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.

25.05.2016: International team of scientists realizes a compact, efficient wideband source of terahertz radiation emitters

Spintronics paves the way for new terahertz sources ...

24.05.2016: Outstanding placements for Mainz University in the international CWTS Leiden Ranking 2016

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ranks in the top group of European universities in the fields of Geosciences, Physics, and Social Sciences ...

12.05.2016: Moviegoers' exhaled breath reveals the scene that is playing

Every movie leaves a characteristic pattern of chemical compounds in the air ...

12.05.2016: ERC Advanced Grant for experimental physicist Dmitry Budker

Physicist of Mainz University receives EU funding for his search for dark matter and dark energy ...

06.05.2016: One step closer to the development of an ultra-precise nuclear clock

Measuring time using oscillations of atomic nuclei might significantly improve precision beyond that of current atomic clocks ...

03.05.2016: Gutenberg Research Award 2016 goes to cell death researcher Vishva Dixit

Laureate Vishva Dixit is considered a pioneer in fundamental biomedical research ...

03.05.2016: Gutenberg Research College welcomes Klaus Müllen as a new fellow and presents the Gutenberg Research Award 2016 to Vishva Dixit

GRC focuses on the promotion of individual excellence ...

28.04.2016: Christof Niehrs elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Founding Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) becomes a Foreign Honorary Member ...

21.04.2016: New genetic risk factors for myopia discovered

Genes and environment determine short-sightedness ...

20.04.2016: Brain stem cell quiescence needs to be actively maintained in Drosophila

Hippo signaling pathway regulates quiescence in the neural stem cells of Drosophila larvae ...

15.04.2016: Physicists build the world’s smallest heat engine

Innovative heat engine uses just a single electrically charged calcium atom ...

14.04.2016: Researchers hunt for the causes and basis of wheat sensitivities

German Research Foundation funds joint project of the universities in Mainz and Hohenheim to search for better tolerated wheat varieties ...

14.04.2016: First particles circulate in SuperKEKB accelerator

Mainz-based physicists involved in detector construction and analysis of future experiments ...

10.03.2016: German Federal Foreign Office sponsors conservation of the early-Islamic caliphate palace of Khirbat al-Minya in Israel

Department of Ancient Studies at Mainz University to receive further financial support through the Cultural Preservation Program of the German Federal Foreign Office ...

08.03.2016: Division of labor among social insects: All-rounders cope better than specialists in the face of threats

Ant colonies that are highly specialized have lower chances of survival when sudden changes occur ...

07.03.2016: International research team achieves controlled movement of skyrmions

Basis for the utilization of skyrmions for application-related systems / Magnetic vortices as data storage media of the future ...

04.03.2016: First code of conduct for the use of virtual reality established

Michael Madary and Thomas Metzinger summarize problems and offer recommendations for the future of VR ...

23.02.2016: EU funding for excellent young researchers in physics

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz welcomes three postdocs funded by individual fellowships provided by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions ...

22.02.2016: Mainz-based scientists decipher stealth effect of nanocarriers evading clearance by the immune system

Stealth effect of nanocarriers for drug delivery vehicles conferred more efficiently ...

17.02.2016: Paleontologist Thomas Tütken receives ERC Consolidator Grant

A total of EUR 1.7 million will be provided to promote the search for the first herbivores among terrestrial vertebrates ...