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.

30.10.2012: Mainz physicist is awarded EU funding of EUR 2.75 million for research on the aerosol composition in the upper atmosphere

ERC Advanced Grant for Stephan Borrmann of the JGU Institute of Atmospheric Physics and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry ...

05.10.2012: Origin of ultrafast manipulation of domain walls discovered

Research success for the international research team including a fellow of the MAINZ Graduate School of Excellence ...

05.10.2012: International research group shows that the aging of organic aerosols is caused by OH radicals

Climate models need to be updated ...

04.10.2012: Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project receives three-year funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities

National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Grant for excavations in the ancient city of Jaffa ...

02.10.2012: Mainz University Medical Center searches for treatment for posttraumatic pain syndrome

German Research Foundation funds a three-year joint project of the Mainz University Medical Center and the University of Münster to the tune of about EUR 460,000 ...

02.10.2012: Mainz University Library significantly increases its fund for Open Access publications

German Research Foundation approved proposal by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and its University Medical Center ...

01.10.2012: MAINZ Award for Christina Birkel and Christian Ohm

MAINZ Graduate School PhD Award given for outstanding dissertations in Materials Science ...

26.09.2012: Businesses in Mainz still prefer to use family names in their company name

Forenames and surnames in company names disappear as businesses increase in size ...

26.09.2012: Slave rebellion is widespread in ants

Enslaved worker ants kill the offspring of their parasites and thereby improve the chances of survival for their neighboring relatives ...

20.09.2012: Historian Andreas Rödder becomes Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor 2012/2013

One-year professorship for the research sphere on Germany in Europe 1890-2000 ...

14.09.2012: Roman military camp dating back to the conquest of Gaul throws light on a part of world history

Evidence confirms the location of the oldest Roman military fortification ...

10.09.2012: Excavations in Jaffa confirm presence of Egyptian settlement on the ancient city site

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

06.09.2012: Carl Zeiss Foundation supports interdisciplinary research consortium ChemBioMed

Innovative research concept jointly initiated by the Mainz University Medical Center and the JGU Biology and Chemistry institutes receives funding of EUR 1 million ...

30.08.2012: New DFG-funded Emmy Noether Junior Research Group examines the role played by W bosons in the structure of matter

Matthias Schott is to form an independent work group to precisely measure the mass of the W boson ...

29.08.2012: German Research Foundation sponsors completion of the critical edition of the works of Friedrich Schlegel

Academics at Mainz University will make available the last eight of 35 volumes of Schlegelâs writings over the coming years ...

27.08.2012: Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center discover immune cells that protect against multiple sclerosis

Dendritic cells possibly reduce autoimmune reactions / Re-evaluation of therapy concepts ...

27.08.2012: Physics in Mainz maintains leading position in global comparison

Academic Ranking of World Universities places Mainz University's Physics institutes among the top 75 in the world and among the six best in Germany ...

27.08.2012: International team of researchers finds a link between cold European winters and solar activity

Studies of Germany's largest river reveal a correlation between periods of low activity of the sun and regional cooling ...

14.08.2012: When do German children gain weight?

Increase in the prevalence of overweight among German children calculated precisely for the first time ...

10.08.2012: Stabilizing shell effects in heaviest elements directly measured

Results will help to pin down the so-called island of stability ...