Our research highlights 2024

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The year 2024 saw Max Planck scientists publishing exceptional research across disciplines. We have selected twelve highlights to share Our research highlights 2024

Orangutan treats wound with pain-relieving plant

Researchers observe a wild orangutan applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild animal more

First image of a star beyond the Milky Way

Astronomers have captured the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy. The colossal red supergiant WOH G64, 160,000 light-years away, lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud and appears on the verge of exploding as a supernova. more

Oldest modern human genomes sequenced

Genomes of seven early Europeans show they belonged to a small, isolated group that had recently mixed with Neandertals but left no present-day descendants more

News

Abstract, graphical representation of sperm cells swimming towards an egg cell

Rethinking fertility trends in developed countries

January 13, 2025
Study examines the link between human development and fertility in the United States
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Bat in tree

Bats surf storm fronts during continental migration

January 02, 2025
Behavioral Biology Biodiversity
Scientists use ultra-light sensors connected like cell phones to study how bats migrate over Europe
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A single step from ores to sustainable metals

A single step from ores to sustainable metals

January 02, 2025
Materials Sciences (M&T)
Metals and alloys can be extracted, mixed and processed in a single, energy-efficient step without CO2 emissions
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Topic Specials

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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Career

A first-class doctoral training

A first-class doctoral training

The International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) have been an integral part of our support for doctoral students since 2000, giving talented students the opportunity to do their doctorate under excellent conditions
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The Postdoc Phase: Springboard after the Doctorate

The Postdoc Phase: Springboard after the Doctorate

Completed your doctorate and looking to advance in science, business, or society—or start your own company? If excellent research is key to your goals, the Max Planck Society is the place for you.
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Job Offers

Student Helper (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
January 17, 2025

PhD Position & 4 Postdoc Positions (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle (Saale)
January 17, 2025

PhD position (m/f/d) | Time- and energy-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of aqueous solutions

Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin
January 17, 2025
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Publications


Talent Companion
Research is calling - We promote pioneers in science
75 years Max Planck Society
Annual Report 2023 of the Max Planck Society
Yearbook Highlights 2023
MaxPlanckResearch 3/2024: Focus: On Life and Survival
Living and working in Germany
Evaluation - The procedures of the Max Planck Society

From the Institutes


MPI of Psychiatry
Schizophrenia strikes the eye more
MPI for Chemical Ecology
Symbioses and gene transfer in leaf beetles more
MPI for Astronomy
Zooming in on a supermassive black hole in action more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Revealing hidden genetic ties more
MPI for Radio Astronomy
Radiation flare reveals processes around black hole at the center of the Milky Way more
MPI of Psychiatry
Early Life Stress Impacts Fear Responses Differently in Males and Females more
MPI of Animal Behavior
Icarus flies with new wings more
MPI for Infection Biology
Some frogs like it hot, others like it cold more
MPI for Human Development
How people make life's biggest decisions   more
MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deciphering relations between language families more
MPI for Gravitational Physics (Hannover)
Understanding mysterious magnetars and radio bursts with gravitational waves more
MPI for Biology Tübingen
Cancer therapy with protein design more
MPI of Biophysics
Cells dispose their waste with the help of a weak molecular interaction more
MPI for Molecular Biomedicine
Specialized vasculature: Hidden architects of long bone remodeling more
MPI for Astronomy
Extremely hungry black hole almost as old as the universe  more
MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, et al.
Step by step towards hydrogen more
MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
Cellular condensates come to light more
Max Planck Innovation
Max Planck Spin-off ArtemiFlow receives $5.8 million 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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Optogenetics | briefly explained

Optogenetics | briefly explained

Video
Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light. Optogenetics is a relatively new field that uses light to control genetically modified cells. It is based on light-activated membrane proteins, such as bacteriorhodopsin or channelrhodopsin, that are built into nerve cells.
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