During the Covid-19 pandemic, parents suddenly had to cope without formal childcare, placing a significant strain on mothers in particular. A recent study from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic ...

We all know the adage, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." As we age, our ability to learn new skills, like mastering a ...

Max Planck scientists in Marburg have used a synthetic microbial community to study the gradual evolution of mutualism. The ...

The probability of developing bipolar disorder in the course of an individual's life is around one percent. This means that ...

The Berlin-based start-up Lucid Genomics, a spin-off from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and the Institute ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry wanted to know how the gene activity changes in the different cell types of the brain as we age. To this end, they examined tissue samples from ...

The populations in the sea on the coast of Japan emerged approximately one to two million years ago and were later dubbed “Amazons” due to their unique ability to reproduce alone. The team compared ...

When the Kaiser Wilhelm Society held its Annual General Meeting at Harnack House in summer 1931, a change that was to turn the status quo upside down awaited the guests. One of the three testimonial ...

The field-resolved infrared spectroscopy (FRIS) group (www.attoworld.de/fris), located at the Chair of Experimental Physics of Prof. Ferenc Krausz at Ludwig ...