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.

03.04.2023: Paola Arlotta receives 2023 Gutenberg Research Award

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to bestow its most prestigious research prize on Harvard stem cell biologist ...

30.03.2023: Second ERC Advanced Grant for Matthias Neubert

Novel theoretical predictions to advance the search for new physics at the LHC / Funding worth EUR 2.5 million ...

23.03.2023: Improved ATLAS result weighs in on W boson

Improved ATLAS measurement of the W boson mass is in line with the Standard Model of particle physics ...

23.03.2023: First WIMP search results from the XENONnT experiment

PhD student Daniel Wenz from Mainz University presents data at a seminar at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy ...

22.03.2023: First neutrinos made by particle collider detected

Discovery promises to help physicists understand the nature of the universe's most abundant particle ...

21.03.2023: New possibilities in the theoretical prediction of particle interactions

Team of scientists at Mainz University finds a way to evaluate highly complex Feynman integrals ...

16.03.2023: Rhineland-Palatinate’s Minister of Science Clemens Hoch inaugurates new high-performance computer at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

A milestone of national collaboration ...

02.03.2023: Sustainable process for the production of vanillin from lignin makes further progress

Kraft lignin successfully degraded using a "green" oxidizer ...

28.02.2023: Social media provide space for digital cosmopolitanism

Digital cosmopolitans share similar values and are guided by similar motivations and perspectives on society ...

13.02.2023: Interuniversity exchange in the FORTHEM Alliance: Universities of Mainz and Jyväskylä address innovative best practices in learning and teaching

High-profile delegation of the Education Council of the University of Jyväskylä familiarizes with JGU's promotion of innovative learning and teaching and gives new impulses in the field of university development ...

08.02.2023: Echoes of ancient curse tablets identified in the Book of Revelation

Descriptions and phrases used in the Revelation of John are similar in terminology to those appearing on curse tablets produced in antiquity and the associated sorcery rituals ...

07.02.2023: First Carl Zeiss Humboldt Research Award goes to Alexej Jerschow
Professor Dr. Alexej Jerschow (photo/©: private)

Chemistry professor at New York University receives new research prize worth EUR 100,000 / Future collaboration with the team of Dmitry Budker at Mainz University ...

01.02.2023: Neanderthals hunted elephants: Earliest evidence found of humans killing elephants for food

Analysis of finds from the Neumark-Nord site near Halle provide first indisputable proof of active hunting of elephants by early humans and change our perception of Neanderthal lifeways ...

01.02.2023: Amplified search for new forces

Special setup uses polarized rubidium and xenon as transmitter and receiver system for exotic fields ...

23.01.2023: A new model for dark matter

Phase transition in the early universe changes strength of interaction between dark and normal matter ...

17.01.2023: EU promotes science-policy dialog at regional and local levels

Rhine-Main Universities selected for pilot project ...

11.01.2023: Mainz University contributes to recent discovery of the temple of Poseidon located at the Kleidi site near Samikon in Greece
The excavations undertaken in the autumn of 2022 revealed parts of the foundations of a structure that was 9.4 meters wide and had carefully positioned walls with a thickness of 0.8 meters. (photo/©: Dr. Birgitta Eder / Athens Branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute)

Natural Hazard Research and Geoarchaeology team of JGU is investigating coastal developments in Western Greece over the last 11,600 years   ...

09.01.2023: New Bachelor’s degree program in Translation with strong career orientation

Academic training in translation and interpreting available for 12 languages takes into account current trends and developments in the translation industry ...

20.12.2022: Using drones to monitor volcanoes: Researchers analyze volcanic gases with the help of ultra-lightweight sensor systems

Composition of gases emitted by volcanoes can provide information on the possibility of imminent eruptions / Lightweight drones make investigation possible even in areas that are difficult to access   ...

15.12.2022: Increasing forest cover in the Eifel region 11,000 years ago resulted in the local loss of megafauna

Sediment cores obtained from Eifel maar sites provide insight into the presence of large Ice Age mammals in Central Europe over the past 60,000 years / Overkill hypothesis not confirmed   ...