News 2020

23.12.2020: Andreas Walther receives ERC Consolidator Grant for the development of intelligent materials

EU funding for research into materials with both artificial and lifelike properties   ...

22.12.2020: Anglo-German project to investigate the role of translation in post-war European magazines

The British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the German Research Foundation are funding the research project "Spaces of Translation: European Magazine Cultures" run jointly by Nottingham Trent University and Mainz University  ...

18.12.2020: European University Alliance FORTHEM launches new FIT FORTHEM project

Prestigious EU program Horizon 2020 supports Mainz University and its partners in the step-by-step establishment of an exemplary European University   ...

17.12.2020: Change in global precipitation patterns as a result of climate change

Variation in temperature differences between tropics and polar regions plays a fundamental role in controlling atmospheric circulation and in consequence is a potential future cause of regional climate change   ...

17.12.2020: Researchers find inhibitors effective against a coronavirus enzyme: Results of fundamental research provide possible basis for the development of drugs active against the pathogen

New class of inhibitors attack papain-like viral protease / Efficacy against SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in cell cultures   ...

16.12.2020: The journey of a well-traveled death mask: Jewish emigrants took a plaster mask prepared upon Frank Wedekind’s death with them into exile in New Zealand

More than 100 years after the author's death, a professor of German based in New Zealand presented the death mask to the Editions- und Forschungsstelle Frank Wedekind at Mainz University / Fascinating narrative of exile and a cultural item of crucial importance   ...

10.12.2020: Faster and more efficient information transfer

Physicists use antiferromagnetic rust to carry information over long distances at room temperature   ...

09.12.2020: Ultrafast dynamics of chiral spin structures observed after optical excitation

Investigation of femtosecond time-resolved x-ray scattering signals reveals a faster chiral compared to collinear magnetic order dynamics   ...

03.12.2020: New Graduate School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

GSHS offers integrated and needs-oriented support to doctoral degree candidates   ...

25.11.2020: Solar CNO neutrinos observed for the first time

'Ghostly' particles are proof of the secondary fusion process that powers our Sun   ...

17.11.2020: Return of refugees to their countries of origin requires realistic perspectives and self-determination

New PRIM study examines the situation of refugees to improve the options for a "voluntary return" to their countries of origin  ...

13.11.2020: The hydraulics of the world’s first industrial plant: A unique construction in the Barbegal water mills

An elbow-shaped water flume as a special adaptation for the Barbegal mill complex and a symbol of the ingenuity of Roman engineers   ...

12.11.2020: U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking: Mainz University ranked in top 100 European universities

In international comparison, JGU is among the top 100 universities worldwide in Physics as well as in Pharmacology and Toxicology  ...

11.11.2020: Dark matter from the depths of the universe

PRISMA+ scientists propose exotic low-mass fields as new messengers of astrophysical events   ...

10.11.2020: Burnout can exacerbate work stress, further promoting a vicious circle

Work stress and burnout are mutually reinforcing / Surprisingly, the effect of work stress on burnout is much smaller than the effect of burnout on work stress  ...

09.11.2020: Antiferromagnets are suitable for dissipationless nanoelectronics, contrary to current theories

Young physicist at Mainz University discovers the Hall effect in an antiferromagnet, which – according to current theories – is impossible   ...

09.11.2020: Lignin instead of vanadium: Scientists at Mainz University work on sustainable alternatives to metal materials in large power storage systems

Siegfried Waldvogel is searching for alternatives to salts of the metal vanadium, the availability of which is limited   ...

03.11.2020: Mainz University and GSI to play an important role in the EU-funded network of doctoral students for research on radioactive elements

Nuclear and atomic physicists and nuclear chemists of Mainz University and GSI are closely involved in the EU Innovative Training Network on Laser Ionization and Spectroscopy of Actinide Elements   ...

26.10.2020: From "fake news" to "tremendous success"

Linguists from Mainz University published a collection of investigations into US President Donald Trump's language and style of communication  ...

23.10.2020: Protective shield: A membrane-attached protein protects bacteria and chloroplasts from stress

IM30 loses its complex ring structure under stress conditions and forms a protective carpet on the membrane surface / Surface structure observed for the first time   ...