News 2016

23.02.2016: EU funding for excellent young researchers in physics

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz welcomes three postdocs funded by individual fellowships provided by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions ...

22.02.2016: Mainz-based scientists decipher stealth effect of nanocarriers evading clearance by the immune system

Stealth effect of nanocarriers for drug delivery vehicles conferred more efficiently ...

17.02.2016: Paleontologist Thomas Tütken receives ERC Consolidator Grant

A total of EUR 1.7 million will be provided to promote the search for the first herbivores among terrestrial vertebrates ...

10.02.2016: Researchers present new findings on magnetic spin waves

Principles of the conversion from heat currents to magnonic spin currents discovered / Study of complex magnetic materials ...

04.02.2016: Regional and minority languages need better access to the digital world

EU support for new project at the Northern European and Baltic Languages and Cultures research and teaching unit ...

01.02.2016: Dominant ant species significantly influence ecosystems

Single ant species often cause the majority of resource consumption / Large differences between day and night ...

27.01.2016: Universities of Mainz and Darmstadt establish Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence focusing on international relations of the European Union

Interdisciplinary cooperation to examine the global interactions of the EU / EU Commission will provide financing for the three-year project ...

25.01.2016: Archaeologists in the Rhine-Main area form a regional network

Academic and non-university research institutions in the Rhine-Main region pool their expertise and resources ...

25.01.2016: Laser system co-developed by Mainz scientists passes test in space

Frequency-stable laser light source successfully tested for future precision measurements in space ...

12.01.2016: Neils help removing epigenetic marks

Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology have identified two proteins important for the demethylation of DNA ...

08.01.2016: New professorship endowed by the Carl Zeiss Foundation will focus on environmental modeling of the climate system

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz will explore the complex processes of the climate system using computer-based Earth system models ...

08.01.2016: Mainz University Medical Center opens Center for Rare Diseases

Treatment and research of rare diseases of the nervous system bundled under one roof ...

05.01.2016: Mainz University installs a new particle accelerator to be used for fundamental research into radiopharmaceutical chemistry

New cyclotron produces radioactive isotopes for nuclear chemistry to be applied in basic research and the development of clinical applications ...

04.01.2016: German Research Foundation approves new research group to determine neutrino mass hierarchy

Researchers of Mainz University participate in the construction of the new JUNO neutrino detector in south China ...