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.

21.02.2014: Mainz University pinpoints its top-level research areas

Core research areas will receive a total of EUR 8.5 million annually through the Rhineland-Palatinate Research Initiative ...

11.02.2014: Language vitality barometer toolkit for detecting endangered languages now freely available online

Tools and database of the EU project ELDIA now generally accessible / Wake-up call to policymakers to help save endangered languages ...

03.02.2014: Physicists at Mainz University build pilot prototype of a single-ion heat engine

Nano-heat engine likely to operate at high efficiency ...

30.01.2014: Novel genes determine division of labor in insect societies

Mainz biologists show in a scientific study how gene expression differs between castes in ants ...

29.01.2014: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will fund new interdisciplinary research group looking at the subject of brain doping

Joint project concerned with the complex transfer and exchange processes between researchers, physicians, journalists, and the general public ...

22.01.2014: Jairo Sinova receives ERC funding to develop new spintronic concepts

ERC Synergy Grant of nearly EUR 10 million awarded to research group involving Mainz theoretical physicist Jairo Sinova ...

14.01.2014: New research on sauropod gigantism summarized in publicly available collection

Giants of Earth's history still pose a wealth of riddles / Publication in PLOS ONE ...

13.01.2014: Scientific study suggests an association between physical doping and brain doping

Survey among triathletes finds correlation between consumption of drugs enhancing physical and mental performance ...

08.01.2014: German Research Foundation approves research training group to study extreme experiences in human life

A group of young researchers will examine extreme experiences in human life using biomedical explanations and worldly experience ...

07.01.2014: German Research Foundation provides funding for international research network addressing media use and psychological well-being

Enabling interdisciplinary exchange between outstanding young researchers ...

03.01.2014: Mainz University begins offering special courses providing an introduction to academic work methods for foreign students

Assistance in settling into the German university system ...

30.12.2013: Earth’s crust was unstable in the Archean eon and dripped down into the mantle

Model calculations indicate that the extreme density of the base of the thickened primary crust caused it to subside into Earth's mantle ...

02.12.2013: Christof Wetterich holds the Johannes Gutenberg Endowed Professorship in 2014

Internationally renowned physicist from Heidelberg focuses in next yearâs lecture series on the universe and its history ...

27.11.2013: Graduate School MAINZ doctoral award for Anna Maria Hofmann and Christine Tonhauser

MAINZ Award given for outstanding dissertations in chemistry ...

25.11.2013: Alfred Hornung honoree of internationally renowned Carl Bode–Norman Holmes Pearson Prize

Recognition of Mainz Americanist for outstanding achievements in the internationalization and transnationalization of his field ...

22.11.2013: IceCube provides proof of neutrinos from the cosmos

IceCube particle detector at the South Pole discovers 28 high-energy neutrinos / Publication in Science ...

20.11.2013: Research Training Group 1581 "Symmetry Breaking in Fundamental Interactions" continues with second phase

German Research Foundation grants extension until 2018 ...

13.11.2013: Teaching degree students of Mainz University gain experience in Scottish schools

German Educational Trainees Across Borders program places Mainz students in Scottish schools to teach German ...

13.11.2013: European young investigators network for Usher syndrome awarded an E-Rare collaborative research project for young scientists

EU project for research on rare Usher syndrome ...

12.11.2013: Physics at Mainz University strong in research in global comparison

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) sees Physics institutes at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz among 75 best in the world ...