The presented list of press releases in English is only a selection of our German press texts. For the time being, these translated press releases focus primarily on science and research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
2025
22.10.2025: 'Rival' neutrino experiments NOvA and T2K publish first joint analysis
The combined results add to physicists’ understanding and they validate the impressive collaborative effort between two competing – yet complementary – experiments ...
The combined results add to physicists’ understanding and they validate the impressive collaborative effort between two competing – yet complementary – experiments ...
21.10.2025: Exotic roto-crystals
Researchers outline comprehensive theory to predict new properties of transverse interaction systems ...
Researchers outline comprehensive theory to predict new properties of transverse interaction systems ...
06.10.2025: Third dimension of data storage
Three-dimensional magnetic vortices in synthetic antiferromagnets move differently than magnetic vortices in two dimensions ...
Three-dimensional magnetic vortices in synthetic antiferromagnets move differently than magnetic vortices in two dimensions ...
04.09.2025: Vasily Sotnikov receives ERC Starting Grant for research on the phenomenology of elementary particles
The theoretical physicist strengthens collaboration with JGU to develop new calculation methods for experiments at the Large Hadron Collider ...
The theoretical physicist strengthens collaboration with JGU to develop new calculation methods for experiments at the Large Hadron Collider ...
26.08.2025: JUNO Completed Liquid Filling and Begins Data Taking
New type of detector enables deeper understanding of the universe ...
New type of detector enables deeper understanding of the universe ...
26.08.2025: HALO-South hunts trace gases in clean air
TROPOS and DLR investigate the interaction between clouds, aerosols, and radiation over the Southern Ocean / Joint project involving around 50 researchers with participation from JGU ...
TROPOS and DLR investigate the interaction between clouds, aerosols, and radiation over the Southern Ocean / Joint project involving around 50 researchers with participation from JGU ...
25.08.2025: New method developed for investigating the internal structure of atoms
Previously unknown properties of the element samarium revealed ...
Previously unknown properties of the element samarium revealed ...
04.08.2025: First real-time observation of two-dimensional melting process
Researchers at Mainz University unveil new insights into magnetic vortex structures ...
Researchers at Mainz University unveil new insights into magnetic vortex structures ...
18.06.2025: New permanent magnet configurations deliver strong and homogeneous fields
Physicists develop efficient alternatives to the classic Halbach design – with potential for a wide range of applications ...
Physicists develop efficient alternatives to the classic Halbach design – with potential for a wide range of applications ...
17.06.2025: New method to study halo nuclei confirmed experimentally
Nuclear physicists have succeeded for the first time in experimentally proving the ratio method for studying halo nuclei ...
Nuclear physicists have succeeded for the first time in experimentally proving the ratio method for studying halo nuclei ...
06.06.2025: EU funding for fundamental research in particle physics in Mainz
Around EUR 180,000 for participation of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence in the tSPECT and Mu3e experiments and the international NEMESIS and BEYOND consortia ...
Around EUR 180,000 for participation of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence in the tSPECT and Mu3e experiments and the international NEMESIS and BEYOND consortia ...
04.06.2025: Muon g-2 collaboration announces most precise measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
The third and final result is in perfect agreement with the with the first two results of the experiment ...
The third and final result is in perfect agreement with the with the first two results of the experiment ...
23.05.2025: Charge radius of Helium-3 measured with unprecedented precision
Research findings from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and the Paul Scherrer Institute published in Science ...
Research findings from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence and the Paul Scherrer Institute published in Science ...
30.04.2025: New method to produce an extremely heavy hydrogen isotope at the Mainz Microtron accelerator MAMI
Production and measurement of the extremely neutron-rich hydrogen isotope ⁶H achieved for the first time in an electron scattering experiment / Result shows stronger than expected interaction between neutrons within the nucleus ...
Production and measurement of the extremely neutron-rich hydrogen isotope ⁶H achieved for the first time in an electron scattering experiment / Result shows stronger than expected interaction between neutrons within the nucleus ...
25.04.2025: New Priority Program funded by the German Research Foundation aims to make practical use of unconventional magnetism in IT devices
Jairo Sinova of Mainz University coordinates a new Priority Program for fundamental and applied research into information technology based on altermagnetism ...
Jairo Sinova of Mainz University coordinates a new Priority Program for fundamental and applied research into information technology based on altermagnetism ...
15.04.2025: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz receives further funding for participation in the Mu3e experiment
Scientists from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence are involved in a major international research project searching for "new physics" ...
Scientists from the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence are involved in a major international research project searching for "new physics" ...
11.04.2025: Neutrinos are at least a million times lighter than electrons
Precision scale KATRIN at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology sets a new upper limit for the mass of neutrinos ...
Precision scale KATRIN at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology sets a new upper limit for the mass of neutrinos ...
10.04.2025: Vacuum chamber weighing several tons delivered for the MESA particle accelerator
High technology enables unique experiment for new physics research on the campus of JGU ...
High technology enables unique experiment for new physics research on the campus of JGU ...09.04.2025: Mainz physicists among winners of prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
More than 50 Mainz researchers honored for key contributions to ATLAS experiment ...10.03.2025: Anna Balazs wins the 2025 Gutenberg Research Award
Most prestigious research award of Mainz University for materials scientist from the University of Pittsburgh ...11.02.2025: New joint project to investigate quantum repeaters designed to provide for secure quantum communication networks of the future
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will fund the new partnership project with EUR 20 million for three years / Subproject at Mainz University involves both theoretical modeling and experimental realization ...
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will fund the new partnership project with EUR 20 million for three years / Subproject at Mainz University involves both theoretical modeling and experimental realization ...
06.02.2025: Toward sustainable computing: Energy-efficient memory innovation
SOT-MRAM memory technology could replace cache memory in computer architecture in the future ...
SOT-MRAM memory technology could replace cache memory in computer architecture in the future ...
30.01.2025: A spintronic view of the effect of chiral molecules
Researchers at Mainz University verified the chiral-induced spin selectivity effect, i.e., the influence of chiral molecules on spin, using spintronic analytical techniques ...30.01.2025: Magnetic whirl simulation in real time
Collaboration at Mainz University enables the simulation of skyrmion dynamics on experimentally relevant time scales ...27.01.2025: Science lists the discovery of altermagnetism as scientific breakthrough in physics in 2024
International recognition for Mainz-based research on altermagnetism, a new concept in physics ...13.01.2025: Livia Ludhova receives the Order of Ľudovít-Štúr for exceptional contributions in the field of science
High honor from the Slovak Republic for JGU physicist and member of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence ...