Newsroom – Category: Biology & Medicine

Max Planck Researcher team identifies an important self-defence mechanism in the brain on the basis of cannabinoid receptors more

Max Planck scientists show that female promiscuity can reduce the negative consequences of inbreeding in socially monogamous birds. more

German and Guatemalan researchers discover new mechanisms for ultraviolet vision in mammals more

Evolution of bacterial cooperation observed in laboratory first-hand by Max Planck scientists more

A team of German and US scientists demonstrates that development and growth of plants is controlled by tiny pieces of RNAs more

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg map forces that help cells divide more

Max Planck scientists have discovered the elusive channel that converts mechanical energy into electrical signals in sensory hair cells more

Max-Planck scientists show that prehistoric human migrations are reflected by the global population structure of Helicobacter pylori. more

Chaotic behavior in chemical reactions and heart fibrillation can be selectively influenced and suppressed more

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences and from the University of Washington reveal in a recent paper in PNAS that evolving faster, adapting better, and learning more quickly is not always beneficial for a species. more