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.

18.07.2018: Lateral gene transfer enables chemical protection of beetles against antagonistic fungi

Jumping genes in symbionts explain how a beetle and a marine tunicate are protected by highly similar compounds   ...

10.07.2018: East German past and mental health

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research sponsors Mainz-based joint research project on risk and protective factors arising from life in the GDR to the sum of EUR 3.8 million  ...

05.07.2018: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ranked number 1 in the natural sciences in Germany in the 2018 DFG Funding Atlas

Researchers of the Mainz University Medical Center publish new findings in the field of neuroregeneration in Nature Neuroscience   ...

05.07.2018: Scientists develop highly sensitive molecular optical pressure sensor

Optical pressure measurements possible in solid state and in solution / Molecular ruby for use in materials sciences or catalysis   ...

02.07.2018: Neanderthals practiced close-range hunting 120,000 years ago

International team of researchers studied hunting lesions on fallow deer   ...

28.06.2018: Synthesis of opium alkaloids using electric current

A selective electrochemical reaction enables the synthesis of thebaine and offers a solution to a long-standing synthetic challenge   ...

27.06.2018: Laser spectroscopy measurements reveal size and shape of the nucleus of nobelium

Precise measurement of the optical excitation of atomic levels in the atomic shell of three isotopes of the heavy element 102   ...

25.06.2018: Antidiabetic action of natural fatty acid derivatives not confirmed

Team of researchers at Sanofi and Mainz University finds no positive action of isomers of the fatty acid derivatives 5- and 9-PAHSA in diabetes models  ...

25.06.2018: New research project on cultural historiography in Russia during the so-called Sattelzeit

Historians look at Russia in the late 18th and early 19th century to learn how a people does create the concept of its own history  ...

19.06.2018: Brood care gene steers the division of labor among ants

Researchers identify a gene whose activity regulates the sensitivity to brood scent and thus influences the brood care behavior of ants  ...

19.06.2018: Mysterious IceCube event may be caused by a tau neutrino

Theoretical physicists calculate the origin of a high-energy particle track captured by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory   ...

14.06.2018: 161 genetic factors for myopia identified

Researchers at the Mainz University Medical Center participate in a genetic study investigating the role of light in the development of myopia  ...

14.06.2018: Mainz scientists identify enzyme responsible for vascular damage caused by aircraft noise

New study of the cardiology of the University Medical Center Mainz continues to show that night-time noise is particularly harmful to vessels and brain  ...

06.06.2018: Excellent placements for Mainz University in the international 2018 CWTS Leiden Ranking

JGU ranked among the top three German universities across all faculties and in individual subjects / Third place nationally in the Physics subject group  ...

04.06.2018: On the search for new approaches to cure lung cancer

Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung sponsors immunological research project being undertaken by Krishnaraj Rajalingam of the Mainz University Medical Center   ...

04.06.2018: Photoexcited graphene puzzle solved

A boost for graphene-based light detectors   ...

01.06.2018: Dark proteome as the focus of a new Priority Program funded by the German Research Foundation

Edward Lemke of Mainz University to coordinate the DFG Priority Program researching intrinsically disordered proteins and their function in the cell   ...

01.06.2018: Gutenberg Research College welcomes new fellows and bestows the 2018 Gutenberg Research Award

Award ceremony at the annual celebration of Mainz University's expert body for the promotion of cutting-edge research   ...

24.05.2018: German Research Foundation continues funding of the Life Sciences – Life Writing Research Training Group for an additional four and a half years

Second funding period for the Life Sciences – Life Writing: Boundary Experiences of Human Life between Biomedical Explanation and Lived Experience project   ...

24.05.2018: Antiferromagnetic materials allow for processing at terahertz speeds

Increased data volume and writing speed in a new antiferromagnetic-based memory  ...