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Matter to Life welcomes 18 new Fellows, enhancing innovative research and mentorship opportunities for PhD candidates starting this October.

27. März - 05. Oktober 2025

The Max Planck School Matter to Life (MPS MtL) offers a unique interdisciplinary Master to PhD Direct track program, aimed at understanding the fundamental principles of life and exploring new ways…

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Explore a funded 10‑week undergraduate research internship in cutting‑edge Matter to Life labs across Germany—gain hands‑on experience, mentoring & support.

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Combining two powerful imaging techniques, Renganathan et al. provide unprecedented detail of the intermediate filament network in cells.

A German physicist and homebrewer discovered brief, intense physical reactions that happen when you uncork a bubbly swing-top bottle.

This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.

Wie lautet die Physik hinter dem Öffnen des Bügelverschlusses bei einer Bierflasche? Die meisten werden sich diese Frage noch nie gestellt haben, doch Forschende aus Göttingen haben sie nun endlich be...