News 2016

11.10.2016: Karin Everschor-Sitte establishes new Emmy Noether independent junior research group TWIST at the Institute of Physics

Investigation of new magnetic structures for spintronics applications / Skyrmions could one day make the storage media in our computers smaller and more efficient ...

29.09.2016: First spectroscopic investigation of element nobelium

First-time detection and characterization of excited states of nobelium atoms ...

19.09.2016: Nature Index Ranking confirms cutting-edge research in Physics at Mainz University

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is among Germany's top five academic institutions in the field of Physics ...

14.09.2016: Mainz researchers lay the foundation for innovative treatment of multiple sclerosis

Inhibition of the protein kinase CK2 prevents the development of auto-aggressive T cells ...

13.09.2016: Cyclotron opens up new prospects for fundamental and applied research in radiopharmaceutical chemistry

New particle accelerator generating radioactive isotopes for use in nuclear chemistry will be employed to create new medical radiopharmaceuticals ...

06.09.2016: GRC Fellow Klaus Müllen receives Hermann Staudinger Award 2016

Award for his research on the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and 2D macromolecules for electronic components ...

30.08.2016: Emission plumes over West Africa contain a high proportion of organic material

International measurement campaign over West Africa provides first results / Causes for enormous complexity in the multiple cloud layers still unclear ...

12.08.2016: The deuteron is smaller than previously thought

Just like the proton, the deuteron poses a mystery ...

01.08.2016: Real and artificially generated 3-D films are nearly impossible to distinguish

3-D technology is particularly interesting for action and horror films, less for documentaries ...

28.07.2016: International team of scientists unveils fundamental properties of the spin Seebeck effect

Direct correlation between temperature dependent generation of spin currents and atomic composition of interfaces found ...

21.07.2016: Demonstration of room-temperature spin-orbit torque in NiMnSb

Heusler alloy NiMnSb could prove valuable as a new material for digital information processing and storage ...

19.07.2016: How meltwater from the ice sheets disturbed the climate 10,000 years ago

New research on the massive impact of a huge ice sheet melted in North America by the end of the most recent ice age on the climate of northwest Europe and northwest Africa ...

14.07.2016: Prehistoric genomes from the world’s first farmers in the Zagros mountains reveal different Neolithic ancestry for Europeans and South Asians

International research team demonstrates that populations in the ancient Fertile Crescent are the ancestors of modern-day South Asians but not of Europeans ...

04.07.2016: Formation of the browning pigment melanin decoded

Researchers in Mainz and Kiel have uncovered the molecular mechanism behind the synthesis of melanin using a technique involving mutation of the relevant enzyme tyrosinase ...

01.07.2016: Mainz-based physicists find missing link between glass formation and crystallization

Densified regions with drastically reduced internal motion either act as crystal precursors or cluster and frustrate all further dynamics ...

27.06.2016: German Research Foundation approves international research project on the transnationalization of long-term care

DFG provides funding for a comparison of long-term care in Germany and the Netherlands ...

24.06.2016: Neonicotinoid pesticides cause harm to honeybees

Mainz researchers discover new mechanism associated with the worldwide decline of bee populations ...

16.06.2016: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is awarded the HR Excellence in Research seal of approval

Mainz University is committed to providing excellent working conditions for researchers ...

14.06.2016: Victor Flambaum becomes new fellow at the Gutenberg Research College at Mainz University

Theoretical physicist from the University of New South Wales will strengthen the field of nuclear and particle physics in Mainz ...

06.06.2016: Early farmers from across Europe were direct descendants of Aegeans

International research team demonstrates that farming was spread into and across Europe by people originating in modern-day Greece and Western Turkey ...