MPG research highlights 2025

The brains of the offspring show similarities to those of obese adult mice

How political narratives are distributed on Twitter/X

When people delegated tasks to machine agents–whether voluntarily or in a forced manner–they were more likely to cheat

More than 40 million people worldwide are infected with the herpes virus every year. The virus can pose a serious threat to newborns and people with weakened immune systems. Researchers in Hamburg and Göttingen have now generated a mini-antibody that neutralizes a protein essential for the infection

There is a factor that could be used to limit the negative impact of demographic change on pensions: better education

Battery electrodes thicken as a result of the accelerated transport of lithium ions via metal fleeces, making them particularly efficient and cost-effective

A single-step method enables the energy saving extraction of Nickel with reduced CO₂ emissions for batteries and stainless steel

Study shows higher recruitment hurdles for ethnic minority applicants
 

Comprehensive scientific dataset sets standards and provides insights into the depths of the universe – thanks in part to strong German participation

A woman's egg cells are already formed in her body before she is born. However, with increasing age, DNA damage accumulates in the cells. Researchers have revealed why the cell’s own repair mechanisms do not fix this damage

New-to-Nature Pathway Outperforms Natural Pathway in Living Bacteria

Extreme climate events endanger groundwater quality and stability, when rain water evades natural purification processes in the soil