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.

20.11.2014: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Nagoya University finalize exchange program for students and researchers in physics

Cooperation agreement enables Mainz University students in physics to do research and study in Japan ...

19.11.2014: Alpha particle x-ray spectrometer developed in Mainz transmits first data from comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

APXS will be used for analytical measurements to determine the chemical composition of the comet surface ...

18.11.2014: Gutenberg Brain Study and Mainz Resilience Project launch study on resilience mechanisms in the brain

Improvement of prevention and treatment of mental disorders as a long term goal ...

17.11.2014: Recommendations by other customers significantly influence Internet purchasing behavior

Customer endorsement has the most prominent effect on private online purchasing activity ...

12.11.2014: Comet lander Philae of the ESA Rosetta mission has analytical equipment developed in Mainz on board

Alpha particle x-ray spectrometer will be used to determine the chemical composition of the surface of Churyumov“–Gerasimenko ...

07.11.2014: EMBO Young Investigator Brian Luke joins Institute of Molecular Biology in Mainz to study telomere biology

New group leader will focus on understanding the biology of telomeres ...

30.10.2014: Mainz University Medical Center opens the first atrial fibrillation unit in Germany

Diagnostic and therapy unit for the care of patients with atrial fibrillation ...

29.10.2014: Cinema-like environment helps audiences become immersed in movies even when shown on small computer screens or cell phone displays

Contextual cues influence cinematic experience / Screen size not statistically significant ...

15.10.2014: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz joins Germany’s Gauß-Allianz as a full member

Mainz scientists take a leading global position in the simulation-driven sciences ...

10.10.2014: Román Orús awarded 2014 EPS Early Career Prize of the European Physical Society

Distinction for young scientists for their services to European physics ...

09.10.2014: EU cooperation project coordinated by Mainz University to develop international Medieval Studies Program

Focus on providing students with skills and professional orientation to improve their future career prospects ...

06.10.2014: Vesicles influence the function of nerve cells

Neurons react to the transmission activity of exosomes on three fundamental levels ...

19.09.2014: International team of researchers have for the first time established a chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom

New vistas for studying effects of Einstein's relativity on the structure of the periodic table ...

10.09.2014: German Research Foundation sponsors digital edition of the Augsburg Master Builders' Ledgers

Historians of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz edit medieval ledgers from Augsburg ...

08.09.2014: Winner of Sofja Kovalevskaja Award to take up research at Mainz University

Helen May-Simera wins prestigious research award from the Humboldt Foundation for her research work on cilia and related disorders ...

05.09.2014: Carl Zeiss Foundation provides EUR 750,000 in funding to Competence Center for HPC in the Natural Sciences at Mainz University

Planned center for High Performance Computing (HPC) at the Institute of Computer Science will bring together various research projects and will provide an improved level of HPC services ...

29.08.2014: Theologian and historian Isaac Kalimi awarded fellowship by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study

Fellow of the Gutenberg Research College of Mainz University invited to northern Europe's leading research institute ...

28.08.2014: Detection of pp-neutrinos provides first direct measurement of solar power at its production

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz contribute to experimental effort ...

28.08.2014: International team of scientists realizes a tunable spin-charge converter made of gallium-arsenide

Researchers including physicist Jairo Sinova from Mainz University open up new approach in searching and engineering spintronic materials / Publication in Nature Materials ...

07.08.2014: New breakthrough in two-loop calculations

Prediction of pair production of Z bosons at LHC calculated with previously unattainable precision ...