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Official account of the Max Planck Society. Devoted to basic #research in #physics #astronomy #chemistry #biology #earthsciences #materialscience #mathematics #socialsciences and the #humanities; Imprint: https://www.mpg.de/imprint
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
- „Tree“ in the exhibition „Digital by Nature“: the #art of Miguel Chevalier, Munich
„Digital by nature“: the art of Miguel Chevalier / Hypo-Kunsthalle, Munich
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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For the first time, scientists in Dresden have developed a 3D human organoid model that was created using #liver tissue from patients and consists of three cell types. It provides a platform to study liver diseases in humans, enable early diagnosis & new drugs www.mpg.de/25903861/121... @mpi-cbg.de
Human periportal assembloid, showcasing the three key cell types of the liver: portal fibroblasts (magenta), cholangiocytes (green), and hepatocyte nuclei (blue). All cell borders are delineated in white. © Lei Yuan, Sagarika Dawka, Yohan Kim, Anke Liebert et al. / Nature (2025) / MPI-CBG
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Wollen wir Hightech importieren, oder selbst entwickeln? Meine Rede von der Prelude-Veranstaltung ist jetzt als Video verfügbar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyM-...
Warum Europa jetzt in Spitzenforschung investieren muss | Rede Patrick Cramer
YouTube video by Max Planck Community
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December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Schick saniert, aber unbezahlbar: In Deutschland führte die Liberalisierung des Immobilienmarktes dazu, dass #Wohnungen immer teurer werden – sowohl zum Kauf als auch zur #Miete. Ein Thema der neuen Max Planck Forschung, die jetzt online ist -> www.mpg.de/25885564/MPF... #Immobilien
Das Cover des Magazins Max Planck Forschung zeigt eine Hausfassade. Der Titel lautet: "Vermarktet".
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Large-scale drug atlas: a new study @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social describes how more than 2,000 approved pharmaceuticals influence #genomeediting outcomes, creating a valuable resource for #CRISPR therapy and precision #cancer treatment. www.mpg.de/25877549/121...
Common medicines may influence CRISPR therapy outcomes and precision cancer treatment
Large-scale drug atlas uncovers new genome editing modulators and potential therapeutic strategies for DNA repair-deficient cancers
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December 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The number of animals found on the #seafloor fell by 37 percent after a large-scale test of a commercial #deepseamining machine. It “removes about the top five centimetres of #sediment. That's where most of the animals live,” says marine biologist Eva Stewart. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Over a third of animals impacted in deep sea mining test - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Lasst uns über #Bürokratie reden! Wo seht ihr Vorteile? Wo hemmt Bürokratie Eure Forschung?

Viele Gedankenanstöße bietet dieser Artikel über die Forschung von Jasper Kunstreich @kunstreich.bsky.social vom Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie -> www.mpg.de/25875401/mar...
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Wir freuen uns sehr, dass Klaus Blaum, Christian Doeller und Johannes Krause in diesem Jahr mit Leibniz-Preisen geehrt werden. Die #LeibnizPreise der DFG gelten als wichtigste deutsche Forschungspreise. 👏 @dfg.de
Die Leibniz-Preisträger 2025 von links nach rechts: Klaus Blaum, Christian Doeller und Johannes Krause. Fotos: © Stefanie Aumiller, Steffen Roth, Thomas Victor
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Six ERC Consolidator Grants for Max Planck! Congratulations to Karoline Schäffner, Lars Meyer, Paul Mollière, Yu Ogawa, Miguel Zumalacarregui and Marius Wiesemann! 👏🎉
www.mpg.de/25845263/erc... @erc.europa.eu
Six ERC Consolidator Grants for Max Planck
In 2025, the Max Planck Society has received six Consolidator Grants from the ERC.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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What do particles have to do with the #BigBang? How is the world of the smallest particles structured? And what do we know about the fundamental forces? The world of #particlephysics is breathtaking and fascinating. 🤯 www.mpg.de/25824544/bas...
An introduction to particle physics
Particle physics reveals the smallest building blocks of matter and has been exploring the secrets of the universe since the Big Bang.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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mpicybernetics.bsky.social
How much info do we really need to recognize a face? 👀
New research shows that humans can identify familiar faces even when 8 images are blended together.
This might have implications for identity-fraud prevention.
👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/face-morphing
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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‘If only they were #robots! Instead, #chatbots have developed a distinctive – and annoying – voice,’ says Sam Kriss @nytimes.com An article that allows you to delve into #AI language! 😉https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/magazine/chatbot-writing-style.html
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
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December 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Celebrating 3 brilliant thinkers!🎉🤗 In #Berlin yesterday, Surabhi Ranganathan (Cambridge University @cam.ac.uk), Prerna Singh (Brown University) & Jamie Kreiner (UCLA,
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social) were presented w/ the 2025 Max Planck-Humboldt Award & Medals for their transformative research.
The three recipients of the Max Planck-Humboldt Award & Medals, from left to right: Jamie Kreiner, Surabhi Ranganathan and Prerna Singh. They are standing side by side in a modern, wood-and-glass auditorium, each holding a rectangular wooden award plaque.
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Was passiert, wenn Maschinen entscheiden, was wir wissen? Die Informatikerin Katharina Anna Zweig warnt vor Sprachmodellen in der #Wisskomm. Ein Gespräch über eine offene Zukunft 👇
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/warum-die-ma... #FWK25 @w-i-d.de @rptu.bsky.social
Warum „die Maschine als Wissensquelle“ eine schlechte Idee ist
Sprachmodelle sind nicht so klug, wie Sie denken. Im Interview skizziert Katharina Anna Zweig, Keynote-Speakerin beim diesjährigen Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation*, welche zukünftigen Herausforderung...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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🔊 APPLY NOW for our #MarMic #MSc/#PhD program!

Come to #Bremen and take an interdisciplinary approach to #marine #microbiology, #molecularbiology, #biochemistry, #evolution and more.

⏳ Open until Feb 28 2026
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#graduatestudents #marinescience #sciencecareer #IMPRS @maxplanck.de
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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European Spinouts Report 2025: Max-Planck leads the way in Germany. In the top 20 research organisations in #Europe for research-driven #deeptech and life science #spinoffs, the Max Planck Society ranks second, just behind France’s CNRS. www.mpg.de/25797163/eur... #technologytransfer
A list of top 10 research centres for tech and life sciences entrepreneurship, featuring Max Planck Society in 2nd place, based in Germany.
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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sophiesteculorum.bsky.social
🤩 I’m beyond excited to finally share our paper! 🎉 It’s been a long journey and a true team effort. Congratulations to our outstanding first authors, @lcreimon.bsky.social and Ayden Gouveia, and to all of the co-authors who made this possible 🙌!

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Fat sensory cues in early life program central response to food and obesity - Nature Metabolism
Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavour, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in offspring in mice.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Jung gegen alt? Der demografische Wandel bringt das Rentensystem zunehmend ins Wanken. Welche Reformen nötig wären, erklärt in diesem Podcast der #Renten- Experte Axel Börsch-Supan 🎧 www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-... @mpisoc.bsky.social @heutejournal.bsky.social
heute journal - der Podcast: Rentenstreit: Jung gegen Alt?
Die Rente sorgt für Streit in der Schwarz-Roten Koalition. Selbst wenn das Rentenpaket beschlossen wird: Das System ist nicht zukunftsfest.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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One of our founding directors Anthony Hyman @hymanlab.bsky.social will become @embl.org Director General: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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sobchuk.bsky.social
Before the monstrous transformation of Twitter to X, it was considered normal to be active on academic Twitter. Now, even though we've migrated to Bluesky ("safe space"), I feel that many ppl (including myself) are less active in posting anything. Have you noticed this trend? Or am I imagining this?
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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"More monitoring, but not more protection":
Carmela Troncoso @carmelatroncoso.bsky.social explains problems with the voluntary #ChatControl and mandatory age verification proposed by the European Council. www.mpg.de/25788438/cha... #Europe
"More monitoring, but not more protection"
Carmela Troncoso explains the problems associated with the voluntary chat control and mandatory age verification proposed by the European Council, including when using messenger services. The measures...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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On this day in 1859 English naturalist Charles #Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species," radically changing the view of #evolution and laying the foundation for evolutionary biology. #otd
In the summer of 1837, Charles Darwin (picture 1)opened a page of his brown leather-bound notebook with the sentence: I think. The page (picture 2) was in the first of four notebooks he had created in London on the question of species change. However, he did not explain what he was thinking in words, but in a fist-sized diagram: a line shoots out from an origin marked with the number ‘1’ and then forks several times. Some branches end in nothingness, while others fan out further and further. In the summer of 1837, Charles Darwin opened a page of his brown leather-bound notebook with the sentence: I think. The page was in the first of four notebooks he had created in London on the question of species change. However, he did not explain what he was thinking in words, but in a fist-sized diagram: a line shoots out from an origin marked with the number ‘1’ and then forks several times. Some branches end in nothingness, while others fan out further and further.
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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The reed leafhopper has become a major crop pest targeting sugar beets & potatoes. Scientists from @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social et al. show that it hosts 7 bacteria, 2 of which spread plant diseases. The microbial community may be key to its success in switching hosts. www.ice.mpg.de/524703/PR_Vo...
New super pest combines broad spectrum of microbes
The reed leafhopper has evolved rapidly from a reed grass specialist into a dangerous pest that attacks important crops such as sugar beets, potatoes, carrots and onions, as well as reeds. It lives in...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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How can a PhD blend science with art, and dessert with creativity? 🤔

I tried it by making a “night-sky cake“— colored with phycocyanin, the same vivid blue pigment 💙 found in the algae I study. My supervisor recognized the source of the color immediately — he’s incredibly sharp!
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Where does #Theia come from? In the early #SolarSystem, 4.5 billion years ago, a small planet known as Theia collided with proto-Earth. The debris of this giant impact formed the #Moon🌙. New Max Planck research @science.org suggests that Theia and #Earth 🌎 were neighbors. www.mpg.de/25743917/the...
Theia and Earth were neighbors
In the current issue of the journal Science, researchers determine the possible composition of Theia. The impactor’s composition allows conclusions about its place of origin. It is located in the inne...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM