Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are extremely bright centers of galaxies. The “engines” driving their enormous energy output are ...

The Max Planck Institute of Biophysics is a leading international research institute that uses and develops biophysical, biochemical and computational methods to investigate the structure, dynamics ...

Ana J. García-Sáez is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics and Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society.

Frauke Gräter is a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer ...

Jenny Tung, born 1982 in Seaford, Delaware, United States, studied Evolutionary Biology at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. She received her Ph.D. at Duke University investigating the ...

The institutes differ greatly in their knowledge objectives and in their research methods. These range from interpretative, comparative procedures in law, history and the arts, to qualitative and ...

After migrating to their wintering grounds, the animals move as little as possible to conserve energy ...

On December 17, 2024, the Max Planck Society welcomed approximately 400 guests from politics, business, and society to its, ...

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 After modern humans left Africa, they met ...

The study of ancient DNA has greatly advanced our knowledge of human evolution, including the discovery of gene flow from Neandertals into the common ancestors of modern humans. Neandertals and modern ...

New observations with the James Webb Space Telescope no longer rule out the presence of an atmosphere around the Earth-sized rocky planet. However, a geologically active planet also explains the data.