The costs of climate change

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What are the consequences of a weaker ocean current?

As the North Atlantic overturning circulation weakens, the ocean absorbs less carbon dioxide, causing the climate to warm even faster. This video explains how it happens. more

Climate in the spotlight

Researchers from various Max Planck Institutes are not only working to improve the accuracy of climate forecasts, but are also investigating how humanity can adapt to the consequences of climate change. Their efforts focus on developing strategies to mitigate climate impacts and limit global warming to manageable levels. more

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Validation order for AI-supported agriculture

March 10, 2025

Grant helps to take AI-based harvesting robot Polybot from research-phase to startup-phase

The satellite orbits the Earth in space, while glowing green gravitational waves can be seen in the background, spreading through the cosmos.

AI finds merging neutron stars in real time

March 05, 2025

Astronomy Astrophysics Gravitational Waves

Neural network registers gravitational wave signal from neutron star collisions early on and shows telescopes where to find the subsequent kilonova explosion in the sky

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Indian spacecraft Aditya-L1 observes solar flare

February 28, 2025

Astronomy Solar System

Just a few months after it was launched, the spacecraft observed one of the most violent flare eruptions on the sun – from its origin to its full release.

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Climate and transformation

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

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

Migration

The causes and consequences of human mobility and its history are central topics for research at Max Planck Institutes

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Decentering Transnationality. The Impact of Latin American Artists in Post-War Europe

from Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM to Mar 4, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

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Decentering Transnationality. The Impact of Latin American Artists in Post-War Europe

from Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM to Mar 4, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

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PhD Career Day 2025 at MPI Magdeburg

Mar 11, 2025 from 09:00 AM to 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural & Life Sciences – Dr. Lam-Ha Ly (IMPRS-CBSC alumna)

Mar 13, 2025 from 05:00 PM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Virtual Reality in Criminology and Criminal Justice – Current and Future Developments

Mar 20, 2025 from 09:45 AM to 06:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

OpenHouse | Spring 2025

Mar 27, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

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Career Perspectives with a PhD in Natural & Life Sciences – Dr. Lam-Ha Ly (IMPRS-CBSC alumna)

Mar 13, 2025 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

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Virtual Reality in Criminology and Criminal Justice – Current and Future Developments

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Max Planck Postdoc Program

The new Max Planck Postdoc Program offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities

Call for Applications 2025: Lise Meitner Research Groups

The MPG offers excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of science. Applications are possible until April 08^th, 2025.

Three Postdoctoral Scholars (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin

March 12, 2025

Lab-Manager (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne

March 11, 2025

Scientific Coordinator (m/f/d) | Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System project

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena

March 11, 2025

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Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science

Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society

MaxPlanckResearch 4/2024: Focus: Do I have a choice?

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology

March 11, 2025 Population Structure Shapes Evolution more

MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology

March 06, 2025 Hormones determine whether plants form partnerships with fungi more

MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology

March 05, 2025 First articulating leg of Paranthropus robustus discovered more

MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, et al.

February 27, 2025 Optical nanoscopy without the ON/OFF more

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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.

Unraveling Behavior

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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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