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.

02.02.2024: A physical qubit with built-in error correction

Researchers at the universities of Mainz, Olomouc, and Tokyo succeeded in generating a logical qubit from a single light pulse that has the inherent capacity to correct errors ...

30.01.2024: Festive opening of the Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences

New interdisciplinary research platform to bring together excellent researchers from the life sciences and the natural sciences ...

29.01.2024: The Grave’s Embrace: New research sheds light on Bronze Age family relationships

Researchers find indications of a patrilineal descent system for western Eurasian Bell Beaker communities / Family relationships that link Britain to Luxembourg ...

18.01.2024: Diet as a risk factor for multiple sclerosis

University Medical Center Mainz proves worsening of MS symptoms due to ATI proteins from wheat ...

17.01.2024: EU funding for pioneering research on the treatment of gliomas

Establishing direct light therapy to combat brain tumors / EIC Pathfinder program supports international collaboration with EUR 2.2 million ...

04.01.2024: Franco-German research funding in the field of biology

Researchers at the Faculty of Biology at Mainz University and their French partners receive financing from ANR and DFG for joint projects ...

04.01.2024: Groundwater is vital to the health of our planet: A call for greater protection

An international study classifies groundwater as a keystone ecosystem and proposes ways to improve its protection to preserve biodiversity and mitigate climate change ...

13.12.2023: Matthias Neubert named Erwin Schrödinger Visiting Scientist 2024

Awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of theoretical elementary particle physics with a visiting professorship in Vienna ...

11.12.2023: Searching for axions with the ATLAS detector

Latest measurements provide valuable information on novel particles that could explain the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon / Breaking new experimental ground ...

05.12.2023: Shuqing Xu receives ERC Consolidator Grant for his research on the evolution in ecological communities in response to climate change

EU funding for research on the evolution in communities under current and future climate conditions ...

05.12.2023: Reducing the energy consumption of software: Sebastian Erdweg receives an ERC Consolidator Grant

Incremental computations can react to changes in data instantly / Large potential for energy savings ...

05.12.2023: Dorothee Dormann receives an ERC Consolidator Grant to support her research into neurodegenerative diseases

EU funding for research on aggregations of the protein TDP-43 in the brain ...

05.12.2023: Hunting of straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago

Finds uncovered in the east of Germany show that Neanderthals stored vast amounts of meat and fat or temporarily aggregated in larger groups to consume these ...

29.11.2023: Critical tipping point: AI- and human-generated online contents are considered similarly credible

Joint study of the Mainz University of Applied Sciences and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz shows that AI-generated content is rated as having higher clarity and appeal ...

29.11.2023: Early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago

Evidence from eastern Germany shows that early humans had a more varied diet than previously known ...

27.11.2023: Natural products used in Ayurvedic treatments alleviate symptoms of depression in fruit flies

Mainz University and the US-American BENFRA Center have jointly demonstrated the effect of botanical products used in traditional Asiatic medicine on depressive states ...

22.11.2023: Scientists discover a new stress response pathway for repairing RNA-protein crosslinks caused by toxic aldehydes

New mechanism for the degradation of aldehyde-induced RNA-protein crosslinks ...

20.11.2023: Decentralized influencers: How opinion leaders on Twitter (X) shape the Bitcoin discussion

New study identifies decentralized opinion leaders and their impact on the Bitcoin discourse, categorizing eight types of influencers with varying communication styles and topics ...

14.11.2023: New EU project explores the Mediterranean diet as basis of a healthy active lifestyle

Transnational initiative intends to generate sustained changes to promote healthy and eco-friendly agri-food systems / Funding provided through the EU PRIMA program ...

13.11.2023: How marine bristle worms use a special protein to distinguish between sunlight and moonlight

Researchers at the universities in Mainz, Cologne, and Oldenburg gain important insights into a cryptochrome protein involved in synchronization of marine organisms' inner lunar calendar with moon phases ...