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.

06.11.2018: Mainz-Paris study: Cost overruns of Olympic Games comparable to other large-scale projects

Sports scientists present comprehensive analysis of cost and revenue overruns of the last ten Olympic Games  ...

05.11.2018: Peering into the Sun from the depths of the Gran Sasso massif: Borexino sheds light on solar neutrinos

Borexino Collaboration publishes results of research into the Sun's 'ghost particles' in Nature   ...

31.10.2018: Bose-Einstein condensate generated in space for the first time

Physicists put in place groundwork for accurately testing Einstein's equivalence principle/ Recent publication in Nature   ...

30.10.2018: Full steam ahead to the quantum web: Mainz University is involved in European Flagship on Quantum Technologies program

EU announces first funding for Quantum Flagship program to develop quantum technology / Researchers at Mainz are partners in two projects on quantum computers and quantum metrology   ...

30.10.2018: Providing an example in the field of teaching: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz receives the Genius Loci Award for Excellence in Teaching

Mainz University convinced the jury with its consistent and sustainable implementation of its Teaching Strategy and its openness to teaching innovations in all fields of university education   ...

24.10.2018: EU funding to promote the utilization of lignin

International consortium of research institutions and industry receives EU funding for the construction of a lignin conversion facility  ...

22.10.2018: Individual stress susceptibility and glucose metabolism are linked to brain function

Perturbations in brain glucose metabolism identified as cause for stress-induced spatial memory impairments  ...

22.10.2018: Mineral discoveries in the Galapagos Islands pose a puzzle as to their formation and origin

Mainz University and the Galapagos National Park Directorate have entered into an agreement that will allow extensive collaborative research into the geological development of the islands   ...

22.10.2018: EU project establishes innovative infrastructure for religious research

Mainz-based sub-project will bring together major written treasures of books held by city, church, and university   ...

19.10.2018: How plants bind their green pigment chlorophyll

Water-soluble protein helps to understand the photosynthetic apparatus   ...

18.10.2018: How beetle larvae thrive on carrion

Burying beetles rely on their gut symbionts in order to transform decaying carcasses into nutritious nurseries for their young   ...

18.10.2018: Teacher Training Quality Campaign: Mainz University receives EUR 2.5 million to fund its Teaching & Learning Research Labs

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is investing in its Teaching & Learning Research Labs with the aim of promoting a Mainz Model of Cooperative Teacher Training ...

16.10.2018: Extensive trade in fish between Egypt and Canaan already 3,500 years ago

Gilthead sea bream were caught in the Bardawil lagoon on a large scale and transported as dried fish to the area in which Israel is located today   ...

10.10.2018: Dynamics of individual proteins

New measurement method allows researchers to precisely follow the movement of individual molecules over long periods of time   ...

09.10.2018: New Israel Professorship in Communication Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Yossi David from Jerusalem will be the first Israel Professor at Mainz University   ...

27.09.2018: Mainz University successful in Germany’s Excellence Strategy program: PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence approved

International Committee of Experts vote to award PRISMA+ EUR 64 million of funding for cutting-edge research in Mainz   ...

17.09.2018: New devices based on rust could reduce excess heat in computers

Physicists explore long-distance information transmission in antiferromagnetic iron oxide  ...

14.09.2018: Magnetization in small components can now be filmed in the laboratory

Technique for imaging magnetization dynamics developed in a joint project   ...

11.09.2018: Study confirms bank bashing during the financial crisis and shows ways banks can avoid this

Certain banks were particularly criticized in newspaper articles, while more familiar banks were able to avoid bank bashing   ...

10.09.2018: Sugar molecules bind harmful CFCs and protect the ozone layer

Scientists from Mainz and Aschaffenburg developed a method to protect the ozone layer from the damaging effects of the chlorofluorocarbon Freon 11   ...