Rice and Max Planck Partnership” (Q-RaMP) between Rice University and the Max Planck Society is to promote the identification ...

Early-life stressors such as childhood trauma, abuse, or neglect increase the likelihood of developing mental illness.

Questions and answers on aridity and droughts in Germany. Evaporation has increased as a result of climate change, while ...

Human DNA can survive on cave walls for thousands of years – shedding light on prehistoric human activity even where bones, ...

A new ancient DNA study provides evidence that political power among Scythian elites may have been inherited through family lineages that extended across multiple burial sites. By combining ...

The Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory is expanding its collaboration with India through the launch of ...

How do El Niño and La Niña develop, and what happens during these events? El Niño is a natural climate phenomenon in which the surface waters of the central and eastern Pacific become unusually warm.

Exposure to wildfires and related air pollution in Spain leads to lower birth weights and higher risks of premature births. Negative effects on birth outcomes were consistent across all socioeconomic ...

Eight Max Planck scientists have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) in its latest funding cycle, each receiving up to €2.5 million for a period of five years to ...