Press Releases

The presented list of press releases in English is only a selection of our German press texts. For the time being, these translated press releases focus primarily on science and research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

26.07.2022: Urban sites such as Berkeley and Brooklyn have their individual magnetic pulse

Multidisciplinary study uses magnetometers to investigate the magnetic fields of metropolitan areas  ...

25.07.2022: Clusters4Future approval for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to translate electro-organic synthesis

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will provide up to EUR 45 million in funding to regional research network / Cluster at the Mainz University Medical Center studying cardiovascular diseases also successful in national competition   ...

22.07.2022: Half-time for the FIT FORTHEM project

Project of the European Universities FORTHEM Alliance will continue its successful activities over the coming 18 months   ...

14.07.2022: Most complex protein knots

Theoretical physicists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz put Google's artificial intelligence AlphaFold to the test and find the most complex protein knots so far   ...

06.07.2022: Photorhabdus luminescens – a true all-rounder: Insect pathogenic bacterium also helps to combat fungal infestation

Using beneficial microorganisms in plant protection not only as bioinsecticides but also as biofungicides could make agriculture more sustainable and improve food security   ...

04.07.2022: After three years: start of first particle collisions at unprecedented energies at LHC

ATLAS detector more powerful than ever – with major contributions from Mainz University   ...

04.07.2022: Obstacle course for microscopic whirlwinds

Joint project involving experimental and theoretical physicists and coordinated by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is providing greater insight into the pinning effects of skyrmions   ...

28.06.2022: Lava ejected during the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption was unusually fluid

Researchers at Mainz University determine that the lava from the recent volcanic eruption on La Palma was particularly low in viscosity   ...

24.06.2022: 35 years of Erasmus+: Mainz University records consistently high levels of student, teacher, and staff mobility

New record: Mainz University can spend EUR 3 million in the Erasmus+ student mobility program in the 2022/2023 academic year / Bilateral agreements with more than 400 partner universities throughout Europe   ...

21.06.2022: Excellent scores for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the 2022 U-Multirank

Top rankings in the dimensions of Teaching & Learning, Research, Knowledge Transfer, and International Orientation  ...

20.06.2022: Damaged plants and fake perfumes can be identified rapidly and reliably in real time

Researchers develop a highly sensitive novel technique capable of detecting chiral molecules within complex gas mixtures   ...

09.06.2022: German Research Foundation approves funding for excellent research in JGU’s core research areas

Successful collaborative projects confirm research strength of the Rhine-Main Universities strategic alliance   ...

09.06.2022: Third funding period for collaborative research center investigating soft matter simulation

German Research Foundation approves further four-year funding of the joint Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 146 on Multiscale Simulation Methods for Soft Matter Systems of Mainz University, TU Darmstadt, and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research   ...

03.06.2022: A novel path for sustainable photon upconversion with non-precious metals

Scientists in Mainz and Berlin use chromium for efficient green-to-blue photon upconversion   ...

01.06.2022: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz obtains approval for Humboldt Professorship in Biology

Hanna Kokko of the University of Zurich will receive the highest endowed German research prize to become founding director of an institute for computer-aided biosciences at Mainz University ...

30.05.2022: Hans Lennernäs will use his Humboldt Research Award to join colleagues at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Leading international pharmaceutical scientist from Uppsala University will collaborate with his JGU host Peter Langguth to reduce side effects of chemotherapy  ...

19.05.2022: Award for meta-analysis on the relationship between job stressors and burnout

Researchers of Mainz University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin receive the 2022 Schmidt-Hunter Meta-Analysis Award for a publication in Psychological Bulletin   ...

13.05.2022: Genetic origins of the world’s first farmers clarified

New study published in the journal Cell   ...

26.04.2022: New invisibility cloak for therapeutics: Holger Frey receives ERC Advanced Grant to support his innovative research

Future process aims at preserving the advantages of PEGylation for the use in nanomedicine while avoiding recognition of the new PEG structures by the immune system   ...

22.04.2022: Two new Master’s degree programs in Biology at Mainz University

New Microbiology and Neuroscience programs to be launched in the 2022/2023 winter semester in addition to the existing Master's program in Molecular Biotechnology   ...