High-precision laser system enables record flux of quantum gas mixtures: physicists at #MainzUniversity pave the way for fundamental space experiments 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/high-precisio… #QuantumSensors #ISS #research #physics

2026 Europhysics Prize honors discovery of #altermagnetism as a third fundamental class of #magnetism: Jairo Sinova of #MainzUniversity and former Mainz-based scientist Libor Šmejkal receive 2026 EPS Europhysics Prize together with Tomas Jungwirth 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/2026-europhys… #EPS #physics

Tapeworm makes #ants live longer: Study identifies molecular changes that reshape aging and behavior in infected workers, leading to a partially queen-like phenotype 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/tapeworm-make… #insects #temnothorax #parasitism #BehavioralEcology #SocialInsects #ant #biology

Multi-Grammy prize winner Terence Blanchard receives 2025 #GutenbergTeachingAward: One of the most influential jazz musicians and teachers wins the highest endowed teaching award of #MainzUniversity 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/multi-grammy-… #GutenbergTeachingCouncil

European #FORTHEMAlliance secures EU funding to advance its Transnational Joint Campus vision: Erasmus+ funding worth EUR 7.2 million for ambitious FORTHEM NEXUS project 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/european-univ… #JGUinternational #EuropeanUniversities #EuropeanEducationArea #EuropeanResearchArea

Congratulations to Dr. Soressa Abera Chala, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemistry at #MainzUniversity, on being selected as one of the three Main Prize Winners of the Scientists for Nature Challenge at the 2026 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 👉 familiesfornature.org/article/famil…

The Archaeology Network Rhine-Main, established by the @rheinmainunis.bsky.social Mainz & Frankfurt & Darmstadt, has been pooling diverse archaeological activities across the Rhine-Main region for 10 years. More about the collaboration in our #JGUMagazine 👉 www.magazine.uni-mainz.de/from-ancient-…

Milestone achieved in orbitronics: Researchers at #MainzUniversity are the first to directly utilize orbital currents without the need for conversion of the orbital current into a spin current 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/milestone-ach… #spintronics #DataStorage #physics #orbitronics #antiferromagnets

Research team of #MainzUniversity achieves a breakthrough in spintronics: New manganese-based molecular material enables data storage at higher temperatures 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/switching-spi… #spintronics #mangan #photochemistry #photoreaction #chemistry

#ERCAdG for two researchers of #MainzUniversity: Millions in EU funding for biophysicist Edward Lemke and chemist Andreas Walther 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/erc-advanced... @erc.europa.eu @waltherlab.bsky.social @imbmainz.bsky.social #ERCAdvancedGrant #EuropeanResearchCouncil #biophysics #biomaterials

Computer scientist Professor Sarah Neuwirth of #MainzUniversity is listed as #SCW75, named by Scientific World Computing among 75 leading experts in HPC, simulation, research computing, AI infrastructure, and scientific data processing 👉 www.scientific-computing.com/scientific-co…

#MainzUniversity is successful with five funding applications for Collaborative Research Centers: Approval of the #GermanResearchFoundation boosts JGU's research profile 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/johannes-gut... #CRC #DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft #DFG #CollaborativeResearchCenter @dfg.de

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Die #DFG fördert zur weiteren Stärkung der #Spitzenforschung an den Hochschulen 13 neue #Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB). Die Themen reichen von der Erforschung extraterrestrischen Lebens bis zu Papieranwendungen der Zukunft. Einzelheiten 👉 www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/…

#ArtificialIntelligence struggles to understand the Mainz dialect: New study of #MainzUniversity finds that language models misinterpret words in regional varieties 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/artificial-in… #AI #LargeLanguageModels #LLMs #dialects #ComputationalLinguistics #dialect

2026 #GutenbergResearchAward goes to Bissera Pentcheva, one of the leading international scholars in the field of Byzantine and Medieval #ArtHistory: Art historian from Stanford University wins most prestigious research award of #MainzUniversity 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/2026-gutenber…

Sustainable #hydrogen production with self-activating catalysts: Researchers at #MainzUniversity develop a core framework for designing self-activating catalysts for #GreenHydrogen production 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/sustainable-h… #SustainableChemistry #electrolysis #chemistry #SusInnoscience

Molecules shed light on #DarkMatter: Analysis of precision measurements of unexplored interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei give information of new particles 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/05/11… #ParticlePhysics #physics #antimatter #universe #cosmology #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA

Muon g-2 collaboration wins Breakthrough Prize in #FundamentalPhysics: Research group from the #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA ++ of #MainzUniversity provided crucial measurement capabilities and analysis strategies to explore subtle wobble of a subatomic particle 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/05/07…

After Rome: genomic insights from southern Germany on the formation of Central European societies / International research team led by #MainzUniversity analyzed genomes from the period around the end of the Western Roman Empire 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/after-rome-ge… #anthropology #bioinformatics

#MainzUniversity and the German #Police University launch joint research project on qualified language mediation for efficient forensic #communication #surveillance, funded with approx. EUR 880,000 by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/mainz-univers…

23.4.2026, 8:30-11:30 & 12:30-15 Uhr - Einladung zur #Blutspende in der Linken Aula der Alten Mensa auf dem Gutenberg-Campus / Durchführung durch das Team der Transfusionszentrale der #Unimedizin Mainz / FAQ zur Blutspende unter 👉 www.unimedizin-mainz.de/transfusionsz… #BlutspendeMainz

Hypertriton more strongly bound than previously assumed: International research team at the Mainz Microtron MAMI achieves most precise measurement of hypertriton binding energy to date / New insights into the strong nuclear forces that hold matter together 👉 www.fb08.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/04/17…

Drinking water near coasts is under threat worldwide: A recent study shows how the salinization of groundwater due to over-abstraction and rising sea levels is becoming a global problem 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/drinking-wate… #DrinkingWater #groundwater #water #seawater

Milestone on the way to creating #antihydrogen in Mainz: New dual-frequency Paul trap tested at #MainzUniversity // Heavy calcium ions or light #electrons captured in the same trap 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/04/10… #ParticlePhysics #physics #antihydrogen #antimatter #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA

Neanderthals in Central Europe hunted pond turtles: Shells of captured reptiles may have been used as ladles 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthals-… #Neanderthals #palaeontology #research

Gravitational waves as possible candidates for the origin of dark matter: New calculations presented by the #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA ++ explore the early universe 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/04/01… #ParticlePhysics #DarkMatter #universe #physics #GravitationalWaves #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA+

Hunting for the #neutrino mass with "cool" detectors: Current research results presented by the ECHo Collaboration are the basis for large-scale experiments to get closer to the mass of #GhostParticles 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/hunting-for-t… #physics #neutrinos #NeutrinoMass #ParticlePhysics

Hunted by #Neanderthals: Giant #elephants traveled hundreds of kilometers across ice-age Europe / Analysis of international research team including @rheinmainunis.bsky.social #UniMainz & @goetheuni.bsky.social 👉 www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/en/news/hunt... #palaeontology #RhineMainUniversities

#StandardModel of #ParticlePhysics verified to one trillionth accuracy: Experiments with hydrogen confirm fundamental #QuantumTheory up to the 13th decimal place and solve proton radius puzzle 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/03/11… #QuantumOptics #physics #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA

Unique Master's program in #ParticleAccelerator Science – first trilateral degree program offered by the #RhineMainUniversities, in close collaboration with GSI and FAIR: Prof. Joachim Enders and #physics student Fatemeh Moujani share insights into the program 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDsHI…

The IceCube experiment is ready to uncover more secrets of the universe: World’s largest neutrino detector has been successfully upgraded 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/02/12… #ParticlePhysics #neutrinos #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA #IceCube #physics