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.

16.12.2020: The journey of a well-traveled death mask: Jewish emigrants took a plaster mask prepared upon Frank Wedekind’s death with them into exile in New Zealand

More than 100 years after the author's death, a professor of German based in New Zealand presented the death mask to the Editions- und Forschungsstelle Frank Wedekind at Mainz University / Fascinating narrative of exile and a cultural item of crucial importance   ...

10.12.2020: Faster and more efficient information transfer

Physicists use antiferromagnetic rust to carry information over long distances at room temperature   ...

09.12.2020: Ultrafast dynamics of chiral spin structures observed after optical excitation

Investigation of femtosecond time-resolved x-ray scattering signals reveals a faster chiral compared to collinear magnetic order dynamics   ...

03.12.2020: New Graduate School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

GSHS offers integrated and needs-oriented support to doctoral degree candidates   ...

25.11.2020: Solar CNO neutrinos observed for the first time

'Ghostly' particles are proof of the secondary fusion process that powers our Sun   ...

17.11.2020: Return of refugees to their countries of origin requires realistic perspectives and self-determination

New PRIM study examines the situation of refugees to improve the options for a "voluntary return" to their countries of origin  ...

13.11.2020: The hydraulics of the world’s first industrial plant: A unique construction in the Barbegal water mills

An elbow-shaped water flume as a special adaptation for the Barbegal mill complex and a symbol of the ingenuity of Roman engineers   ...

12.11.2020: U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking: Mainz University ranked in top 100 European universities

In international comparison, JGU is among the top 100 universities worldwide in Physics as well as in Pharmacology and Toxicology  ...

11.11.2020: Dark matter from the depths of the universe

PRISMA+ scientists propose exotic low-mass fields as new messengers of astrophysical events   ...

10.11.2020: Burnout can exacerbate work stress, further promoting a vicious circle

Work stress and burnout are mutually reinforcing / Surprisingly, the effect of work stress on burnout is much smaller than the effect of burnout on work stress  ...

09.11.2020: Lignin instead of vanadium: Scientists at Mainz University work on sustainable alternatives to metal materials in large power storage systems

Siegfried Waldvogel is searching for alternatives to salts of the metal vanadium, the availability of which is limited   ...

09.11.2020: Antiferromagnets are suitable for dissipationless nanoelectronics, contrary to current theories

Young physicist at Mainz University discovers the Hall effect in an antiferromagnet, which – according to current theories – is impossible   ...

03.11.2020: Mainz University and GSI to play an important role in the EU-funded network of doctoral students for research on radioactive elements

Nuclear and atomic physicists and nuclear chemists of Mainz University and GSI are closely involved in the EU Innovative Training Network on Laser Ionization and Spectroscopy of Actinide Elements   ...

26.10.2020: From "fake news" to "tremendous success"

Linguists from Mainz University published a collection of investigations into US President Donald Trump's language and style of communication  ...

23.10.2020: Protective shield: A membrane-attached protein protects bacteria and chloroplasts from stress

IM30 loses its complex ring structure under stress conditions and forms a protective carpet on the membrane surface / Surface structure observed for the first time   ...

21.10.2020: Dmitry Budker receives Norman F. Ramsey Prize of the American Physical Society

Physicist of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz honored for groundbreaking work in the precision spectroscopy of atoms and molecules   ...

19.10.2020: American historian Mills Kelly receives Gutenberg Teaching Award

Online ceremony for this year’s presentation of the JGU award of excellence in teaching worth EUR 10,000   ...

14.10.2020: Hittite cuneiform scripts will go online

3,500-year-old clay tablet cuneiform texts of the Hittites will be made fully accessible online / Funding by the German Research Foundation   ...

13.10.2020: A milestone in quantum physics: Physicists at Mainz University successfully carry out the controlled transport of stored light

Patrick Windpassinger and his team demonstrate how light stored in a cloud of ultra-cold atoms can be transported by means of an optical conveyor belt   ...

09.10.2020: The new heavy isotope mendelevium-244 and a puzzling short-lived fission activity

Mendelevium-244 was first produced in 2018 / Experiments indicate an unusual short-lived fission activity   ...