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In a dense forest, an adult chimpanzee sits on a tree trunk with a young chimpanzee beside it, surrounded by vibrant green foliage and tall trees.

The origins of language

May 09, 2025
Language
Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language
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Illustration of a pair of twins. In front of each twin is a circle with a drawing of bacteria, a representation of a brain, and a mouse. The person on the right looks happy, the bacteria are bluish, and the mouse is running with its eyes open. The person on the left looks unhappy, the bacteria are more pink in color. There are pink spots in the brain, and the mouse is lying down with its eyes closed.

Multiple sclerosis: Triggers in the gut flora

May 07, 2025
Medicine Microbiology (B&M)
Study of twins detects bacteria in the small intestine that play a role in the development of MS
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Two parakeets

More social parrots have a better vocabulary

May 07, 2025
Behavioral Biology
How social networks shape the vocal diversity of monk parakeets
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Climate and transformation

Climate and transformation

In addition to climate forecasts, the consequences of climate change are increasingly becoming the focus of research at Max Planck Institutes
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The brain

The brain

The human brain is the most complex organ that nature has ever produced: 100 billion nerve cells and many times more contact points give it capabilities that no supercomputer can match
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Migration

Migration

The causes and consequences of human mobility and its history are central topics for research at Max Planck Institutes
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MPI of Molecular Physiology
Promising Parkinson's drug decoded more
MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids
Superconducting nanostructures in 3D  more
MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
New method for predicting plant traits for higher yields more
MPI of Psychiatry
Early Life Stress Can Build Resilience in Females more
MPI of Biophysics
Necroptosis Regulation: Balancing Life and Death more
MPI for Human Development
Verbal fluency in old age is an indicator of higher life expectancy more
MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Metabolism shapes life more
MPI for Evolutionary Biology
Players Can Succeed with Less Memory in Game Settings more
MPI for Evolutionary Biology
New Study Calls for a Rethink of Cooperation in Biology more
MPI for Plant Breeding Research
A New Tool for Parsing the ‘Metabolic Dialogue’ Between Microorganisms more
MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
From one to the right more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Animal behavioral diversity at risk in the face of declining biodiversity more
MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Healing a broken heart more
MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Starting signal for cell division more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Modelling the demography of agricultural transitions more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Chimpanzees understand material properties more
MPI of Biochemistry
Cracking the Code of Protein Degradation more
MPI for Physics
Turbo for cosmic jets more

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Innovative training programmes for Phd students

Talented German and foreign junior scientists are offered the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent research conditions
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Max Planck Postdoc Program

Max Planck Postdoc Program

The new Max Planck Postdoc Program offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities
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PhD Student (m/f/d) | Neural Information Flow and Genetics of Behavior

Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior - caesar, Bonn
May 15, 2025

PhD student (m/f/d) | In situ studies of the activation and adsorption processes of industrially relevant zeolites

Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
May 14, 2025

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Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Greifswald), Greifswald
May 14, 2025
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Unraveling Behavior

Unraveling Behavior

Podcast
A science podcast about the patterns driving human judgment and decision making. In each episode,  Ana Sofia Morais sits down with a researcher to explore how people make decisions, how they handle risk, and how our surroundings and the online world shape our behavior.
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Cell droplet research

Cell droplet research

Video
A new hope for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. A film about the research of Anthony Hyman, who was awared the Koerber Prize 2022 and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2023.
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Flight and Trauma

Flight and Trauma

Video
Traumatic experiences from fleeing war zones can lead to distressing symptoms, which impair everyday life. Now with Ukranian sub-titles.
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Optogenetics | briefly explained

Optogenetics | briefly explained

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Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light. Optogenetics is a relatively new field that uses light to control genetically modified cells. It is based on light-activated membrane proteins, such as bacteriorhodopsin or channelrhodopsin, that are built into nerve cells.
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