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.

06.12.2021: Color centers in diamonds serve as gyroscopes

Practical evidence for usability of diamond color centers as rotation sensors   ...

03.12.2021: JGU Commissioner for Scotland Sigrid Rieuwerts receives 2021 Constance Council Prize

Laureate proposal by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon   ...

30.11.2021: New collaborative research center with participation from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

German Research Foundation DFG approves funding for world-class science in the field of materials science / Renewal of the Collaborative Research Center 1292   ...

25.11.2021: Efficient read-out in antiferromagnetic spintronics

Demonstration of technologically feasible read-out for ultrafast and stable magnetic memory   ...

19.11.2021: Lists of deaths from the Middle Ages can be valuable sources for historical research

Necrologies dating to the late medieval period barely researched ...

19.11.2021: Lists of deaths from the Middle Age can be valuable sources for historical research

Necrologies dating to the late medieval period barely researched   ...

17.11.2021: Campi Flegrei: structure and deep processes at the caldera reconstructed using "ambient noise"

Research team of the INGV Osservatorio Vesuviano and Mainz University analyzes seismic noise at the Campi Flegrei supervolcano over the last decade   ...

15.11.2021: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz receives EUR 150,000 state grant for an international biotechnology guest laboratory

Boosting Mainz as a biotechnology hub and fostering international networking in the future field of biotechnology   ...

15.11.2021: Good results for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings

Mainz University is among the top 100 European universities  ...

15.11.2021: EUR 1.6 million to promote Mainz as a biotechnology hub

Rhineland-Palatinate's Minister for Science and Health, Clemens Hoch, hands over state grant funding approval to Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz   ...

09.11.2021: Long-term carbon dioxide emissions from cement production can be drastically reduced

Chemists of Mainz University develop a method for producing cement by milling instead of burning lime, which is harmful to the environment / Transfer from laboratory scale to industrial level conceivable   ...

08.11.2021: Orientation for linguists

Mainz University lecturer publishes first comprehensive textbook on the various fields of research and methodologies used in linguistics  ...

08.11.2021: New insights into the structure of the neutron

An international research team with participation from Mainz and Darmstadt measures neutron form factors with previously unattained precision   ...

04.11.2021: Ciliopathies: Tiny filament projections from cells send out false signals

A new study on the Bardet-Biedl syndrome has shown that defective cilia broadcast signals that can exacerbate organ and tissue problems   ...

03.11.2021: The Gutenberg Gait Database: World’s largest collection of gait analysis data of healthy individuals published

Publicly accessible database provides a reference set of data to be used for the diagnosis and treatment of gait disorders / Further expansion of the database is planned   ...

02.11.2021: New technique provides detailed information on nuclear material

Research team of Leibniz University Hannover and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz determines origin of microparticles   ...

26.10.2021: Crossing between marching rhythm and swing: German popular music during the Nazi regime

New research project undertaken by the departments of Musicology and History of Mainz University examines the media, networks, key figures, and content of light music in the Third Reich  ...

19.10.2021: How quickly does the climate recover?

Research conducted at Mainz University shows that it took the climate 20,000 to 50,000 years to stabilize after the rise in global temperatures of five to eight degrees Celsius 56 million years ago   ...

18.10.2021: IceCube analysis puts most general constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions

Team of scientists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence lead on new publication   ...

08.10.2021: Mainz University is ranked number one in Physics in Germany in the 2021 DFG Funding Atlas

JGU is in fourth place overall in the natural sciences and has significantly improved its ranking in terms of the acquirement of DFG funding in the life sciences   ...