Changes in carotenoid metabolism can simultaneously influence yield, stress tolerance, and nutritional content in plants
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Researchers found that chimpanzees associate more with partners of the same sex while – bonobos of either sex associate preferentially with females
partners of the same sex while bonobos of either sex associate preferentially 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.
Scientists discover microbial dark matter in one of the simplest animals, Trichoplax
bacteria One of the simplest animals live in symbiosis with bacteria Scientists
By feeding on tobacco leaves, the voracious caterpillars unintentionally transform plant substances into attractant signals that betray their location to their own natural enemies
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The more children young parents have, the unhappier they are. From age 40 on, however, it is the other way round. Then, more children generally mean more happiness. This is true independent of sex, income, or partnership status, as researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock and the University of Pennsylvania now show in a study based on a survey of over 200,000 women and men in 86 countries conducted from 1981 to 2005.
more children Older parents are happier with more children The satisfaction of
A project by a research agency of the US Department of Defense could easily be misused for developing biological weapons
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Former Max Planck President Peter Gruss, in office from 2002 – 2014, receives the highest distinction the Max Planck Society can confer.
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Stefan Mundlos, from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, explains why there will be no designer babies in the near future.
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Pills could soon be produced in shapes that resemble design objects. And this would not be just an aesthetic gimmick, but would serve to release active medical ingredients in the body in a controlled manner. A group of computer scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken and the University of California at Davis have developed a process that uses a combination of computation and 3D printing to produce tablets that dissolve in liquids over a specified period of time. The approach could be of interest to the pharmaceutical industry, which has focused heavily on 3D printing recently.
level can be kept constant by adminstering a high dose first and then continuing with
