The high winds of the upper atmosphere contain less renewable energy than previously assumed
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ERC funding covers research projects at different stages of a researcher’s career and enables, for example, projects involving several experts who join forces to research completely new areas. Below, researchers provide a glimpse into some of their projects – whether it is internet security, research into the desert climate, the social behaviour of chimpanzees, or new approaches to protein design.
Together with three principal investigators, Gerhard Weikum, Director at the MPI
Researchers develop a new method for the sustainable use of carbon dioxide
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Researchers develop a new method for the sustainable use of carbon dioxide
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In order to support people in therapy or in everyday life in the future, machines will need to be able to feel their world and to be capable of gently touching their human counterparts. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker and her team at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart are currently developing the technology required for this objective and are already testing sensitive robots for initial applications.
each other and with the objects around them.
Vaccines for animals based on viruses that spread on their own are being developed in Europe and the U.S
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Contrary to previous belief, learning processes do not occur exclusively in the cerebral cortex
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An alloy that is both strong and ductile, or to be more precise a high-entropy alloy, has been developed by a team headed by D. Raabe at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung.
Their work is thus contributing to the future design of metallic components with
Waders display fascinating behaviour patterns, but are also exemplary for the loss of biodiversity.
Sometimes, though, the female remains with the family – at least at first.
Changes in carotenoid metabolism can simultaneously influence yield, stress tolerance, and nutritional content in plants
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