Decoding Primate Curiosity: New Findings From the Indonesian Rainforest
New research provides unique insight into orangutan reactions to new experiences in the wild. Humans have an innate drive to explore the unknown. When faced…
New research provides unique insight into orangutan reactions to new experiences in the wild. Humans have an innate drive to explore the unknown. When faced…
Scientists used advanced sequencing technology to analyze Ötzi’s genome to obtain a more accurate picture of the Iceman’s appearance and genetic origins. Ötzi’s genome was…
An international team finds new single-crystalline oxide thin films with fast and dramatic changes in electrical properties via Li-ion intercalation through engineered ionic transport channels….
How one regulatory protein acts as a multi-tool of bacterial cell wall remodeling. For bacterial cells to grow and divide, their cell walls need continual…
A new model helps to understand the self-organization of molecules into living structures. One potential hypothesis for the emergence of life involves the self-assembling of…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute discovered a mechanism where the insulin superfamily of hormones, specifically IGF1 and IGF2, are locally produced and released by…
Topology has become a critical factor in the field of modern condensed matter physics and beyond. It explains the way solid materials may possess two…
New material concept eliminates the unwanted effects of impurities in organic light-emitting diodes. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have created a new molecule structure…
Linguistics and genetics combine to propose a new hybrid theory regarding the origin of the Indo-European languages. For over two centuries, the question of where…
An international research team shows that a newly discovered nematode species from the Pleistocene share a molecular toolkit for survival with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans….
A group of researchers from Kiel University and MPI-EB has identified genetic factors that the pathogen Yersinia pestis acquired during its recent evolution. This discovery…
The most accurate estimate yet has been provided by artificial intelligence and computer vision. Each year, a small forest in Zambia transforms into the site…
Scientists use the LOFAR telescope to observe low-frequency radio waves from satellites in large constellations for the first time. Scientists have used the Low Frequency…
A dynamic network within the nuclear envelope’s pores obstructs dangerous intruders. Tiny pores within the cell nucleus are crucial to healthy aging, as they safeguard…
Researchers confirm theory of quantum friction. Water and carbon make a quantum couple: the flow of water on a carbon surface is governed by an…
Scientists at the NOMAD Laboratory at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society have shed light on the microscopic mechanisms that determine thermal…
Collaborative efforts from teams at the MPI Institutes located in Dresden, Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main, and Göttingen have led to the first evidence of a…
New research has demonstrated that impaired myelin actively promotes disease-related changes in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease, an irreversible e type of dementia, is the most…