News 2008

19.12.2008: Physicists at Mainz University generate ultracold neutrons at the TRIGA reactor

Worldwide unique new process for the generation and storage of ultracold neutrons developed using the TRIGA research reactor at Mainz University ...

15.12.2008: Scientists in Mainz and Zurich have contested a popular hypothesis concerning the emergence of multiple sclerosis

Interleukin 17 proteins appear to play no essential role in the emergence of autoimmune diseases of the brain like multiple sclerosis ...

10.12.2008: Small molecules – large effect: How cancer cells ensure their survival

Scientists at Mainz University identify a mechanism of chemotherapy resistance ...

09.12.2008: Between dormancy and self-renewal: Mainz mouse model shows blood stem cells in action

Toxicologists from Mainz University develop a mouse model with a gene switch for labeling the genes in blood stem cells - Publication in Cell ...

09.12.2008: North/south divide: European bird species lay more eggs

The temperature difference between summer and winter plays a significant role in the egg clutch size of birds ...

05.12.2008: Clear cooling effect: wind screen on the Rhône glacier in Switzerland creates cold air cushion

Geography students from the University of Mainz present the results of a project study on the effects of climate change on the Rhà´ne glacier ...

04.12.2008: Quantum simulator for complex electronic materials

Researchers from Mainz, Cologne and Jülich simulate complex electronic insulator with ultracold atoms in artificial crystals of light ...

03.12.2008: Joint graduate school of the universities of Frankfurt, Mainz, and Darmstadt offers international training at highest level in economics and finance

Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management designed to promote outstanding early career researchers ...

25.11.2008: Gutenberg Research Award 2008 for Stuart Parkin of IBM

Close collaboration sought between the Graduate School of Excellence "Materials Science in Mainz" and the prize winner ...

18.11.2008: Earliest authentic molecular genetic evidence of the existence of a nuclear family in Late Stone Age society

Scientists from Germany, the UK, and Australia detect family relationships in a 4,600-year-old stone age burial / Publication in PNAS ...

17.11.2008: Shakespeare goes digital: The new Shakespeare Illustration Archive Oppel-Hammerschmidt

Previously unpublished University of Mainz collection of the work of artists on the plays of William Shakespeare is now available on the Internet at no charge ...

21.10.2008: Archaeologists from Mainz University uncover ancient governor’s palace in Turkey

International excavation project discovers hitherto undisturbed cremation sites ...

20.10.2008: Microscopic structure of quantum gases made visible

Physicists of Mainz University have first managed to plot the distribution of individual gases in the Bose-Einstein condensate ...

17.10.2008: Europeans are sedentary, but highly mobile as commuters and on business trips

First representative study on job-related spatial mobility in Europe shows: One in two people in gainful employment has experience with mobility ...

16.10.2008: No higher risk of leukemia for children living near powerful radio or television transmitters

Scientists from Mainz University investigate the association between the exposure to high frequency electromagnetic fields and childhood leukemia ...

06.10.2008: Important cultural assets in Palestine could be lost – Europe could also lose part of its historic heritage

It is still not possible to conduct excavations in the Palestinian territories ...

10.09.2008: School transition: Discrimination against children of less-educated, lower income parents

Sociologists at Mainz University investigate the educational opportunities of year four pupils in Wiesbaden relative to their social background ...

19.08.2008: Catching cold mountain air could save Europe’s glaciers

Student project of Mainz University installs wind-catching screen at the Swiss Rhône glacier to test its effect on its melting rate ...

14.07.2008: Fraud with cultured pearls can be detected

Scientists at Mainz University have developed a method for objectively distinguishing between Japanese and Chinese fresh-water cultured pearls ...

04.07.2008: Horse racecourse in ancient Olympia discovered after 1600 years

An archaeological sensation: Modern geophysical methods have made it possible to discover the site of the hippodrome and determine its geographical dimensions ...