Wir, das Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, sind eines von 85 Instituten und Forschungsstellen der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V. Unser Schwerpunkt ...

Who isn’t familiar with the colorful coral reefs from movies like “Finding Nemo” or “The Little Mermaid”? Unfortunately, the reality is often quite different, as these vital ecosystems are under ...

A four-year randomized controlled trial tested whether unconditional cash transfers to low-income mothers could alter biological indicators of aging in them and their children. In the Baby's First ...

Wassertropfen, die über Kunststoff- oder Blattoberflächen gleiten, laden sich elektrisch auf. Geladene Tropfen können Beschichtungen wie etwa Lacke und darunterliegende Metalle schädigen. Das ...

“Until now, we knew that suppressed anger has the greatest effect on the intensification of pain experiences in patients with chronic pain. That’s why we wanted to investigate whether the experience ...

A new study documents a set of fossil footprints preserving a snapshot of “fossil behavior” from an ancient hominin group along a lakeshore in northern Kenya around 1.4 million years ago. An ...

Fewer languages before agriculture: The researchers estimate that between approximately 4,500 and 6,200 languages were spoken at the beginning of the Holocene, around 12,000 years ago - probably fewer ...

Every year, an estimated 1.99 million people worldwide die prematurely as a result of air pollution caused by ultrafine particulate matter — particles smaller than 100 nanometers. About half of these ...

A new ancient DNA study provides evidence that political power among Scythian elites may have been inherited through family lineages that extended across multiple burial sites. By combining ...

Galaxy of enduring brightness: An international team led by Stefanie Komossa of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy studied a galaxy that has been shining exceptionally brightly in radio ...

For the first time, scientists have shown that ancient human DNA can survive for thousands of years on cave walls, opening new ways to study prehistoric human activity. This interdisciplinary study ...