An international research team led by Silke Britzen of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy has discovered the first ...

The individual steps of nest-building are instinctive, but only through practice do the fish become true masters.

For the first time, researchers have found evidence of a biological cause for the impairments caused by the disease ...

Volatile brood pheromone: The larvae of the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi produce a specific volatile compound ...

High-resolution fluorescence imaging of a tissue cross-section highlighting cellular boundaries (red) and nuclei (grey).

Defenseless symbiont: A new bacterium ( Sodalis praecaptivus) can destroy the millions-year-old mutualistic relationship ...

Research shows that paying attention to alcohol ads heightens cravings and leads to increased consumption, highlighting the ...

Computer systems permeate our daily life. In addition to conventional desktop computing and Internet applications, sophisticated software systems can be found in almost all technical devices, from ...

The Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung at Mülheim an der Ruhr is more than one hundred years old, making it one of the Max Planck Society's oldest institutes. Time and again, the Institute has ...

MPG.PuRe is the institutional publication repository of the Max Planck Society (MPG). The Max Planck Institutes use this application to make bibliographic data of their academic publications (title, ...

In vielen Fertigprodukten oder Fast Food stecken große Mengen an Zucker und Fett – ohne dass es uns bewusst ist. Warum aber können wir ausgerechnet solchen ungesunden Lebensmitteln kaum widerstehen?