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.

11.10.2019: 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: 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   ...

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   ...

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: 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   ...

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   ...

12.09.2019: Probing a nuclear clock transition

Nuclear clocks employ oscillations within the nucleus as their timekeeper / Quantifying of the energy released by the decay of the excited thorium-229 nucleus   ...

05.09.2019: Mainz University, Fermilab agree to joint appointment in support of Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

New appointment to strengthen international neutrino research   ...

28.08.2019: Synthesis of UV absorbers from cashew nut shell liquid

A waste stream from food production is a valuable alternative for petroleum in the production of organic UV filters   ...

22.08.2019: Caffeine does not influence stingless bees

Stingless bees unlike honey bees are not manipulated by the presence of caffeine in nectar and pollen to increase their foraging activities   ...

21.08.2019: Memory research: Fruit flies learn their body size once for an entire lifetime

Drosophila melanogaster develops stable long-term memory for its body size and reach through motion parallax while walking   ...

19.08.2019: Nylon as a building block for transparent electronic devices?

Scientists develop solution-processable ferroelectric nylons   ...

24.07.2019: Peter Baumann elected as new EMBO member

Mainz molecular biologist joins European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO   ...

17.07.2019: Upgrade of the IceCube neutrino telescope

First enhancement of the particle detector at the South Pole is primarily aimed at investigating neutrino oscillation   ...

17.07.2019: New technology to provide better monitoring of the Campi Flegrei supervolcano

Seismic noise provides information on the inner structure of the volcano near Naples   ...