How Daylight Saving Time affects our bodies

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On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the clocks in Germany will spring forward for daylight saving time. As we all adjust our watches, phones, and computers, what does this shift really do to our bodies? Experts from three different Max Planck Institutes shed light on this question. This picture shows a woman lying in bed, stretching and yawning, apparently struggling to wake up and get out of bed.

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Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg.

‘I’m at a total loss for words at how hostility toward science has escalated in the U.S.’

March 18, 2025
Climate
Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology,  shares his assessment of what the Trump administration's policies mean for his American colleagues and national and international climate research
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A beach polluted with plastic waste, the sky is overcast.

The oceans remove microplastics from the air

March 12, 2025
Chemie (U&K) Ecology (E&C)
Contrary to previous claims, the ocean absorbs more microplastics from the atmosphere than it releases into it
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Yellow robot arm in a laboratory with artificial plants on the floor.

Validation order for AI-supported agriculture

March 10, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Computer Science
Grant helps to take AI-based harvesting robot Polybot from research-phase to startup-phase
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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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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)

Demystifying AI Interpretability

Mar 28, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

Upcoming Events

Demystifying AI Interpretability

Mar 28, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

ESG Intermediaries and Corporate Sustainability Convergence

Apr 8, 2025 05:00 PM - 06:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
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Corals as a dumping ground? What research says about the threat of microplastics?

Apr 10, 2025 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, Room: Hermann-Staudinger-Hörsaal
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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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Call for Applications 2025: Lise Meitner Research Groups

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 08th, 2025. 
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Postdoc Position(s)

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
March 28, 2025

Electronics Engineer (f/m/d) | Satellite Instrumentation (Project NewAthena WFI)

Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching
March 28, 2025

PhD Student (f/m/d) | Theory and Methods for Non-equilibrium Theory and Atomistic Simulations of Complex Biomolecule

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
March 27, 2025
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Talent Companion
Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
Image brochure - Max Planck Society
Yearbook Highlights 2023
MaxPlanckResearch 4/2024: Focus: Do I have a choice?

From the Institutes


MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Chimpanzees understand material properties more
MPI of Biochemistry
Cracking the Code of Protein Degradation more
MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology
Structure of the glycocalyx more
MPI for Plant Breeding Research
The Role of the Casparian Strip in Nitrogen Fixation more

Multimedia


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

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