News 2022

20.12.2022: Using drones to monitor volcanoes: Researchers analyze volcanic gases with the help of ultra-lightweight sensor systems

Composition of gases emitted by volcanoes can provide information on the possibility of imminent eruptions / Lightweight drones make investigation possible even in areas that are difficult to access   ...

15.12.2022: Increasing forest cover in the Eifel region 11,000 years ago resulted in the local loss of megafauna

Sediment cores obtained from Eifel maar sites provide insight into the presence of large Ice Age mammals in Central Europe over the past 60,000 years / Overkill hypothesis not confirmed   ...

15.12.2022: Vitamin D supports treatment of therapy resistance

Head and neck tumors can be combated more effectively with "sunshine" vitamin  ...

14.12.2022: Some cancer cells may not be as immortal as previously thought

Researchers use baker's yeast to study potential targets for fighting cancer cells  ...

12.12.2022: Early-career archaeologists are pessimistic about future careers

Many early-career researchers in the academic field of archaeology experience stress due to precarious employment situation / Results of extensive international survey supervised by Mainz University  ...

08.12.2022: Climate whiplash increased wildfires on California’s west coast about 8,000 years ago

Researchers use speleothems as a source of information on historic climate / Hydroclimate volatility and increase in natural forest fire events are linked   ...

06.12.2022: Energy-efficient computing with tiny magnetic vortices

Unconventional computing combines Brownian computing with reservoir computing / First prototype developed   ...

06.12.2022: Long-range information transport in antiferromagnets

Antiferromagnets are suitable for transporting spin waves over long distances   ...

02.12.2022: Continued excellence in DNA repair and genome stability research

German Research Foundation renews Collaborative Research Center 1361 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz   ...

02.12.2022: New Collaborative Research Center at University Medical Center Mainz to create basis for tailored immunotherapies

German Research Foundation to fund CRC/TRR 355 with around EUR 13 million / Two other biomedical CRCs from Mainz also approved   ...

02.12.2022: Mainz University succeeds with three funding applications for Collaborative Research Centers in the life sciences

Approval by the German Research Foundation confirms strong research in the life sciences at JGU   ...

02.12.2022: Understanding cellular functions: New Collaborative Research Center combines life sciences and polymer research

German Research Foundation has approved new CRC 1551 "Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function" under the aegis of Mainz University   ...

01.12.2022: A sustainable path for energy-demanding photochemistry

Researchers in Mainz and Kyushu established a novel strategy for the generation of highly energetic UV light   ...

21.11.2022: Hominins were cooking fish already in the early Paleolithic period about 780,000 years ago

Ancient fish teeth discovered at the archaeological site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in Israel provide earliest evidence of our prehistoric ancestors deliberately cooking foodstuff   ...

21.11.2022: Ice Age temperatures and precipitation reconstructed from earthworm granules

New method for determination of past climate data on land applied comparatively for the first time / Ice Age summers in Central Europe were at times warmer than previously known   ...

15.11.2022: Using quantum sensor technology to improve brain tumor operations

Quantum technology on its way into society: Joint project DiaQNOS to develop quantum sensors to improve brain tumor surgery   ...

10.11.2022: Previously unknown monumental temple discovered near the Tempio Grande in Vulci

Researchers discover temple as part of the Vulci Cityscape project launched in 2020   ...

04.11.2022: IceCube neutrinos give us first glimpse into the inner depths of an active galaxy

Mainz-based scientists have been members of the IceCube consortium since 1999   ...

03.11.2022: Sustainable recycling using electrochemistry: Carl Zeiss Foundation supports new research project

New Halocycles project aims to develop a halogen recovery technique contributing to the stabilization of the power grid and the defossilization of the future industrial society   ...

02.11.2022: Iodine accelerates formation of cloud condensation nuclei in the atmosphere

International research team reports effect of iodine-organic chemistry on the generation of new particles in the marine atmosphere and the recycling of iodine during particle growth   ...