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Brittle Fracture Mechanism breaks the Sound Barrier

November 13, 2003

Materials Sciences (M&T)

Materials scientists discover the conditions under which cracks can propagate supersonically in brittle solids more

Technological Breakthrough in Silicon Photonics

August 26, 2003

Max Planck scientist introduces a new method for the manufacture of silicon nanocrystals for optoelectronics and storage technology more

Black Holes and Galaxies - Missing Link discovered in our own Backyard

July 16, 2003

Surprising discovery of a German-American research team: black holes and their "host-galaxies" always grow in close connection more

Pulsating Chemistry

June 20, 2003

Researchers at the Fritz-Haber Institute in Berlin have recently discovered chemical-thermal-mechanical oscillations that show, indirectly, the rate of certain reactions. more

Are there Earth-like Planets near other Stars?

February 24, 2003

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg has organized the first international conference with the emphasis on the space missions "DARWIN" and "Terrestrial Planet Finder" more

Chaos in the Heart

January 30, 2003

Chaotic behavior in chemical reactions and heart fibrillation can be selectively influenced and suppressed more

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MaxPlanckResearch 2/2024: Focus: Law creates Freedom

The focus of this issue takes up the theme of the Science Year 2024 “Freedom”. How do laws and rules create freedom? In Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court watches over this in the last instance. Whether and how the highest court can be protected from anti-freedom and anti-democratic attacks is one of our topics. It is also about how the freedom of people who are existentially threatened by climate change can be secured - even if it is the freedom to seek refuge in other countries. Finally, we shed light on the extent to which Germany has benefited from the freedom that the EU has created, particularly with the single market, and how freedom and prosperity can be secured in the future.