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.

31.10.2013: Excavations in Jaffa uncover evidence of early trade in cedar wood

Old Testament Studies and Biblical Archaeology section of Mainz University has been involved in the archaeological survey of the ancient city of Jaffa since 2007 ...

31.10.2013: Graduate School of Excellence "Materials Science in Mainz" establishes new visiting professorship

David Landau of the University of Georgia and Hartmut Zabel of the Ruhr University Bochum appointed MAINZ Visiting Professors ...

30.10.2013: Mainz University receives approval for an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Physics

Jairo Sinova chosen for Humboldt Professorship in Theoretical Physics ...

29.10.2013: European Union sponsors fabrication of molecular electronic components on the sub-nanometer scale

Mainz chemist Angelika Kühnle participates in cross-border joint project in the field of information and communication technology ...

28.10.2013: Mainz University Medical Center opens Dementia Service Center

Nationwide unique institution for patients with cognitive impairment or dementia ...

10.10.2013: Hunter-gatherers and immigrant farmers lived together for 2,000 years in Central Europe

Stone Age parallel societies existed up to 5,000 years ago / Forager genes also found in today's Europeans ...

08.10.2013: Nobel Prize in Physics: recognition for the prediction of the Higgs boson

Scientists at Mainz University involved in the successful search for the Higgs boson ...

07.10.2013: Carl Zeiss Foundation funds endowed professorship at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Enhanced cooperation with SCHOTT AG in the field of application-oriented research ...

04.10.2013: EU project looking at Finno-Ugric minority languages completed

European Language Vitality Barometer shows that nine Finno-Ugric languages are under threat ...

25.09.2013: Researchers from Dresden and Mainz present a new multifunctional topological insulator material with combined superconductivity

New material combines different, at first view contradicting properties with a high potential for future quantum electronics and computation ...

23.09.2013: Domain walls as new information storage medium

Visualization of domain wall motion: Material defects do not impede wall motion at high velocities / Publication of findings in Nature Communications ...

03.09.2013: Researchers propose a new system for quantum simulation

Scientific paper on ultracold atoms and fermionic ions published in Physical Review Letters ...

30.08.2013: New superheavy elements can be uniquely identified

International research collaboration at GSI including researchers of Mainz University uses element 115 to highlight a way for taking new superheavy elements' fingerprints ...

28.08.2013: EU projects involving researchers of Mainz University reveal the spread of farming and the origin of lactase persistence in the Neolithic Age

Nature reports on the findings of the LeCHE and BEAN anthropological research projects ...

28.08.2013: Petra Beli joins the Institute of Molecular Biology and obtains a prestigious Emmy Noether award to study the cellular response to DNA damage

EUR 1.5 million award from the German Research Foundation to establish a research group in Mainz ...

15.08.2013: Quantum teleportation: Transfer of flying quantum bits at the touch of a button

Hybrid technology makes possible highly reliable transmission of photonic qubits ...

12.08.2013: Physicists of Mainz University investigate the formation of defects during phase transitions in crystals of ions

Recent research findings are relevant to a model of matter structure formation tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang ...

09.08.2013: Ancient glass beads provide evidence of industry and trade routes at the time of the Romans

Scientists at Mainz University for the first time prove techniques used to produce ancient glazed beads / Investigations conducted using neutron activation analysis with the aid of the TRIGA research reactor ...

31.07.2013: Chemists develop innovative nanosensors for multiple proteins

Test strips bearing gold nanoparticles as sensor elements can detect numerous proteins simultaneously / New concept with potential applications in medicine, environmental technology, and foodstuff analysis ...

31.07.2013: Scientists at Mainz University decode mechanisms of cell orientation in the brain

Transmembrane protein NG2 controls orientation of cell migration toward the wound / Publication in the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience ...