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.

24.03.2010: Summers were wetter in the Middle Ages than they are today

The annual growth rings of oak trees provide researchers with information on summer droughts from late medieval times to the present ...

08.03.2010: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) promotes "Mobility and Partnership" between Mainz and South Korea

Institute of Educational Science at Mainz University, Germany cooperates with the Kangnam University in Yongin in South Korea ...

08.03.2010: "European Language Diversity for All" research project aims at the study and protection of minority languages

Academics at eight European universities tasked with preparing a European Language Vitality Barometer in the next three years ...

16.02.2010: Claudia Felser receives IBM Shared University Research Award

University receives state-of-the-art computer systems to the value of $450,000 / Computer simulations expected to improve efficiency of solar cells ...

16.02.2010: Mainz University participates in European Master’s degree program for sports managers

Mainz University to be responsible for the program module "Ethics in Sport" in the Executive Master in European Sport Governance (MESGO) ...

01.02.2010: Using high-throughput screening in the search for new medications

German Research Foundation and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate provide funding for the Mainz Screening Center ...

29.01.2010: University Medical Center agrees joint venture with Nagasaki University

Project funded by the BMBF promotes long-term collaboration / Contacts with Asia to be extended

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27.01.2010: Quantifying the positive feedback between CO2 and temperature

Anthropogenic climate change promotes increased release of the greenhouse gas CO2 ...

21.01.2010: Assignment of study places by the German Central Office for the Allocation of Study Places (ZVS) more effective than direct applications

Academics from Mainz and Regensburg propose improvements to the German ZVS system ...

18.01.2010: Unique and innovative: Mainz postgraduate institute sets new benchmark in doctoral studies

Max Planck Graduate Center with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz reports successful first semester of its doctoral program ...

14.12.2009: Mainz University receives a donation of EUR 10,000 to enhance its family friendliness as a standard in top-level research

Geotechnik Büdinger Fein Welling GmbH supports the promotion of excellent science ...

11.12.2009: First volume of the German Surname Atlas now available

The University of Freiburg and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz publish globally unique reference work ...

10.12.2009: Lighting can influence how wine tastes

Survey of the Institute of Psychology demonstrates that the color of ambient lighting can have an effect on how a wine is assessed ...

09.12.2009: Time Magazine chooses computer algorithm for packing problems as one of "The 50 Best Inventions of 2009"

When it comes to packing, the scientists of Mainz University are unbeatable ...

07.12.2009: Start of building operations for Institute of Molecular Biology marked by ground-breaking ceremony

State government and Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation promote state-of-the-art research at Mainz University ...

02.12.2009: Personality 2.0: What do user profiles in the social network studiVZ reveal about their owners?

Study of the Section of Personality and Psychological Assessment analyzes "Personality and the social perception in online social networks" ...

12.11.2009: European languages vitality barometer to save minority languages from extinction

European Language Diversity for All project receives EUR 2.7 million in EU funding ...

06.10.2009: The new Mainz Publishing Archive is a most valuable treasure of German publishing history

Archive with a scope unique in Germany will be used for scientific purposes at the JGU Institute of Book Science ...

03.09.2009: Central Europe was repopulated 7,500 years ago

Hunter-gatherers of the Ice Age are not the ancestors of the first sedentary tillers ...

28.08.2009: Lactose tolerance in adults originated in Southeastern Europe

New scientific study shows that milk production began in Southeastern Europe rather than in Northern Europe ...