Astronomers discover Beta Pictoris d, a faint gas giant exoplanet, expanding insights into planet formation in multi-planet ...

Democracy multiple crises: external threats from rising autocracies like China, and internal strains including political ...

The latest figures show that young people under the age of 16 are complying with Australia’s social media ban far less than ...

Social Media Social media, as a digital space, shapes the way we live together – with various effects on society as a whole and on each of us as individuals. Max Planck researchers are investigating ...

First high-resolution global exposure map shows about half of the excess deaths from ultrafine particle pollution are due to ...

Prima facie, the numbers are clear: Mothers and fathers generally live longer than the childless. The effect is particularly pronounced for adoptive parents: Adopting a child adds three years to the ...

Otto Hahn was born the son of master glazier and merchant Heinrich Hahn in Frankfurt am Main on 8 March 1879. The youngest of four brothers, whose father actually wanted him to be an architect, Hahn ...

When the Kaiser Wilhelm Society held its Annual General Meeting at Harnack House in summer 1931, a change that was to turn the status quo upside down awaited the guests. One of the three testimonial ...

Entering the postdoc phase requires distinguishing yourself through excellent research, impactful publications, and affiliations with leading institutes in your field. At the institute, you will ...

The Max Planck Society was founded February 26, 1948 in Göttingen as successor organisation of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society ...

For the purpose of advising and supporting its 85 institutes and research facilities the Max Planck Society maintains the Administrative Headquarters in Munich, where the offices of the President and ...