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New insight into how harmless gut bacteria avoid triggering inflammation more

How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed more

Genetically modified worms may make us rethink invertebrate evolution more

The TGF-ß cellular signaling network, essential to various functions in all metazoans and also involved in many severe human pathologies like autoimmune diseases and cancer, is more flexible than previously thought. Researchers at the MPI for Neurobiology of Behavior and the MPI for Biology discovered an unknown genetic variability in this signaling pathway amongst different nematode species resulting in morphological and behavioral variations. This fresh view on the TGF-ß machinery, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, is important for understanding the evolution of signaling pathways, their adaptability to acquire novel functions and also for new strategies to control parasitic nematodes.

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Max Planck scientists Ruth Ley and Detlef Weigel have been identified as among the most influential researchers in their fields. In a recent announcement, the Web of Science index recognizes their extraordinary scientific influence, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations. Located at the Max Planck Institute of Biology Tübingen, Ley and Weigel represent the Max Planck Society as one of the world's top 10 scientific institutions. Ley´s research team features two other senior scientists, Lars Angenent and William "Tony" Walters, who are also among the most frequently cited authors.  more

Researchers test cognitive abilities of the language model GPT-3 more

New insights about the thalamus may improve understanding of brain disorders and intervention more

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Successful completion of the first round of the international “Computation and Cognition Tübingen Summer Internship“(CaCTüS) more

What we perceive might sometimes reflect the outcome of a value-based decision-making process, a new analysis of the literature suggests more

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Neural network analyzes gravitational waves in real time more

Meshcapade licenses technologies for creating avatars more

How fast the development from assisted to fully automated vehicles will progress is uncertain. One crucial factor here is the reliability with which a vehicle can navigate in its surroundings and react to unforeseeable incidents. Our group at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems showed that methods for motion analysis based on deep neural networks – likely components in future autonomous vehicles – can be confused by small patterns designed to “attack” these networks. more

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and ETH Zurich strengthen cooperation more