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.

28.09.2021: The advantage of genetic diversity: More diverse ant colonies raise more offspring

Genetically diverse ant colonies tend to be more productive, presumably due to improved division of labor   ...

24.09.2021: European University Alliance FORTHEM welcomes new partners and strengthens its network with the university cities' administrations and chambers of commerce

FORTHEM will expand its network to universities in Norway and Romania / Building relations and enhancing exchange also at the city and chamber of commerce level   ...

24.09.2021: Excellent scores in the 2021 U-Multirank for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Top rankings in research, knowledge transfer, and international orientation  ...

21.09.2021: Rhine-Main Universities to join forces for the upcoming Excellence Strategy competition

RMU alliance will further extend its strategic collaboration   ...

15.09.2021: Electrosynthesis: preventing cathodic corrosion

Researchers at Mainz University publish literature review in Chemical Reviews and launch project designed to obtain precursors for plastics from agricultural waste   ...

09.09.2021: Giving websites a human touch: Researcher of Mainz University receives SERVSIG Best Service Article Award of the American Marketing Association

Images and videos of service employees on digital channels of service firms improve customer loyalty   ...

06.09.2021: Edward Lemke receives funding from the Volkswagen Foundation for his work on the replication of cellular processes using new forms of organelles

Volkswagen Foundation to provide some EUR 1 million to finance research focusing on membraneless organelles under the aegis of its "Life?" funding initiative   ...

25.08.2021: In the trap: New method for cooling charged particles

System consisting of two Penning traps connected to an electrical resonant circuit transmits the cooling power of laser-cooled ions   ...

25.08.2021: Engineering new cell functionalities on thin films

Researchers from Mainz have developed a method to engineer new functionalities into cells and better understand eukaryotic cell functions  ...

23.08.2021: Heavy rain forecast from the Eifel maars

Sediment cores indicate more heavy rain events in warm periods and less climate variability in cold periods   ...

20.08.2021: Successful climate research in the Amazon region is continued and expanded with ATTO+

Next funding phase of the ATTO project will answer new pressing questions in climate research in the Amazon   ...

10.08.2021: Atomic nuclei and leptons: milestone in the calculation of cross sections

Precise theoretical predictions relevant for future neutrino experiments  ...

26.07.2021: Movement and Wellbeing Master’s degree program in sports science open for graduates of Bachelor’s programs with a focus on social sciences, health sciences, and life sciences

Interdisciplinary expansion of the English-language Master's program in cooperation with partner universities in China and India / Application deadline: 15 November 2021   ...

21.07.2021: Awareness without a sense of self

Most comprehensive study to date on the experience of pure awareness during meditation  ...

19.07.2021: Mechanisms to separately regulate synaptic vesicle release and recycling

Interactions of two voltage-gated calcium channels and a pump enable separate control of exocytosis and endocytosis at chemical synapses  ...

19.07.2021: EU project ADMIRE launched

Interdisciplinary consortium aims to develop intelligent adaptive storage systems   ...

15.07.2021: Long-term climate regulation changed with the proliferation of marine animals and terrestrial plants

Geoscientific study traces carbon-silicon cycle over three billion years on the basis of lithium isotope levels   ...

12.07.2021: Remarkable new insights into the pathology of Usher syndrome

Usher syndrome 1G protein SANS regulates the splicing of genes, particularly those linked to Usher syndrome   ...

01.07.2021: Eruption of the Laacher See volcano redated

Revised date of the Laacher See eruption 13,077 years ago provides crucial information about historical climate fluctuations at the end of the last Ice Age   ...

24.06.2021: Membrane proteins of bacteria and humans show surprising similarities

Research cooperation uncovers structure and function of PspA and discovers evolutionary link of a bacterial protein to human ESCRT-III proteins   ...