News 2021

27.12.2021: How fish-saurians rapidly evolved into giants of the ancient ocean

A reptile from around 250 million years ago was the Earth's first giant   ...

16.12.2021: Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago

Archaeological research near the German city of Halle show that Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open   ...

15.12.2021: Amplified signal and extreme sensitivity: on the trail of light dark matter particles

New nuclear magnetic resonance technique is five orders of magnitude more sensitive   ...

15.12.2021: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz continues coordination of DFG Priority Program in photochemistry in the second funding period

Priority Program "Light-controlled reactivity of metal complexes" paves the way for the development of new molecular high-performance materials   ...

14.12.2021: British Arts and Humanities Research Council and German Research Foundation sponsor four UK-German joint projects at Mainz University

AHRC and DFG to promote collaborative projects in the humanities and social sciences at JGU  ...

10.12.2021: Quantum communication research network launched

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the project to the tune of EUR 35 million over three years / Mainz University contributes a subproject dealing with theoretical modeling and experimentation  ...

10.12.2021: Collaborative project of quantum computer developers

New ATIQ project with funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has a total volume of EUR 44.5 million   ...

06.12.2021: Color centers in diamonds serve as gyroscopes

Practical evidence for usability of diamond color centers as rotation sensors   ...

03.12.2021: JGU Commissioner for Scotland Sigrid Rieuwerts receives 2021 Constance Council Prize

Laureate proposal by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon   ...

30.11.2021: New collaborative research center with participation from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

German Research Foundation DFG approves funding for world-class science in the field of materials science / Renewal of the Collaborative Research Center 1292   ...

25.11.2021: Efficient read-out in antiferromagnetic spintronics

Demonstration of technologically feasible read-out for ultrafast and stable magnetic memory   ...

19.11.2021: Lists of deaths from the Middle Ages can be valuable sources for historical research

Necrologies dating to the late medieval period barely researched ...

19.11.2021: Lists of deaths from the Middle Age can be valuable sources for historical research

Necrologies dating to the late medieval period barely researched   ...

17.11.2021: Campi Flegrei: structure and deep processes at the caldera reconstructed using "ambient noise"

Research team of the INGV Osservatorio Vesuviano and Mainz University analyzes seismic noise at the Campi Flegrei supervolcano over the last decade   ...

15.11.2021: EUR 1.6 million to promote Mainz as a biotechnology hub

Rhineland-Palatinate's Minister for Science and Health, Clemens Hoch, hands over state grant funding approval to Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz   ...

15.11.2021: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz receives EUR 150,000 state grant for an international biotechnology guest laboratory

Boosting Mainz as a biotechnology hub and fostering international networking in the future field of biotechnology   ...

15.11.2021: Good results for Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings

Mainz University is among the top 100 European universities  ...

09.11.2021: Long-term carbon dioxide emissions from cement production can be drastically reduced

Chemists of Mainz University develop a method for producing cement by milling instead of burning lime, which is harmful to the environment / Transfer from laboratory scale to industrial level conceivable   ...

08.11.2021: Orientation for linguists

Mainz University lecturer publishes first comprehensive textbook on the various fields of research and methodologies used in linguistics  ...

08.11.2021: New insights into the structure of the neutron

An international research team with participation from Mainz and Darmstadt measures neutron form factors with previously unattained precision   ...