The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
The Max Planck Society is Germany's premier, non-university research organization dedicated to fundamental research at 84 Max Planck Institutes.
Max Planck Institutes and Experts
There is no such thing as "the" Max Planck Institute. In fact, the Max Planck Society operates a number of research institutions in Germany as well as abroad. These Max Planck Institutes are independent and autonomous in the selection and conduct of …
Nobel Laureates | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Ferenc Krausz, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, together with Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, has been honoured with the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.The Nobel Committee is honouring the two reserachers for the foundation of attosecond physics. An attosecond is the billionth part of a billionth of a second.
Understanding the structure of the virus | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Jan 30, 2021 · Since the beginning of the pandemic, scientists worldwide have been working intensely to precisely characterise the novel SARS-CoV2 virus. Only by understanding in detail how the virus is constructed and how it replicates can targets for effective antiviral medications and vaccines be identified.
International Max Planck Research Schools
Currently, there are 68 IMPRS. The research schools are established by one or several Max Planck Institutes. However, these IMPRS work in close cooperation with universities and other – sometimes foreign – research institutions. This provides an extraordinary framework for the graduate students ...
Origins of the Black Death identified - Max Planck Society
Jun 15, 2022 · The Black Death, the biggest pandemic of our history, was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and lasted in Europe between the years 1346 and 1353. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive. Now, a multidisciplinary team of scientists have obtained and studied ancient Y. pestis genomes that trace the pandemic’s origins to ...
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Study the human brain and trying to unlock its secrets in the process. Scientists at the Institute study the human brain with non-invasive methods and gain fundamental insights by the study of less complex nerve systems: non-human primates, mice, tortoises, fish, and insects.
Plasma Physics | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
As the name suggests, plasma physics concerns the physical properties of plasmas. With increasing temperature, all materials are transformed successively from the solid, to liquid and then gaseous state. If the temperature is increased even more, a plasma is formed. Plasma is thus also described as the “fourth aggregate state of …
The human brain | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Sep 3, 2024 · The human brain is the most complicated organ that nature has ever created: 100 billion nerve cells and many more contact points between them provide our brain with capabilities that no supercomputer can match to this day. One of its most important characteristics is its ability to learn. But how can a collection of neurons learn anything in the first place?
Extremely precise measurement of the mass of an electron
Feb 26, 2014 · A team headed by K. Blaum and Ch. Keitel from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics has determined with extreme precision the mass of an electron in an experiment in a Penning trap. An accurate electron mass is of significance to physical constants and the standard model of physics.