Max Planck was told that there was nothing new to be discovered in physics. He was about to embark on a career in physics that would set that idea on its ear. Planck was an extremely successful ...
Editor’s note: This story is part of Dispatches from Abroad, a series highlighting UChicago community members who are researching, studying and working around the world. University of Chicago ...
When light passes through a material, it often behaves in unpredictable ways. This phenomenon is the subject of "nonlinear optics", which is now integral to technological and scientific advances - ...
A survey of the Max Planck Society’s postdoctoral researchers paints a stark picture of work life at the renowned German research institutes. The Max Planck Society (MPG) has more than 3,000 ...
Chemists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung have developed a practical two-step method for alkylating alkenes via ...