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Prof. Dr. Giulia Zanderighi (Photo: A. Griesch/MPP)

Giulia Zanderighi becomes new Managing Director

Just after the ceremonial opening of the new building, the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) has announced an important change in its leadership: theoretical physicist Giulia Zanderighi has been elected as the new Managing Director: a first, as…

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Ceremonial handover of the key (Photo: Axel Griesch/MPP)

Ceremonial inauguration of the new MPP building - an important step towards an innovative future

In the presence of guests of honor Dr. Markus Söder, Minister President of Bavaria, Markus Blume, Minister of State for Science and the Arts, and Prof. Patrick Cramer, President of the Max Planck Society, the inauguration of the new institute…

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In the clean room: Karoline Schäffner and her team complete their work on the cryostat (Photo: COSINUS Collaboration)

New experiment tests controversial dark matter signals

Today, on April 18, 2024, a large-scale experiment to detect dark matter will be inaugurated in Italy. COSINUS is an international research project in which a team from the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) is also involved. The nature of dark…

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The new building at the Garching Research Center (Photo: Massimo Fiorito)

Relocation: Max Planck Institute for Physics moves to Garching Research Center

Since November 1, the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) has had a new address. After 65 years, the institute is saying "goodbye" to its location at the Englischer Garten in Munich and moving to a new building at the Garching Research Center.…

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 Prof. Dr. Johannes Henn and Dr. Babette Döbrich (Photos: A. Griesch/MPP; privat))

Funding in the millions for two projects in particle physics

The Max Planck Institute for Physics is pleased to announce two successful applications to the European Research Council (ERC): 10 million euros will go to the project "UNIVERSE+: Positive Geometry in Particle Physics and Cosmology", coordinated by…

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