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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 14h

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From September 15-16, our MPG Open Science enthusiasts came together in Berlin to chat about all things Open Science 🚀

✨ Our highlights? Amazing talks, a hands-on workshop, inspiring projects by OS Ambassadors, and a surprise evening activity with “The Pentomino Reproducibility Game”!

MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 2d

Science in a nutshell🔬: researchers from the Max Planck Society recently met for two days at the LeadNet Symposium 2025 in Berlin.

#MPDL contributed with an AI workshop. Click here for a brief summary ↙️

https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/about-us/news/1070-leadnet-symposium-2025.html

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 5d

🗼 In two experiments, scientists investigated whether body posture influences people's estimation of quantities. Published in 2011, this is our #FridayFind:

📰➡️ https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-5BD9-C

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 9d

🌍 Open Science Days 2025 ✨

This year’s event revolves around "Open Science in the Light of Geopolitical Polarization."

🗓️ Nov 10-11 at Harnack House in Berlin, with an online livestream available💡
🎟️ No fee for in-person attendees.

🔍 https://osip.mpdl.mpg.de/open-science-days/

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 14d

Since 2019, #bloxberg has symbolized scientific trust on the blockchain. With a renewed vision and the bloxberg Council, we aim to build open, verifiable, community-owned infrastructure for science and beyond ⛓️‍💥

👉 https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/about-us/news/1068-a-new-chapter-for-bloxberg.html

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 16d

Take a stroll through MPG City with us! 🏙️

As a joint venture of the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Society, GWDG operates high-performance computers and manages the GÖNET network, seamlessly connecting research institutes to the world 🧠

MPG City 👉️ https://mpgcity.mpdl.mpg.de/

a poster with a building and hot air balloons

ein Gebäude in einem quadratischen Rahmen

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 19d

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

In 2016, researchers found out that cinema audiences' breath and skin emissions change with film scenes—suspense and comedy trigger distinct chemical signatures. 🎥

📰➡️ https://www.nature.com/articles/srep25464

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 22d

📚 Exciting News from the Max Planck Digital Library! 🌟

We're thrilled to announce our collaboration with @universitypress.cambridge.org on a significant open access books agreement⚡

#OpenAcess #MPG #MPDL #CambridgeUniversityPress

Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 27d

“This agreement reflects our longstanding and steadfast commitment to open access"
- Ádám Dér, Max Planck Digital Library.

Learn more about our collaboration with the Max Planck Society to advance open access book publishing. 🔗 https://cup.org/4mnQe86

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 23d

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cbsopenscience.bsky.social @cbsopenscience.bsky.social · 29d

💬 Last week @larissaleiminger.bsky.social (from @mpdl.mpg.de) joined our @imprsconi.bsky.social PhD Retreat in Erfurt!
✏️ We learned how to start applying Open Science Practices across the research life cycle, without getting overwhelmed.
💚 A huge thanks to Larissa & everyone who participated.

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 23d

🌍✨ Our Collections Team visited the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg!

They conducted an FDM Onboarding Course for IMPRS doctoral candidates, collaborated in groups on creating Data Management Plans with RDMO, and gave an overview of MPDL services 🧠

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · 26d

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

Compelling insights into the personalities of dancers as compared to people who do not dance 💃🕺

You can find the paper from 2024 here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886924000631?via%3Dihub

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · Jul 27

Negotiating Open Access From the Global South (Recording & Transcript Now Available) oa2020.org/2025/07/25/m... @oa2020.org @mpdl.mpg.de #scholcomm #publishing #oa

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Sep 12

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

Have you put off the unpleasant tasks at work for a few hours again? ⏰Well, well: Procrastination happens to the best of us.

Check out the paper from 2024 here: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000F-EBB2-F

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Ein Mann mit Hut und kariertem Jackett mit erhobenen Armen fliegt in einem großen Zifferblatt

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Sep 5

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

Imagine falling asleep 10.000 times a day 😮 Some penguins actually do that.

Check out the paper on nesting chinstrap penguins from 2023 here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh0771

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An AI-generated penguin in a bed on an iceberg

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 29

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

What's the real benefit of carbon crediting? 🌍Scientists from the MPI for Innovation and Competition searched for an answer.

Read the paper from 2024 here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53645-z

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 22

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

Meet the virtual burglars in this week's FridayFind: 🦹 "[...] An Open Access Virtual Reality Environment for Criminology Research"

Check out the paper here: https://www.crimrxiv.com/pub/ylf7t2c6/release/1

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 15

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

This week's find is about underwater robots in the shape of jellyfish 😲

Check out the futuristic underwater creatures here: https://is.mpg.de/news/quallenahnliche-roboter-konnten-eines-tages-die-weltmeere-saubern

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 14

🚀Exciting News for the MPG Community!🚀

The 7th FDM-Workshop 2025 program is online!

📅 When: October 28-30, 2025
📍 Where: @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

🔗 More details: https://rdm.mpdl.mpg.de/mpdl-services/workshops/7-fdm-workshop-2025-forschungsdatenmanagement-in-der-max-planck-gesellschaft/

Ein grüner Hintergrund mit schwarzen und orangefarbenen Formen.

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 8

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

This week we are imagining a future scenario: a recyclable car 🚗 The authors call it a "Chemistries Moonshot".

Check out the paper here: https://pure.mpg.de/pubman/faces/ViewItemFullPage.jsp?itemId=item_3656632

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 7

🚀 Exciting News! Tomorrow, Faryal Tariq, our Community and Partner Manager, will be presenting at CerebrumDao's Neuroscience Pitch Friday! 🎤

She will be discussing the Max Planck Decentralized Science Initiative - DeSci Connect.

Curious? Tune in then! http://meet.google.com/tqo-pswz-dzq

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 5

Who needs "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" if we're already there! 🚀

MPG's central e-book catalogue has reached a new milestone, now featuring over 1,000,000 titles! 📚

Dive in and explore: https://ebooks.mpdl.mpg.de 👀

#MPG #MPDL #ebooks #celebrate

Ein Buchumschlag mit einem Stapel Bücher

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 1

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

In this week's find we explore how "Immersive videos of natural and urban environments can enhance awe and psychological well-being" 😮

Check out the paper here: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-5378-9

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a person wearing virtual reality goggles

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Jul 29

🌟 Flashback to an unforgettable experience at the GAME CHANGER Conference in Tivat! 🌟

From July 3rd-5th, we dove into a transformative event with 50+ speakers, 600+ attendees, and 21 dynamic panels.

Our Deputy GM, Friederike Kleinfercher, engaged in a panel on "Protecting IP in the Age of AI" ⚡

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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Jul 25

💎 Discovering hidden gems in scientific literature every Friday! 🧬🔍

This week's find is about dogs and their owners: 🐶

▶ Like owner, like dog – A systematic review about similarities in dog-human dyads ◀

https://pure.mpg.de/pubman/faces/ViewItemOverviewPage.jsp?itemId=item_3614179_5

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A dog and a man, split-screen, image generated by AI

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