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.

11.11.2019: Siegfried Waldvogel receives Manuel M. Baizer Award

International recognition for electrochemical research at Mainz University as the basis for sustainable technical innovations   ...

07.11.2019: FORTHEM Alliance of Mainz University and European partners visits the European Universities Initiative kick-off event in Brussels

EU Commission sponsors ideas for building universities of the future in the European Higher Education Area   ...

04.11.2019: Dynamics of silk proteins are a key to the outstanding stability of spider silk as a biomaterial

Interdisciplinary study clarifies role of protein dynamics mediated by the amino acid methionine   ...

30.10.2019: Mainz University is again among the Reuters Top 100 most innovative universities in the world

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz achieved an outstanding fourth place among the nine German universities in the Top 100  ...

29.10.2019: Placing another piece in the dark matter puzzle

PRISMA+ and HIM scientists report the latest findings of the CASPEr research program in Science Advances   ...

28.10.2019: Reconstructing the richness of pristine oceans funded by the ERC

Geoscientist Bernd Schöne participating in investigation of marine ecosystems over the past 6,000 years / SEACHANGE project awarded ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 11.8 million   ...

25.10.2019: Physicists make one step toward using insulating antiferromagnetic materials in future computers

Physicists at Mainz University and cooperation partners observe reading and writing of digital information with antiferromagnetic materials   ...

16.10.2019: Tales of travel: Research project explores travel writing in the early modern period

Travelogues gained in popularity in Europe from the mid-18th century and subsequently grew in social and political significance   ...

14.10.2019: From Haft Tappeh to the world wide web

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz und Mainz University of Applied Sciences are digitizing 3,500-year old cuneiform texts   ...

11.10.2019: ERC funding for research into three-dimensional magnetic nanostructures

A research consortium including experimental physicist Mathias Kläui from Mainz receives an ERC Synergy Grant with about EUR 12 million of funding   ...

08.10.2019: ERC Starting Grant for Zachary Chitwood on investigating the role of the monastic federation of Mount Athos in the Middle Ages

A comprehensive database will include the inhabitants and visitors of Athos over a period of 700 years and paint a new picture of the monastic republic and its manifold connections   ...

07.10.2019: Cesium vapor aids in the search for dark matter

Physicists at Mainz University manage to further narrow down range of the search for dark matter   ...

02.10.2019: Carl Zeiss Foundation supports the establishment of a new research center for artificial intelligence at Mainz University

Emergent AI Center at the JGU Institute of Computer Science will bring together researchers from the fields of biology, physics, and polymer research   ...

01.10.2019: Researchers at Mainz University synthesize new liquid crystals that will allow the directed transmission of electricity

Organic power cable for electronic components   ...

01.10.2019: Reinhart Koselleck Project funding for research into the growth of atmospheric nanoparticles

The objective is to understand the mechanisms of particle formation and to distinguish between its natural and anthropogenic causes   ...

30.09.2019: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz joins the Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab

New PRISMA+ research group led by Martin Fertl participates at measuring the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon   ...

27.09.2019: Sonia Bacca elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Major award for the theoretical physicist, a member of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence   ...

26.09.2019: HALO mission over the southern hemisphere investigates ozone depletion and processes affecting our climate

Researchers will study the influence of gravity waves on the polar vortex over the Antarctic and analyze the chemical and dynamic processes at play in the tropopause   ...

24.09.2019: Researchers can now place single ions into solids

New technique enables implantation of individual ions into crystals with an accuracy of 35 nanometers   ...

24.09.2019: Christian Smorra receives ERC Starting Grant for antimatter research

Funding for the development of a trap for the transport of antiprotons from CERN to Mainz / Researchers expect to greatly enhance measuring accuracy   ...