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.

07.10.2013: Carl Zeiss Foundation funds endowed professorship at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Enhanced cooperation with SCHOTT AG in the field of application-oriented research ...

04.10.2013: EU project looking at Finno-Ugric minority languages completed

European Language Vitality Barometer shows that nine Finno-Ugric languages are under threat ...

25.09.2013: Researchers from Dresden and Mainz present a new multifunctional topological insulator material with combined superconductivity

New material combines different, at first view contradicting properties with a high potential for future quantum electronics and computation ...

23.09.2013: Domain walls as new information storage medium

Visualization of domain wall motion: Material defects do not impede wall motion at high velocities / Publication of findings in Nature Communications ...

03.09.2013: Researchers propose a new system for quantum simulation

Scientific paper on ultracold atoms and fermionic ions published in Physical Review Letters ...

30.08.2013: New superheavy elements can be uniquely identified

International research collaboration at GSI including researchers of Mainz University uses element 115 to highlight a way for taking new superheavy elements' fingerprints ...

28.08.2013: Petra Beli joins the Institute of Molecular Biology and obtains a prestigious Emmy Noether award to study the cellular response to DNA damage

EUR 1.5 million award from the German Research Foundation to establish a research group in Mainz ...

28.08.2013: EU projects involving researchers of Mainz University reveal the spread of farming and the origin of lactase persistence in the Neolithic Age

Nature reports on the findings of the LeCHE and BEAN anthropological research projects ...

15.08.2013: Quantum teleportation: Transfer of flying quantum bits at the touch of a button

Hybrid technology makes possible highly reliable transmission of photonic qubits ...

12.08.2013: Physicists of Mainz University investigate the formation of defects during phase transitions in crystals of ions

Recent research findings are relevant to a model of matter structure formation tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang ...

09.08.2013: Ancient glass beads provide evidence of industry and trade routes at the time of the Romans

Scientists at Mainz University for the first time prove techniques used to produce ancient glazed beads / Investigations conducted using neutron activation analysis with the aid of the TRIGA research reactor ...

31.07.2013: Scientists at Mainz University decode mechanisms of cell orientation in the brain

Transmembrane protein NG2 controls orientation of cell migration toward the wound / Publication in the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience ...

31.07.2013: Chemists develop innovative nanosensors for multiple proteins

Test strips bearing gold nanoparticles as sensor elements can detect numerous proteins simultaneously / New concept with potential applications in medicine, environmental technology, and foodstuff analysis ...

29.07.2013: Scientists from the universities of Mainz and Antananarivo describe the Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur as a new primate species native of Madagascar

Diversity of dwarf lemur species previously underestimated ...

25.07.2013: Social status and power of action of speakers determine the way their statements are perceived

Neurolinguists measure brain reaction to statements made by prominent speakers / Results published in PLOS ONE ...

23.07.2013: Protons hop from one water molecule to another given suitable energy conditions

New model sheds further light on the Grotthuss mechanism ...

16.07.2013: New mode of cellular communication discovered in the brain

Glial cells send 'care packages' including protective proteins and genetic information to nerve cells ...

15.07.2013: 500 physicists to attend Lattice Symposium in Mainz

Mainz Institute of Nuclear Physics will show scientists from throughout the world the research potential of HIM and PRISMA ...

10.07.2013: Rene Gerritsma receives EUR 1.5 million ERC Starting Grant for quantum simulations

Mainz physicist will develop a quantum simulator that will be used to study the quantum physics of solids ...

09.07.2013: Academy for Foreign Coaches in Mainz finishes 35th degree course

Training courses for track and field athletes from developing countries since 1978 ...