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.

13.06.2023: FORTHEM Alliance of nine European universities outlines the network’s overarching strategy and goals for the next four years

First FORTHEM Presidency Meeting at the University of Jyväskylä ...

05.06.2023: Electrical synapses in the neural network of insects found to have unexpected role in controlling flight power

Researchers of Mainz University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin revealed previously unknown function of electrical synapses, thus deciphering the neural circuit used to regulate insect wingbeat frequency ...

01.06.2023: Thorium-229: A new approach to investigation opens up a wide range of possibilities

International research team reveals in "Physical Review Research" how the first nuclear transition can be excited with lasers in the visible wavelength range ...

26.05.2023: Effective as a collective: Researchers investigate the swarming behavior of microrobots

Research study reveals alternative route to realize programmable active matter ...

25.05.2023: Material design by means of defect engineering: German Research Foundation approves new Collaborative Research Center at Mainz University

DFG to fund new CRC investigating options for manipulating defects in soft matter ...

25.05.2023: German Research Foundation approves three funding applications for Collaborative Research Centers at Mainz University

DFG funding boosts top-level research areas of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ...

24.05.2023: Improved prospects for developing a nuclear clock

Radiative decay of the nuclear isomer of thorium-229 observed for the first time / Observation paves the way for optical control of this atomic nucleus ...

24.05.2023: Lost since 1362: Researchers discover the church of a sunken medieval trading place

Joint scientific project locates the sunken church of Rungholt in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in Germany ...

22.05.2023: Hanna Kokko receives Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Theoretical evolutionary biologist at Mainz University receives Germany’s highest endowed research prize ...

17.05.2023: New DFG-funded Research Unit CORE investigates students' critical use of online information

Critical Online Reasoning in Higher Education (CORE) research group will explore the online information use and the informational landscape students use for learning in medicine, physics, economics, and the social sciences ...

08.05.2023: German Research Foundation approves new Research Training Group on the biology of R-loops at Mainz University

New Research Training Group "R-loop Regulation in Robustness and Resilience" dedicates itself to highly topical field of research ...

04.05.2023: Discovery of unconventional Hall effect in an altermagnet

Electrons can move without dissipation along a certain direction in altermagnets without a magnetic moment and noncollinearity ...

27.04.2023: How wiggly spaghetti guard the genome

Dynamic network of proteins in the pores of the nuclear envelope blocks dangerous invaders ...

26.04.2023: The reasons why insect numbers are decreasing

A researcher from Mainz University has published a special issue of Biology Letters on the causes and consequences of the worldwide decline in insect biomass as well as potential countermeasures ...

25.04.2023: Relatives discovered: Membrane proteins of cyanobacteria and higher organisms are structurally highly similar

SynDLP could be a bacterial ancestor of eukaryotic membrane proteins ...

24.04.2023: New electron scattering experiment designed for the excitation of the helium nucleus raises fundamental questions about our current understanding of nuclear forces

Theoretical predictions and new experimental data on 4He, measured with great accuracy, diverge significantly from each other ...

19.04.2023: Plate tectonic processes in the Pacific and Atlantic during the Cretaceous period have shaped the Caribbean region to this day

Computer models simulate plate tectonic processes since the beginning of the Cretaceous period around 140 million years ago and provides an explanation for the special features of the Caribbean region ...

17.04.2023: Baruch Shomron is the new holder of the Israel Professorship at the Department of Communication at Mainz University

Building bridges of academic exchange between Mainz and Israeli universities ...

11.04.2023: Male yellow crazy ants are real-life chimeras

Males of the yellow crazy ant have two genomes each in separate cell clusters ...

03.04.2023: New international Master’s degree program will provide comprehensive knowledge and skills in the fields of soft matter and soft materials

Rhine-Main Universities Mainz and Darmstadt jointly offer new research-focused Soft Matter and Materials degree course program with increasing practical components starting in the coming winter semester ...