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.

11.04.2024: ERC Advanced Grant for Maarten Boonekamp in collaboration with Jens Erler und Frank Maas

New physics in parity violation: From the Thomson limit to the energy frontier / Funding worth EUR 3.2 million ...

26.03.2024: Behavior of ant queens is shaped by their social environment

Specialization of ant queens as mere egg-layers is reversible / Queen behavioral specialization is initiated and maintained by the presence of workers ...

22.03.2024: New international Master’s degree program in Evolutionary Biology

English-language program links theoretical exploration and practical laboratory work / Application period: April 1st to May 15th, 2024 ...

19.03.2024: From the Mediterranean into the Atlantic: The Gibraltar arc is migrating to the west

After a period of quiescence, the subduction zone under the Strait of Gibraltar will continue to invade the Atlantic Ocean ...

13.03.2024: Good prospects for altermagnets in spin-based electronics

Altermagnetic CrSb with promising characteristics for electronic applications ...

05.03.2024: New Center for Synthetic Genomics

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung finances establishment of joint facility in Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, and Mainz ...

01.03.2024: EU funding for outstanding early-career researcher Pieter Gunnink

Individual fellowship provided through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions program supports Mainz physicist to carry out a new research project in the field of spintronics ...

27.02.2024: Merons realized in synthetic antiferromagnets

Researchers in Germany and Japan have been able for the first time to identify collective topological spin structures called merons in layered synthetic antiferromagnets ...

19.02.2024: Scientists directly observed altermagnetism

Third branch of magnetism experimentally demonstrated in manganese telluride / Opportunities for new research directions ...

15.02.2024: Altermagnetism experimentally demonstrated

Researchers at Mainz University have been able to visualize the third class of magnetism, called altermagnetism, in action ...

13.02.2024: Greetings from the island of enhanced stability: The quest for the limit of the periodic table

Review in Nature Reviews Physics discusses major challenges in the field of superheavy elements and their nuclei and provides an outlook on future developments ...

09.02.2024: Molecular manganese complex as superphotooxidant

Scientists developed a new molecular system made from the abundant element manganese for photooxidations ...

08.02.2024: Kick-off for a new polar research project

YESSS to investigate warming in the Arctic during the dark season ...

08.02.2024: New EU project aims at the promotion of inclusive creative learning environments in schools

European Commission provides funding for the "Stories4all" project with a clear focus on social inclusion and intercultural exchange ...

07.02.2024: JGU Center for Lifelong Learning acquires EU funding for new project on artificial intelligence in adult education

European Commission funding for new project "AI in ADU: Artificial Intelligence in Adult Education and Self-Learning: Providing personalized and adaptive learning experiences with emphasis on language learning" ...

06.02.2024: New EU-funded project "FOOD includes" aims to improve the inclusiveness and accessibility of adult education

JGU Center for Lifelong Learning implements the "FOOD includes: Reaching, recruiting and engaging excluded learners by harnessing the power of food" project to develop food-based training initiatives for excluded or non-interested learners ...

05.02.2024: The limits of weather forecasting: How far into the future can we look?

Research study confirms intrinsic limits of weather forecasting and identifies reasons / Forecasts for midlatitude weather could be significantly improved ...

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 ...

02.02.2024: Outstanding early achievements in the latest Excellence Strategy competition

JGU has been invited to submit two full proposals for Clusters of Excellence ...

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 ...