What led me to hard science was a course of mathematical lectures which I attended at the university and which gave me an inner satisfaction and animation," wrote the world-famous physicist Max Planck ...

In 1899 Max ... life" never matched up with the predictions of classical physics. Several distinguished physicists had created complex equations trying to work it out, but none solved the problem ...

Early life stress (ELS) can have long-lasting effects ... developing mental disorders later in life. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPI) in Munich, led by Joeri Bordes ...

A new study conducted by the Max Planck Institute ... and grandparents (at age 50) early, especially if those without children experience the death of their parents later in life.

Over 24,000 employees across 84 Max Planck Institutes and research facilities conduct basic research in the life and natural sciences as well ... To support emerging scholars early in their career ...