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.

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   ...

28.09.2021: The advantage of genetic diversity: More diverse ant colonies raise more offspring

Genetically diverse ant colonies tend to be more productive, presumably due to improved division of labor   ...

24.09.2021: Excellent scores in the 2021 U-Multirank for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Top rankings in research, knowledge transfer, and international orientation  ...

24.09.2021: European University Alliance FORTHEM welcomes new partners and strengthens its network with the university cities' administrations and chambers of commerce

FORTHEM will expand its network to universities in Norway and Romania / Building relations and enhancing exchange also at the city and chamber of commerce level   ...

21.09.2021: Rhine-Main Universities to join forces for the upcoming Excellence Strategy competition

RMU alliance will further extend its strategic collaboration   ...

15.09.2021: Electrosynthesis: preventing cathodic corrosion

Researchers at Mainz University publish literature review in Chemical Reviews and launch project designed to obtain precursors for plastics from agricultural waste   ...

09.09.2021: Giving websites a human touch: Researcher of Mainz University receives SERVSIG Best Service Article Award of the American Marketing Association

Images and videos of service employees on digital channels of service firms improve customer loyalty   ...

06.09.2021: Edward Lemke receives funding from the Volkswagen Foundation for his work on the replication of cellular processes using new forms of organelles

Volkswagen Foundation to provide some EUR 1 million to finance research focusing on membraneless organelles under the aegis of its "Life?" funding initiative   ...

25.08.2021: Engineering new cell functionalities on thin films

Researchers from Mainz have developed a method to engineer new functionalities into cells and better understand eukaryotic cell functions  ...

25.08.2021: In the trap: New method for cooling charged particles

System consisting of two Penning traps connected to an electrical resonant circuit transmits the cooling power of laser-cooled ions   ...

23.08.2021: Heavy rain forecast from the Eifel maars

Sediment cores indicate more heavy rain events in warm periods and less climate variability in cold periods   ...

20.08.2021: Successful climate research in the Amazon region is continued and expanded with ATTO+

Next funding phase of the ATTO project will answer new pressing questions in climate research in the Amazon   ...

10.08.2021: Atomic nuclei and leptons: milestone in the calculation of cross sections

Precise theoretical predictions relevant for future neutrino experiments  ...

26.07.2021: Movement and Wellbeing Master’s degree program in sports science open for graduates of Bachelor’s programs with a focus on social sciences, health sciences, and life sciences

Interdisciplinary expansion of the English-language Master's program in cooperation with partner universities in China and India / Application deadline: 15 November 2021   ...

21.07.2021: Awareness without a sense of self

Most comprehensive study to date on the experience of pure awareness during meditation  ...

19.07.2021: EU project ADMIRE launched

Interdisciplinary consortium aims to develop intelligent adaptive storage systems   ...

19.07.2021: Mechanisms to separately regulate synaptic vesicle release and recycling

Interactions of two voltage-gated calcium channels and a pump enable separate control of exocytosis and endocytosis at chemical synapses  ...

15.07.2021: Long-term climate regulation changed with the proliferation of marine animals and terrestrial plants

Geoscientific study traces carbon-silicon cycle over three billion years on the basis of lithium isotope levels   ...