When spacetime is divided into tiny units, the obscure connection between quantum theory and generally relativity suddenly ...

Physics has a problem—their key models of quantum theory and the theory of relativity do not fit together. Now, Dr. Wolfgang Wieland from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is ...

There was rarely a meeting with the director that didn't feel destabilizing. "He was hitting his table, yelling at me to the point that I could see him spitting," says Gabriel Lando, a theoretical com ...

For months, DW's investigative unit, along with German newsmagazine Der Spiegel, has probed cases of abusive behavior and toxic environments at Max Planck institutes across Germany. We interviewed ...

The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight ...

For months, DW's investigative unit, along with German news magazine Der Spiegel, has investigated allegations of misconduct perpetrated by senior scientific staff at Max Planck institutes.

Scientists say they've uncovered the "largest known galactic structure," which spans a mind-boggling 1.4 billion light-years.

A company called Proxima Fusion in Germany is working on a nuclear fusion reactor and it's being described as the most viable ...

Stellaris is designed to generate more power per unit volume than any previous stellarator ... first company to spin out from the esteemed Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, one of the ...

As a collective, the robots behaved like a material that could change shape and switch between solid and liquid states, just ...

Conventional microscopes are limited in their resolution to 200 nm at the lowest. However, many interesting processes occur ...