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The institute will move its social media updates to @ mpipks dot bsky dot social. Follow us there for the latest on the #physics of complex systems. #science

Libor Šmejkal,group leader at MPIPKS/MPICPfs,has been awarded the 2025 Walter Schottky Prize "For his prediction of altermagnetism, a new class of magnetic order with diverse fundamental and application-oriented perspectives" Congratulations,@LiborPhysics! dpg-physik.de/auszeichnungen…
In biological systems, optimal transduction strategies may boost information harvesting compared to the ideal case in which all the degrees of freedom are known Letter: go.aps.org/4gWl7yN Viewpoint: go.aps.org/4dGd8Dc
Opening for a Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow @mpi_pks ! This is an independent Fellowship with free choice of research topics and individual appearance on our research page pks.mpg.de/research/divis… , apply by 15 November: pks.mpg.de/visitors-progr…

Congratulations Patrick!! We are thrilled that you decided to continue as postdoc with us @mpi_pks after this impressive thesis work!
Congratulations 👏 to our student Patrick Lenggenhager, whose PhD thesis was recognized by the SPS (Swiss Physical Society) Award in Condensed Matter Physics - sponsored by IBM & handed by SPS president Teresa Montaruli. Another trophy 🏆 after receiving the Silver Medal of ETH!
Always wanted to learn about superconductivity? Before leaving for @covcampus , Chris Hooley left us @mpi_pks a wonderful farewell present with his lecture series on superconductivity, which we are excited to share! You're in for a treat! youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Multiple PhD positions available! The call of our International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Dynamics and Control is now open. We offer a large variety of projects in Physics and Chemistry, apply by 31 October! imprs-pks.mpg.de/application/ge…

We are hiring! You are great with people from all over the world, well-organized, and fluent in English and German? Then join our dynamic visitors program team! Application deadline is 30. September. mpg.de/22505977/fremd…
You have a background in math/physics/computer science/ML and are looking for an interdisciplinary postdoc fellowship in life science, with free choice of host groups? Then join us at the CSBD as an ELBE postdoc, application deadline is 19. September! csbdresden.de/join-us/as-a-p…

Our latest is out!! 🙌Active shape programming drives Drosophila wing disc eversion | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @PoLDresden @mpicbg @mpi_pks @csbdresden @_JFuhrmann_ @abhijeet095 @mpopov1c @carldmodes 🧵
From dual-unitary to biunitary: a 2-categorical model for exactly-solvable many-body quantum dynamics ow.ly/aAJV50SOZiW - new and #openaccess from Pieter W Claeys @mpi_pks, Austen Lamacraft and Jamie Vicary for our issue on Quantum-Circuit Models
It's believed flocking emerges through alignment interactions among self-propelled agents. New experiments and theory reveal that flocking can also emerge through interactions that turn agents away from each other Read go.aps.org/3W1tlft @RicardAlert @mpi_pks @csbdresden