News 2019

01.10.2019: Reinhart Koselleck Project funding for research into the growth of atmospheric nanoparticles

The objective is to understand the mechanisms of particle formation and to distinguish between its natural and anthropogenic causes   ...

01.10.2019: Researchers at Mainz University synthesize new liquid crystals that will allow the directed transmission of electricity

Organic power cable for electronic components   ...

30.09.2019: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz joins the Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab

New PRISMA+ research group led by Martin Fertl participates at measuring the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon   ...

27.09.2019: Sonia Bacca elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Major award for the theoretical physicist, a member of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence   ...

26.09.2019: HALO mission over the southern hemisphere investigates ozone depletion and processes affecting our climate

Researchers will study the influence of gravity waves on the polar vortex over the Antarctic and analyze the chemical and dynamic processes at play in the tropopause   ...

24.09.2019: Christian Smorra receives ERC Starting Grant for antimatter research

Funding for the development of a trap for the transport of antiprotons from CERN to Mainz / Researchers expect to greatly enhance measuring accuracy   ...

24.09.2019: Researchers can now place single ions into solids

New technique enables implantation of individual ions into crystals with an accuracy of 35 nanometers   ...

12.09.2019: Probing a nuclear clock transition

Nuclear clocks employ oscillations within the nucleus as their timekeeper / Quantifying of the energy released by the decay of the excited thorium-229 nucleus   ...

05.09.2019: Mainz University, Fermilab agree to joint appointment in support of Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

New appointment to strengthen international neutrino research   ...

28.08.2019: Synthesis of UV absorbers from cashew nut shell liquid

A waste stream from food production is a valuable alternative for petroleum in the production of organic UV filters   ...

22.08.2019: Caffeine does not influence stingless bees

Stingless bees unlike honey bees are not manipulated by the presence of caffeine in nectar and pollen to increase their foraging activities   ...

21.08.2019: Memory research: Fruit flies learn their body size once for an entire lifetime

Drosophila melanogaster develops stable long-term memory for its body size and reach through motion parallax while walking   ...

19.08.2019: Nylon as a building block for transparent electronic devices?

Scientists develop solution-processable ferroelectric nylons   ...

24.07.2019: Peter Baumann elected as new EMBO member

Mainz molecular biologist joins European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO   ...

17.07.2019: Upgrade of the IceCube neutrino telescope

First enhancement of the particle detector at the South Pole is primarily aimed at investigating neutrino oscillation   ...

17.07.2019: New technology to provide better monitoring of the Campi Flegrei supervolcano

Seismic noise provides information on the inner structure of the volcano near Naples   ...

11.07.2019: First step to induce self-repair in the central nervous system

Injured axons instruct Schwann cells to build specialized actin spheres to break down and remove axon fragments, thereby starting the regeneration process   ...

10.07.2019: Ammonia emissions from agriculture can affect cloud formation over Asia

Climate researchers solve mystery of extended aerosol layer in the atmosphere   ...

03.07.2019: Research on the sustainable conversion of lignin into valuable chemical compounds is attracting further funding

Siegfried Waldvogel is coordinating an EU project to convert waste into sustainable compounds in collaboration with an industrial consortium   ...

02.07.2019: Tracking down dark matter

Physicists at Mainz University intend to detect axions using a new comagnetometer configuration   ...