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.

01.02.2022: Dorothee Dormann and Rosa Rademakers collaborate in a research project on rare forms of dementia

Rosa Rademakers has won the 2021 Generet Award for Rare Diseases and will be endowed with EUR 1 million / Part of the funding will be used for research at Mainz University   ...

01.02.2022: EUR 16 million for photonic quantum processors

BMBF project PhotonQ brings together seven universities and research institutions as well as industrial partners   ...

20.01.2022: Worldwide coordinated search for dark matter

Sensor network GNOME publishes comprehensive data in Nature Physics for the first time / Nine stations in six countries involved   ...

20.01.2022: New Master’s degree program "Quantitative Decision Making in Economics and Management" at Mainz University

Providing in-depth skills in data analysis and decision making within complex economic settings  ...

18.01.2022: Conspiracy mentality around the globe tends to be particularly pronounced on the political fringes

Results of surveys involving more than 100,000 participants in 26 countries show a correlation between belief in conspiracies and identification as far-left, and, in particular, far-right   ...

10.01.2022: Matter-antimatter symmetry and antimatter gravity studied at once

BASE collaboration sets new standards / Research group from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz involved in publication in Nature   ...

27.12.2021: How fish-saurians rapidly evolved into giants of the ancient ocean

A reptile from around 250 million years ago was the Earth's first giant   ...

16.12.2021: Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago

Archaeological research near the German city of Halle show that Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open   ...

15.12.2021: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz continues coordination of DFG Priority Program in photochemistry in the second funding period

Priority Program "Light-controlled reactivity of metal complexes" paves the way for the development of new molecular high-performance materials   ...

15.12.2021: Amplified signal and extreme sensitivity: on the trail of light dark matter particles

New nuclear magnetic resonance technique is five orders of magnitude more sensitive   ...

14.12.2021: British Arts and Humanities Research Council and German Research Foundation sponsor four UK-German joint projects at Mainz University

AHRC and DFG to promote collaborative projects in the humanities and social sciences at JGU  ...

10.12.2021: Collaborative project of quantum computer developers

New ATIQ project with funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has a total volume of EUR 44.5 million   ...

10.12.2021: Quantum communication research network launched

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the project to the tune of EUR 35 million over three years / Mainz University contributes a subproject dealing with theoretical modeling and experimentation  ...

06.12.2021: Color centers in diamonds serve as gyroscopes

Practical evidence for usability of diamond color centers as rotation sensors   ...

03.12.2021: JGU Commissioner for Scotland Sigrid Rieuwerts receives 2021 Constance Council Prize

Laureate proposal by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon   ...

30.11.2021: New collaborative research center with participation from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

German Research Foundation DFG approves funding for world-class science in the field of materials science / Renewal of the Collaborative Research Center 1292   ...

25.11.2021: Efficient read-out in antiferromagnetic spintronics

Demonstration of technologically feasible read-out for ultrafast and stable magnetic memory   ...

19.11.2021: Lists of deaths from the Middle Age can be valuable sources for historical research

Necrologies dating to the late medieval period barely researched   ...

19.11.2021: Lists of deaths from the Middle Ages can be valuable sources for historical research

Necrologies dating to the late medieval period barely researched ...

17.11.2021: Campi Flegrei: structure and deep processes at the caldera reconstructed using "ambient noise"

Research team of the INGV Osservatorio Vesuviano and Mainz University analyzes seismic noise at the Campi Flegrei supervolcano over the last decade   ...