News 2017

15.12.2017: Life satisfaction of homosexual and bisexual men is highest in Denmark, Iceland, and Luxembourg

Online survey with over 85,000 participants examines the connection between victimization experiences and life satisfaction in 44 European countries   ...

07.12.2017: The CSI effect: Watching TV crime shows does not make better criminals

Psychological study finds no link between exposure to popular forensic science dramas and the ability to conceal a crime   ...

06.12.2017: Mainz physicists propose a new method for monitoring nuclear waste

Scientists demonstrate scenarios for using neutrino detectors in nuclear interim storage facilities   ...

28.11.2017: Ultralight axions are unlikely to be candidates for dark matter

International research team evaluates measurements at the Paul Scherrer Institute and finds new constraints on the axion-gluon interaction strength   ...

28.11.2017: Humanist Computer Interaction on Trial project launched

Collaboration of TU Darmstadt, the Mainz University of Applied Sciences, and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in a project on humanities researcher's work in digital research environments   ...

27.11.2017: Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the proton’s magnetic moment

High-precision measurement of the g-factor eleven times more precise than before / Results indicate a strong similarity between protons and antiprotons  ...

27.11.2017: High-performance computer MOGON II at Mainz University is among the fastest 100 supercomputers in the world

MOGON II supercomputer is the fastest high-performance computer at a German university   ...

17.11.2017: Electrochemistry opens up novel access to important classes of substances

Sustainable and efficient synthesis strategy helps overcome the problem of electrochemical polymer formation   ...

17.11.2017: Bacteria enable beetles to feed on a leafy diet

Thistle tortoise beetles outsource the job of breaking down plant cell walls to a symbiotic bacterium   ...

15.11.2017: Horizon 2020: EUR 1.8 million for Mainz researchers

EU research and innovation framework program will fund three research projects at the Mainz University Medical Center  ...

06.11.2017: Quantum computing on the move

Decisive milestone for scaling up quantum computers   ...

26.10.2017: Graduate School of Excellence MAINZ awards visiting professorships 2017

MAINZ Visiting Professorships awarded to physicists Adam Foster, Eiji Saitoh, and Roberta Sessoli   ...

25.10.2017: Method of accelerating the maturation of stem cells to form neurons discovered

Hydrogel can be used as a scaffold for engineering artificial brain tissue and promotes the development of neurons  ...

20.10.2017: Chromosomes may be knotted

Mainz-based physicists use mathematical algorithms to examine experimental 3D structures of chromosomes   ...

19.10.2017: Riddle of matter remains unsolved: Proton and antiproton share fundamental properties

Magnetic forces in antiprotons now measured to nine significant digits / 350 times more precise than before   ...

19.10.2017: German Research Foundation to fund project to digitize the correspondence of German playwright Frank Wedekind

Joint project of Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz receives EUR 750,000 in funding  ...

10.10.2017: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ranked among the top 100 most innovative universities in the world

Only seven German universities listed in the top 100 of the World's Most Innovative Universities ranking ...

09.10.2017: Scientists develop electro-organic synthesis that allows sustainable and green production of fine chemicals

Innovative contribution to the energy transition  ...

29.09.2017: Good start into the German Excellence Strategy competition: JGU to submit full proposal for its PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence

International expert committee approves the PRISMA+ proposal for the final round of the nationwide competition   ...

25.09.2017: Researchers present first international survey on the psychology of carnism

Results from three surveys including almost 1,000 participants  ...