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Happy #AdaLovelaceDay! 😊A day to celebrate the achievements of #WomenInStem, named for the brilliant computing pioneer & 'metaphysician' Ada Lovelace, whose vision saw machines not just calculating numbers, but composing music, drawing images & creating art - a full century before computers existed!
October 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Happy #AdaLovelaceDay! 😊A day to celebrate the achievements of #WomenInStem, named for the brilliant computing pioneer & 'metaphysician' Ada Lovelace, whose vision saw machines not just calculating numbers, but composing music, drawing images & creating art - a full century before computers existed!
Polizeianwärterinnen und -anwärter starten idealistisch ins erste Ausbildungsjahr, dann schleicht sich schnell Frust ein. Woran liegt das? Wie lässt sich das verhindern? Dem sind Freiburger Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler auf den Grund gegangen. www.mpg.de/27014445/goo... #Polizei
Good-bye Idealismus, hello Frust?
Polizeianwärter verlieren im ersten Ausbildungsjahr deutlich an Vertrauen und entwickeln stärkere hierarchische Einstellungen.
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October 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Polizeianwärterinnen und -anwärter starten idealistisch ins erste Ausbildungsjahr, dann schleicht sich schnell Frust ein. Woran liegt das? Wie lässt sich das verhindern? Dem sind Freiburger Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler auf den Grund gegangen. www.mpg.de/27014445/goo... #Polizei
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Can gut microbes and diet influence fever after vaccination?
Dr. Kelsey Huus, now at the University of Ottawa, discusses on CBC Radio her recent Science paper on research conducted in the Microbiome Science Dept. at MPI-Bio.
🎧 Listen: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
#Microbiome #Vaccination #MaxPlanck
Dr. Kelsey Huus, now at the University of Ottawa, discusses on CBC Radio her recent Science paper on research conducted in the Microbiome Science Dept. at MPI-Bio.
🎧 Listen: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
#Microbiome #Vaccination #MaxPlanck
October 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Can gut microbes and diet influence fever after vaccination?
Dr. Kelsey Huus, now at the University of Ottawa, discusses on CBC Radio her recent Science paper on research conducted in the Microbiome Science Dept. at MPI-Bio.
🎧 Listen: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
#Microbiome #Vaccination #MaxPlanck
Dr. Kelsey Huus, now at the University of Ottawa, discusses on CBC Radio her recent Science paper on research conducted in the Microbiome Science Dept. at MPI-Bio.
🎧 Listen: www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
#Microbiome #Vaccination #MaxPlanck
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Today's #WHS2026 livestream: AI in Biomedicine and Health: Balancing Innovation and Integrity, co-hosted @maxplanck.de.
With MPS Vice President Christian Doeller @doellerlab.bsky.social and our Director Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social.
🕓 16:00–17:30 CEST
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With MPS Vice President Christian Doeller @doellerlab.bsky.social and our Director Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social.
🕓 16:00–17:30 CEST
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AI in Biomedicine and Health: Balancing Innovation and Integrity | GHL 13 | WHS 2026
YouTube video by World Health Summit
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October 12, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Today's #WHS2026 livestream: AI in Biomedicine and Health: Balancing Innovation and Integrity, co-hosted @maxplanck.de.
With MPS Vice President Christian Doeller @doellerlab.bsky.social and our Director Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social.
🕓 16:00–17:30 CEST
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK-d...
With MPS Vice President Christian Doeller @doellerlab.bsky.social and our Director Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social.
🕓 16:00–17:30 CEST
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK-d...
While the brilliant Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was nominated for the #NobelPrize 49 times – 30 x for Physics & 19 x for Chemistry – she was famously snubbed. Yet her legacy lies not in a medal: in solving the puzzle of #nuclearFission, she fundamentally changed our understanding of matter & energy.
October 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
While the brilliant Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was nominated for the #NobelPrize 49 times – 30 x for Physics & 19 x for Chemistry – she was famously snubbed. Yet her legacy lies not in a medal: in solving the puzzle of #nuclearFission, she fundamentally changed our understanding of matter & energy.
A rare cosmic tipple! 🥂😉For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a rare form of the organic alcohol #methanol in space. Intriguingly, the molecule is far more abundant than current models predict - a sign there’s still a secret ingredient in cosmic chemistry we’ve yet to uncover!🔭🌟
First detection of heavy methanol in space
A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy has, for the first time, detected fully deuterated methanol (CD3OD) in space, specifically around the protostar IRAS4A2 in the Perseus...
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October 9, 2026 at 8:02 AM
A rare cosmic tipple! 🥂😉For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a rare form of the organic alcohol #methanol in space. Intriguingly, the molecule is far more abundant than current models predict - a sign there’s still a secret ingredient in cosmic chemistry we’ve yet to uncover!🔭🌟
Let's hear it for orangutan moms! 🥰A 15-year study suggests that wild Bornean #orangutan mothers go out of their way to arrange playdates for their young, even travelling further to seek out age-appropriate playmates - highlighting the vital role of social play in solitary species.
Orangutan mothers seek out playmates for young
Mothers of the most solitary great ape plan and structure playdates, even when it comes at a cost
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October 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Let's hear it for orangutan moms! 🥰A 15-year study suggests that wild Bornean #orangutan mothers go out of their way to arrange playdates for their young, even travelling further to seek out age-appropriate playmates - highlighting the vital role of social play in solitary species.
Since the #Medicine #NobelPrize on Monday, everyone's been talking about #optogenetics. So...opto-what? 😂If you're curious what all the fuss is about, here's a short video to shed some light (tee-hee 😉) on it!
October 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Since the #Medicine #NobelPrize on Monday, everyone's been talking about #optogenetics. So...opto-what? 😂If you're curious what all the fuss is about, here's a short video to shed some light (tee-hee 😉) on it!
"They made chemistry choose a mirror image" : the 2026 #NobelPrize in #Chemistry is jointly awarded to Henri B. Kagan, Université Paris-Sud, France, and Kenso Soai, Tokyo University of Science, Japan. Congratulations to the winners! 🎉
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
More to follow.
More to follow.
October 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
"They made chemistry choose a mirror image" : the 2026 #NobelPrize in #Chemistry is jointly awarded to Henri B. Kagan, Université Paris-Sud, France, and Kenso Soai, Tokyo University of Science, Japan. Congratulations to the winners! 🎉
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Marie Skłodowska Curie received the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and her daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
They made history as the only mother and daughter to each receive a Nobel Prize.
We will soon be announcing the 2026 chemistry prize. Stay tuned!
They made history as the only mother and daughter to each receive a Nobel Prize.
We will soon be announcing the 2026 chemistry prize. Stay tuned!
October 7, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Marie Skłodowska Curie received the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and her daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
They made history as the only mother and daughter to each receive a Nobel Prize.
We will soon be announcing the 2026 chemistry prize. Stay tuned!
They made history as the only mother and daughter to each receive a Nobel Prize.
We will soon be announcing the 2026 chemistry prize. Stay tuned!
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
More to follow.
More to follow.
October 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
More to follow.
More to follow.
Two of the 2026 #Medicine #NobelPrize winners, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel, made their prize‑winning discoveries during their time at Max Planck Institutes: our warmest congratulations! 🎉(and yes, we’re feeling just a tiny bit 'nobel' today, too!😉) @mpibiochem.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
Congratulations to Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The two former Max Planck researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 for their discovery of light-sensitive ion channels, which e...
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October 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Two of the 2026 #Medicine #NobelPrize winners, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel, made their prize‑winning discoveries during their time at Max Planck Institutes: our warmest congratulations! 🎉(and yes, we’re feeling just a tiny bit 'nobel' today, too!😉) @mpibiochem.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine! 🎉They are Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel, who were honoured for developing #optogenetics - techniques for controlling genes with light.
October 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine! 🎉They are Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel, who were honoured for developing #optogenetics - techniques for controlling genes with light.
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WATCH LIVE: Join us for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine announcement.
Hear the breaking news first – see the live coverage from 11:30 CEST.
Where are you watching from?
#NobelPrize
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Hear the breaking news first – see the live coverage from 11:30 CEST.
Where are you watching from?
#NobelPrize
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Announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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October 5, 2026 at 9:17 AM
WATCH LIVE: Join us for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine announcement.
Hear the breaking news first – see the live coverage from 11:30 CEST.
Where are you watching from?
#NobelPrize
youtube.com/live/qGPpW0h...
Hear the breaking news first – see the live coverage from 11:30 CEST.
Where are you watching from?
#NobelPrize
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More than 35 years after German reunification, a substantial economic gap between East & West remains. A research project led by economist & Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award winner Ufuk Akcigit uses GDR & Treuhand data to reveal why - & what policymakers can do to help close it.
The long road to economic reunification
Economist Ufuk Akcigit from the University of Chicago was awarded the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Prize in 2019. Drawing on an analysis of documents from the former GDR and the Treuhandanstalt, he is...
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October 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
More than 35 years after German reunification, a substantial economic gap between East & West remains. A research project led by economist & Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award winner Ufuk Akcigit uses GDR & Treuhand data to reveal why - & what policymakers can do to help close it.
New debate over the #Anthropocene: Agriculture, cities and industry are transforming the Earth. But does human influence justify defining a new geological epoch?
October 2, 2026 at 5:53 AM
New debate over the #Anthropocene: Agriculture, cities and industry are transforming the Earth. But does human influence justify defining a new geological epoch?
#Coral lullabies: researchers test a system in Dominica that plays sounds of a healthy #reef to help corals grow. 🥰
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ElNiño @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ElNiño @nature.com
The super El Niño is cooking coral reefs — can lullabies and probiotics save them?
Researchers are trying everything they can to help coral reefs to survive severe heat stress from climate change, including playing sounds underwater.
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October 1, 2026 at 9:34 AM
#Coral lullabies: researchers test a system in Dominica that plays sounds of a healthy #reef to help corals grow. 🥰
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ElNiño @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ElNiño @nature.com
#Schlaf längst zum Gegenstand einer Optimierungsindustrie geworden: Apps, Tracker und Ratgeber versprechen uns, besser zu schlafen. Doch die ständige Beschäftigung damit kann laut Julia Vorhölter selbst zum Problem werden. Wie, erklärt sie in diesem Podcast 🎧 detektor.fm/wissen/ach-m... #Orthosomnie
Was sagt unser Schlaf über unsere Gesellschaft aus, Julia Vorhölter?
Die Ethnologin Julia Vorhölter erforscht, wie Kultur, Gesellschaft und Medizin unsere Vorstellungen vom Schlaf prägen.
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September 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM
#Schlaf längst zum Gegenstand einer Optimierungsindustrie geworden: Apps, Tracker und Ratgeber versprechen uns, besser zu schlafen. Doch die ständige Beschäftigung damit kann laut Julia Vorhölter selbst zum Problem werden. Wie, erklärt sie in diesem Podcast 🎧 detektor.fm/wissen/ach-m... #Orthosomnie
Der lange Weg zur wirtschaftlichen #Wiedervereinigung: Der Ökonom Ufuk Akcigit hat Daten aus #DDR und #Treuhandanstalt analysiert und zeigt, wie frühere Wirtschaftsstrukturen die Produktivität bis heute prägen. www.mpg.de/27006240 #DeutscheEinheit @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social @iwh-halle.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Der lange Weg zur wirtschaftlichen #Wiedervereinigung: Der Ökonom Ufuk Akcigit hat Daten aus #DDR und #Treuhandanstalt analysiert und zeigt, wie frühere Wirtschaftsstrukturen die Produktivität bis heute prägen. www.mpg.de/27006240 #DeutscheEinheit @mpisocialanthro.bsky.social @iwh-halle.bsky.social
Tracking researchers in #Ukraine through war and armed conflict: the limits of free scholarly mobility. A new study @mpidr.bsky.social shows the impact of #war on researchers' movement within and beyond Ukraine -> www.mpg.de/27002509/tra... #ScienceatRisk
September 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Tracking researchers in #Ukraine through war and armed conflict: the limits of free scholarly mobility. A new study @mpidr.bsky.social shows the impact of #war on researchers' movement within and beyond Ukraine -> www.mpg.de/27002509/tra... #ScienceatRisk
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2022 medicine laureate Svante Pääbo made a splash when his colleagues at Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany threw him into a pond, a tradition usually reserved for new PhDs.
In October, we'll learn who has been awarded the 2026 medicine prize. Stay tuned.
Video Credit: © Benjamin Vernot
In October, we'll learn who has been awarded the 2026 medicine prize. Stay tuned.
Video Credit: © Benjamin Vernot
September 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM
2022 medicine laureate Svante Pääbo made a splash when his colleagues at Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany threw him into a pond, a tradition usually reserved for new PhDs.
In October, we'll learn who has been awarded the 2026 medicine prize. Stay tuned.
Video Credit: © Benjamin Vernot
In October, we'll learn who has been awarded the 2026 medicine prize. Stay tuned.
Video Credit: © Benjamin Vernot
Adult #orangutans feed on 250 distinct food items, which they choose from thousands of options in the wide maze of the rainforest. Infants must learn this complex curriculum before they reach independence at the age of eight. How do they do this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFH... #animalbehavior
How orangutans learn skills to survive
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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September 25, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Adult #orangutans feed on 250 distinct food items, which they choose from thousands of options in the wide maze of the rainforest. Infants must learn this complex curriculum before they reach independence at the age of eight. How do they do this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFH... #animalbehavior
#Supraleitung einfach erklärt! Viele #Supraleiter benötigen Temperaturen von unter -200 Grad Celsius, um ihren elektrischen Widerstand zu verlieren. Wir erklären, warum das so ist und welche Rolle wasserstoffreiche Verbindungen in der aktuellen Forschung spielen. www.max-wissen.de/max-hefte/te...
September 25, 2026 at 6:23 AM
#Supraleitung einfach erklärt! Viele #Supraleiter benötigen Temperaturen von unter -200 Grad Celsius, um ihren elektrischen Widerstand zu verlieren. Wir erklären, warum das so ist und welche Rolle wasserstoffreiche Verbindungen in der aktuellen Forschung spielen. www.max-wissen.de/max-hefte/te...
Stronger together: the Max Planck Institute for #Informatics and Stanford School of #Engineering are establishing a joint #AI research centre, the Max Planck Center for Visual and Multimodal Artificial Intelligence 😎 www.mpg.de/26996903/max... @mpi-inf.mpg.de @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
Max Planck Stanford Center to be established
Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Stanford School of Engineering will establish a joint AI research hub, the Max Planck Center for Visual and Multimodal Artificial Intelligence. The partnership...
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September 24, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Stronger together: the Max Planck Institute for #Informatics and Stanford School of #Engineering are establishing a joint #AI research centre, the Max Planck Center for Visual and Multimodal Artificial Intelligence 😎 www.mpg.de/26996903/max... @mpi-inf.mpg.de @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
Chips unter Kontrolle? Ein Forschungsteam am Bochumer Max-Planck-Institut für #Sicherheit und Privatsphäre sucht nach Wegen, um Manipulation von #Hardware leichter aufzudecken. www.mpg.de/26971334/har...
September 22, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Chips unter Kontrolle? Ein Forschungsteam am Bochumer Max-Planck-Institut für #Sicherheit und Privatsphäre sucht nach Wegen, um Manipulation von #Hardware leichter aufzudecken. www.mpg.de/26971334/har...