The Max Planck Society and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) have embarked on a groundbreaking initiative. On March 13, 2025, they signed an agreement through which the foundation will support an ...

Prof. Dr. Joachim Spatz, Direktor am MPI für medizinische Forschung, Dr. Simone Schwanitz, Generalsekretärin und Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer, Präsident der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Prof. Reinhold R. Geil ...

Eine Senke für Mikroplastik: Der Ozean gibt entgegen früherer Behauptungen weniger Mikroplastik in die Atmosphäre ab, als er aus ihr aufnimmt. Ergebnis einer Modellrechnung: 15 Prozent des gesamten in ...

Contrary to previous claims, the ocean releases less microplastics into the atmosphere than it absorbs from it and is therefore a sink for plastic particles. According to the results of a model ...

A weakening of the North Atlantic overturning circulation would cause the ocean to absorb less carbon dioxide - and this is associated with economic costs and the heating of the global climate continu ...

Das Projekt Polybot erhält 220.000 Euro für die Entwicklung eines intelligenten Ernte-Roboters zur Förderung nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft.

Federal President Steinmeier visits Chile's observatories threatened by industrial pollution, emphasizing the need for protection.

A woman's egg cells are already formed in her body before she is born. However, with increasing age, DNA damage accumulates in the cells. Researchers at the MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences ...

For the more than two billion women worldwide who experience menstrual cycles, these insights could revolutionize clinical approaches to female cardiovascular and mental health. “Historically, medical ...

Research at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology focuses on the interrelationships between the geosphere and human-made systems. One of the central topics is human-ecosystem dynamics, for which ...