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.

07.09.2015: Indications of the origin of the spin Seebeck effect discovered

Thermally excited magnetic waves enable generation of electricity using insulators ...

18.08.2015: Hydrogen sulfide loses its electrical resistance under high pressure at minus 70 degrees Celsius

Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz observed new record high for superconductivity / Publication in Nature ...

14.08.2015: European consortium develops new approaches for dealing with Big Data

Mainz University is participating in the BigStorage graduate network being funded by the EU with EUR 3.8 million for the next four years ...

12.08.2015: Carl Zeiss Foundation donates EUR 850,000 to the Advanced Lab for Electrochemistry and Electroorganic Synthesis at Mainz University

Research structure concept of ELYSION enhances the strategic relevance of Mainz in the fields of electroconversion and electroactive materials ...

10.08.2015: Solving a long-standing atomic mass difference puzzle paves way to the neutrino mass

ECHo collaboration with reseachers of Mainz University publishes new results in Physical Review Letters ...

23.07.2015: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research sponsors CERN-related research by Mainz teams

Mainz-based physicists receive support for their work on the ATLAS and NA62 experiments designed to analyze new particles ...

07.07.2015: Ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy enables the measurement of fundamental magnetotransport details

Terahertz spectroscopy provides basis for advanced nanoelectronics ...

23.06.2015: German literature scholar Dagmar von Hoff receives award from Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz in Poland

Bestowal of the Casimirus Magnus Medal for academic cooperation ...

16.06.2015: New measurement of the mass of a strange atomic nucleus achieves very high degree of precision

Results obtained at the MAMI particle accelerator in Mainz should add to the understanding of the "strong force" ...

15.06.2015: New mechanism that attacks viral infections discovered

German researchers find evidence of the interaction between two components of the innate immune system to combat rotavirus infection / Publication in Nature Immunology ...

15.06.2015: New electron accelerator at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz reaches first milestone

Official project start for the production of superconducting accelerator modules ...

12.06.2015: Vijay Tiwari of the Institute of Molecular Biology receives Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung Award 2015

Recognition of outstanding contributions in biomedical research ...

11.06.2015: Mainz-based Institute of Translational Oncology is part of European Bioinformatics Research Consortium on personalized cancer immunotherapy

Collaboration funded by the European Union within the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation ...

03.06.2015: Research-oriented teaching at Mainz University employs 3-D projector to demonstrate the latest methods of computer-aided drug design

Gutenberg Teaching Council supports project in Pharmaceutical Sciences with about EUR 60,000 ...

03.06.2015: Mainz physicists provide important component for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Super-fast circuit board to be used for the identification of important particle collisions comes from Mainz University ...

02.06.2015: Archaeologists from Mainz University restore early Islamic caliph’s palace on the shores of the Sea of Galilee

Department of Ancient Studies receives financial support through the Cultural Preservation Program of the German Federal Foreign Office ...

13.05.2015: Fusion protein controls design of photosynthesis platform

Collaborative project uncovers the role of a protein in the formation and maintenance of the inner membrane structures of photosynthetic systems ...

12.05.2015: Significant progress made towards individualized cancer immunotherapy

Recent immunological findings and technological progress pave the way for customized cancer vaccines / Results published in Nature ...

08.05.2015: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz achieves good and very good placings in the latest CHE University Ranking

Mainz University has done particularly well in criteria indicative of teaching commitment and study management ...

08.05.2015: German Council of Science and Humanities endorses construction of Center of Fundamental Physics research building at Mainz University

Investment volume of about EUR 61 million / Renewed recognition of the quality of research into particle and hadron physics being undertaken at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ...