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.

17.11.2008: Shakespeare goes digital: The new Shakespeare Illustration Archive Oppel-Hammerschmidt

Previously unpublished University of Mainz collection of the work of artists on the plays of William Shakespeare is now available on the Internet at no charge ...

21.10.2008: Archaeologists from Mainz University uncover ancient governor’s palace in Turkey

International excavation project discovers hitherto undisturbed cremation sites ...

20.10.2008: Microscopic structure of quantum gases made visible

Physicists of Mainz University have first managed to plot the distribution of individual gases in the Bose-Einstein condensate ...

17.10.2008: Europeans are sedentary, but highly mobile as commuters and on business trips

First representative study on job-related spatial mobility in Europe shows: One in two people in gainful employment has experience with mobility ...

16.10.2008: No higher risk of leukemia for children living near powerful radio or television transmitters

Scientists from Mainz University investigate the association between the exposure to high frequency electromagnetic fields and childhood leukemia ...

06.10.2008: Important cultural assets in Palestine could be lost – Europe could also lose part of its historic heritage

It is still not possible to conduct excavations in the Palestinian territories ...

10.09.2008: School transition: Discrimination against children of less-educated, lower income parents

Sociologists at Mainz University investigate the educational opportunities of year four pupils in Wiesbaden relative to their social background ...

19.08.2008: Catching cold mountain air could save Europe’s glaciers

Student project of Mainz University installs wind-catching screen at the Swiss Rhône glacier to test its effect on its melting rate ...

14.07.2008: Fraud with cultured pearls can be detected

Scientists at Mainz University have developed a method for objectively distinguishing between Japanese and Chinese fresh-water cultured pearls ...

04.07.2008: Horse racecourse in ancient Olympia discovered after 1600 years

An archaeological sensation: Modern geophysical methods have made it possible to discover the site of the hippodrome and determine its geographical dimensions ...

24.06.2008: Shells – a unique climate archive on the ocean floor

Mollusk shells document the climate of the past and climate changes attributable to humans ...

12.06.2008: Mainz University involved in new DFG Transregional Collaborative Research Center in the field of immune responses

Laboratories in Würzburg, Berlin and Mainz are investigating the genetic regulation of specialized T cells ...

04.06.2008: Myelin accelerates stimuli: Shedding light on the mechanisms of myelin formation in the central nervous system

Investigations conducted by the Department of Molecular Cell Biology published in the Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Cell Biology ...

03.06.2008: Even fruit flies have an orientation memory: Recall tested in a virtual space

Scientists from Mainz University have demonstrated that Drosophila has an orientation memory / Publication in Nature ...

30.05.2008: Sedentary, but highly mobile: In Germany every second person of working age has experience with occupational mobility

Sociologists of Mainz University are coordinating a Europe-wide study on the prevalence, diversity, and consequence of occupational mobilty ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Award for the Germersheim Friday Conference concept

Project of Faculty 06 receives the Excellence Award for Learning and Teaching of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Awards for five lecturers and two teaching projects at Mainz University

Authoring tool for virtual physics lessons and the Friday Conference for practicing interpreting under conference conditions come out tops in the state Excellence Competition ...

22.04.2008: Day of Teaching 2008: Authoring tool project for developing a web-based virtual physics laboratory wins state prize

Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science of Mainz University receives the Rhineland-Palatinate Excellence Award for Learning and Teaching ...

22.04.2008: Skills Lab and Simulation Center at the Mainz University Medical Center provide innovative training

Broad range of practical simulation courses ...

21.04.2008: Generous private donation for the Botanic Garden at Mainz University

Elisabeth Gateff supports the planned Green School with EUR 50,000 ...