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Minerva’s Daughters

Minerva’s Daughters

November 26, 2024
Even during her school days, Elke Dreher knew that she wanted to pursue a career in the natural sciences. A career counseling session ultimately prompted her to try her luck as a physics laboratory assistant.
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Call for Papers

October 18, 2024
In 2025 we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the filing of the Fischer-Tropsch patent. The two Max Planck Institutes in Mülheim together with DECHEMA and the SynGas Convention have joined forces to commemorate this groundbreaking discovery with a scientific symposium. We cordially invite you to submit your contribution as an abstract for oral presentation or poster presentation.

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Microorganisms have long used hydrogen as an energy source. To do this, they rely on hydrogenases that contain metals such as nickel or iron in their catalytic center. In order to use these biocatalysts for hydrogen conversion, researchers around the ...

The scientific Publishing House Cell Press is celebrating its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the editors have named 50 particularly inspiring scientists from a range of disciplines. Among them is Josep Cornellà, group leader at the MPI für ...

1,3-amino alcohols are needed for the production of important drugs. Max Planck scientists have now succeeded in finding a new, elegant synthesis pathway for these essential building blocks. The researchers have published their results in the Journal ...

Karl Ziegler is considered one of the most important chemists of the 20th century. However, little is known about the Hesse-born man's youth and early years as a scientist. A new article by Christoph Kießling in the journal Angewandte Chemie now ...

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