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.

25.06.2019: An ion channel with a doorkeeper: The pH of calcium ions controls ion channel opening

Biochemists identified the structure of a ring located at the opening of the TRPML2 ion channel that can be blocked by calcium ions   ...

21.06.2019: Dental microwear provides clues to dietary habits of lepidosauria

Microscopic images allow to differentiate between carnivores and herbivores and might support the discovery of the first herbivorous terrestrial vertebrates   ...

18.06.2019: Beewolves use a gas to preserve food

Scientists discovered that the eggs of the European beewolf produce nitric oxide, a gas preventing the larvae’s food from getting moldy in the warm and humid brood cells   ...

11.06.2019: Teacher Training Quality Campaign: Mainz University receives EUR 1.2 million to promote teacher training

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and network partners develop digital teaching-learning tools for vocational teacher training  ...

06.06.2019: Mainz University achieves excellent positions in the U-Multirank university ranking

JGU is represented in the international top group in terms of the number of research publications and patents  ...

05.06.2019: German Research Foundation funds new research unit examining the microstructure of adaptive polymer gels

Research alliance on "Adaptive Polymer Gels with Model-Network Structure" will close a gap in the German research landscape ...

03.06.2019: New interaction between thin film magnets discovered

Physicists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz lay the foundations for new three-dimensional spin structures  ...

28.05.2019: German Research Foundation continues funding for research into the limits of weather forecast

DFG approves second funding period for Transregional Collaborative Research Center "Waves to Weather" (CRC/TRR 165)  ...

27.05.2019: The effects of the Internet on learning in higher education

RMU Initiative Funding for Research to fund educational researchers, computer scientists, linguists, and neuroscientists at the Rhine-Main Universities   ...

24.05.2019: New European project at the forefront of strong interaction studies

EU project "STRONG-2020" brings together 44 institutes from all over Europe conducting research on the strong interaction  ...

20.05.2019: German Research Foundation approves new research training group investigating the evolution of gene regulation

New Research Training Group "Gene Regulation in Evolution: From Molecular to Extended Phenotypes" gives a boost to Mainz University as a major center of research in the life sciences  ...

20.05.2019: New international open access journal on ancient and Christian ethics published by theologians at Mainz University

Journal aims to contribute to the dialog between ethical traditions of antiquity and current ethical discourses  ...

07.05.2019: The power of randomization: Magnetic skyrmions for novel computer technology

First steps towards a practical application for magnetic skyrmions   ...

07.05.2019: Driving chemical reactions with light

Chemical nature of surface molecules influences plasmon responses of metal nanoparticles  ...

06.05.2019: Mainz University welcomes leading researchers and bestows the 2019 Gutenberg Research Award

Annual celebration of the Gutenberg Research College / Public lectures by Corine Defrance in Mainz   ...

03.05.2019: Astroparticle physicists observe longest half-life ever directly measured

Detector for dark matter search provides impressive measurement results / Publication in Nature   ...

01.04.2019: 2019 Gutenberg Research Award for Corine Defrance

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz honors outstanding French historian   ...

29.03.2019: Designer organelles in cells produce synthetic proteins

Scientists create membraneless organelles to build proteins in living cells / Incorporation of synthetic amino acids allows completely new chemical functionality   ...

28.03.2019: Rhine-Main Universities undertake research into transport processes in the tropopause

RMU Initiative Funding for Research to finance joint meteorology and climate science project of the Rhine-Main Universities   ...

13.03.2019: FORTHEM Alliance of Mainz University and European partners submitted application in the European Universities Initiative

EU Commission will provide EUR 60 million for networks of world-class European Universities / Pilot projects to begin in fall 2019  ...