-time.

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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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The technology company is supporting the research collaboration on AI initiated by the Max Planck Society

Amazon wants to join Cyber Valley

October 23, 2017

The technology company is supporting the research collaboration on AI initiated by the Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Institute for Physics commemorates its 100th anniversary

Tracking the smallest particles

October 09, 2017

The Max Planck Institute for Physics commemorates its 100th anniversary [more]
Congratulations from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and Hannover, and the Leibniz Universität Hannover

Nobel Prize awarded to gravitational wave researchers

October 03, 2017

Congratulations from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and Hannover, and the Leibniz Universität Hannover [more]
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena and the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are collaborating in a new Research Center devoted to the archaeological and scientific study of the ancient Mediterranean.

Shedding new light on the Ancient Mediterranean

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena and the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are collaborating in a new Research Center devoted to the archaeological and scientific study of the ancient Mediterranean. [more]
Thorsten Mauritsen from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology has worked out how much time we have left to reach the Paris climate goal

“Global warming doesn’t stop when the emissions stop”

October 03, 2017

Thorsten Mauritsen from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology has worked out how much time we have left to reach the Paris climate goal [more]
 
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