Newsroom – Category: Materials & Technology

A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer more

Sylvie Roke from the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart developed an optical method to investigate the surface structure of cells and emulsion droplets. The scattering of light discloses the surface structure and the size and shape of particles. more

Computing power is emerging as an indispensable weapon for scientists engaged in the fight against influenza. more

Information field theory enables scienctists to look into places where their measuring instruments are blind more

In order to effectively fight pathogens, even at remote areas of the human body, immune cells have to move quickly and in a flexible manner more

Max Planck chemists are using a simple method to convert methane to methanol - something that has the potential to exploit previously unused reserves of natural gas. more

Fine metal hairs, also called metal whiskers, on tin-plated copper cause short circuits in electronic components more

Max Planck scientists develop model to improve computer language recognition more

A computer program points the way to new candidate agents more

Two processes can be used to control the size of nanoparticles, which could serve as tiny light sources more