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.

12.11.2010: DNA analyses from Central European early Neolithic farmers reveal their Near Eastern affinities

International research project on the structure and dynamics of population genetic processes in central Germany during the Neolithic period ...

14.10.2010: Studies show a link between depression, social contact, and physical activity in patients awaiting a heart transplant

Heart patients should combine depression treatment with increased physical activity ...

08.10.2010: Yersinia pestis bacteria clearly identified as the cause of the big plague epidemic of the Middle Ages

The 'Black Death' was caused by at least two previously unknown types of Yersinia pestis ...

23.09.2010: Immune cells also attack neurons directly

New findings on Multiple Sclerosis ...

21.09.2010: Trade unions improve work conditions and welfare on a global scale

Klaus Wälde emphasizes the positive role played by trade unions in occupational health and safety ...

14.09.2010: Frosty times for dinosaurs

Fossils as climate archives: Evidence of a major fall in temperature 137 million years ago during the Cretaceous greenhouse period ...

08.09.2010: Second phase of the Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments: JGU joins the competition between universities

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz submits initial proposals for two graduate schools, four clusters of excellence, and a future concept ...

07.09.2010: Sadness, fear, anger: How Americans reacted to the events of September 11, 2001

Researchers at Mainz University carried out a minute-by-minute reconstruction of the sequence of emotions on September 11, 2001 ...

02.09.2010: Gene doping detectable with a simple blood test

German scientists from Tübingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days ...

01.09.2010: Dental surgery at the click of a mouse

New e-learning platform for students of dentistry at Mainz University Medical Center ...

01.09.2010: Topping out ceremony for new Institute of Molecular Biology after EUR 100 million donation

Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation to sponsor operations of excellence center of life sciences for 10 years ...

18.08.2010: Important breakthrough in research on the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of asthma

Scientists in Mainz publish new discoveries in asthma research ...

18.08.2010: Mainz University opens new vista in smart materials: Fully reversible functionalization of inorganic nanotubes

Scientists at JGU have devised a tool which allows fully reversible binding of metal oxides to inorganic nanotubes ...

02.08.2010: Journey to new worlds: Electronics of the future and quantum computers

Shoucheng Zhang of Stanford University receives the 2010 Gutenberg Research Award ...

29.07.2010: The USA being a guest at MAINZ in Mainz

Three US-American exchange students are currently involved in research at the MAINZ Graduate School ...

29.07.2010: Carl Zeiss Foundation promotes inverse design of new materials at Mainz University

JGU research group at the cutting edge between soft and hard matter and between theory and practice receives EUR 1 million ...

23.07.2010: Cardiologists at the Mainz University Medical Center introduce new procedure to treat cardiac valve disorders

First patients already successfully treated using mitral valve clips ...

20.07.2010: Heusler materials are a goldmine for future technologies

New quantum state of matter discovered in Heusler compounds / Researchers from Mainz and Stanford pave the way for spintronics, quantum computing and completely new physical effects ...

19.07.2010: Breakthrough in thin-film solar cells: New insights into the Indium/Gallium puzzle

Research cooperation predicts significant improvement to the efficiency of CIGS thin-film solar cells ...

06.07.2010: Alfred Dollwet Foundation supports research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

EUR 5,000 for a research project of the Institute of Pathobiochemistry at the Mainz University Medical Center to investigate new ways of preventing Parkinson's disease ...