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25.07.2019: 2019 EPS High Energy and Particle Physics Prizes

The 2019 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society for an outstanding contribution to high energy physics has been awarded to the CDF and D0 collaborations for the discovery of the top quark and the detailed measurement of its properties. ...

24.07.2019: Upgrade of the IceCube neutrino telescope

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

13.06.2019: Mainz University achieves excellent positions in the U-Multirank university ranking

JGU is represented in the international top group in terms of the number of research publications and patents ...

05.06.2019: New interaction between thin film magnets discovered

Physicists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz lay the foundations for new three-dimensional spin structures ...

09.05.2019: The power of randomization: Magnetic skyrmions for novel computer technology

First steps towards a practical application for magnetic skyrmions ...

09.05.2019: Astroparticle physicists observe longest half-life ever directly measured

Detector for dark matter search provides impressive measurement results / Publication in Nature JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER AND JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY MAINZ ...

15.03.2019: Physicists analyze the rotational dynamics of galaxies and the influence of the mass of the photon

Could the effect of photon mass on the gaseous components in galaxies be as strong as that of dark matter? ...

15.03.2019: Atomic parity violation research reaches new milestone

Measurement of parity violation for different isotopes of atomic ytterbium agrees with predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics ...

15.03.2019: Peering into the Sun from the depths of the Gran Sasso massif: Borexino sheds light on solar neutrinos

Borexino Collaboration publishes results of research into the Sun's 'ghost particles' in Nature ...

15.03.2019: Bose-Einstein condensate generated in space for the first time

Physicists put in place groundwork for accurately testing Einstein's equivalence principle/ Recent publication in Nature ...