18.12.2017
Celebratory Signing of a Partnership Agreement with the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research in Mumbai
On December 12th, 2017, Matthias Neubert, Speaker for the PRISMA Cluster of Excellence and Director of the Mainz Institute of Theoretical Physics (MITP), signed a new partnership agreement with the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, India. ...
14.12.2017
Record-Breaking Science Communication: Physics, Live on the Radio
Christian Schneider, Project Leader for School Programs and Scientific Communication at JGU’s Cluster of Excellence PRISMA, discussed the Guinness World Record and how much he enjoys talking about physics with schoolchildren ...
06.12.2017
Mainz physicists propose a new method for monitoring nuclear waste
Scientists demonstrate scenarios for using neutrino detectors in nuclear interim storage facilities ...
28.11.2017
New record at ultracold neutron source in Mainz
TRIGA research reactor at Mainz University improved the yield of its ultracold neutron source by a factor of 3.5 to 8.5 ultracold neutrons per cubic centimeter ...
29.09.2017
Good start into the German Excellence Strategy competition: JGU to submit full proposal for its PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence
International expert committee approves the PRISMA+ proposal for the final round of the nationwide competition ...
08.08.2017
New theory on the origin of dark matter
Theoretical physicists at Mainz University present an alternative to the WIMP paradigm ...
11.06.2017
Physicists of Mainz University win world record
Guinness World Records™ confirms Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as holder of the world record for the largest magnetic ball accelerator / Hundreds of visitors fascinated by insights into the world of physics ...
18.05.2017
XENON1T proves to be the most sensitive detector on Earth searching for WIMP dark matter
Now the most sensitive dark matter experiment world-wide can much better listen for the very weak voice of dark matter
-- Joint press release of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg and the universities of Freiburg, Mainz, and Münster -- ...
31.01.2017
ERC Consolidator Grant for physicist Johannes Henn
About 2 Million EURO for developping novel calculation methods in theoretical physics (press release in German) ...
23.01.2017
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to collaborate with US research center Fermilab near Chicago
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is expanding the range of its international research collaboration projects. During a visit to the world-famous Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), the USA's national research laboratory for particle and high-energy physics, JGU President Professor Georg Krausch and the Director of Fermilab, Professor Nigel Lockyer, signed an agreement on closer collaboration. ...
16.11.2016
Particle physicist William Shepherd receives prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja Award in Berlin
One of the most highly endowed German research awards funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will be used to establish a junior research group to study dark matter at Mainz University ...
08.11.2016
TUM and Mainz University activate new source of ultra-cold neutrons
Collaborative project results in the construction of a second UCN source at the TRIGA research reactor in Mainz / Blueprint for Munich-based high-efficiency source ...
19.09.2016
Nature Index Ranking confirms cutting-edge research in Physics at Mainz University
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is among Germany’s top five academic institutions in the field of Physics ...
12.08.2016
The deuteron is smaller than previously thought
Just like the proton, the deuteron poses a mystery
The deuteron — one of the simplest atomic nuclei, consisting of just one proton and one neutron — is considerably smaller than previously thought. ...
14.06.2016
Victor Flambaum becomes new fellow at the Gutenberg Research College at Mainz University
Theoretical physicist from the University of New South Wales will strengthen the field of nuclear and particle physics in Mainz ...
12.05.2016
ERC Advanced Grant for experimental physicist Dmitry Budker
Professor Dmitry Budker has been granted EUR 2.5 million in funding by the European Research Council (ERC) for his new project involving the hunt for dark matter and dark energy. ...
05.04.2016
The city of Mainz is to become an international center of UCN research for five days
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz expects physicists from Germany and abroad at its workshop on the current status of ultracold neutron physics at Waldthausen Castle ...
14.04.2016
First particles circulate in SuperKEKB accelerator
Mainz-based physicists involved in detector construction and analysis of future experiments ...