Newsroom – Category: Materials & Technology

Two simple antennas can protect computer hardware against physical manipulation more

Intelligent reflecting surfaces can protect sensible data against attacks by adversarial wireless sensing more

Incorporating various minerals in collagen puts these composite materials under stress and makes them particularly hard and strong more

In order to support people in therapy or in everyday life in the future, machines will have to be capable of feeling and gently touching their human counterparts. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker and her team at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart are currently developing the technology required for this objective and are already testing sensitive robots for initial applications. more

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2021 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year more

New method enables simple tritium labeling and could provide added value to the discovery and development of pharmaceuticals more

A surprisingly simple process enables the synthesis of ammonia under mild conditions more

The discovery that small organic molecules are excellent catalysts makes Ben List, Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, one of the pioneers of a new research field in chemistry. A portrait of the director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and 2021 Nobel laureate in chemistry. more

Benjamin List, Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung is honoured with the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on asymmetric catalysis. He shares the award with David MacMillan from Princeton University. more

Max Planck Director Robert Schlögl in an interview about green hydrogen and sustainable CO₂ recycling more