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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🎉 WE MADE IT – The @rheinmainunis.bsky.social alliance of #GoetheUni & #MainzUniversity & #TUDarmstadt will receive funding in the #ExcellenceStrategy of the German federal and state governments 👉 www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/en/news/rhin... @dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de

RMU-EXCITE – Excellent. Collaborative. Transformative. (photo/©: Laura Trümper / RMU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🏅 CONGRATULATIONS: Dr. Margit Ruffing, long-time executive director of the Kant Research Center at #UniMainz, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Latvia in Riga 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/u…

Dr. Margit Ruffing of the Department of Philosophy at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz being awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Latvia. (photo/©: private)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@dfg.de provides around EUR 1.8 million for new research group at #MainzUniversity focusing on the evolution of neural circuits 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/evolutionary-… #neurobiology #EvolutionaryBiology #neuroscience #DFG #GermanResearchFoundation

The photo shows Dr. Max Farnworth, head of the Emmy Noether Research Group "Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution" at JGU. (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Diamond magnetometers can open a new window into heart activity: new generation of #QuantumSensors offers improved paths towards medical diagnostics / Innovative #research funded by #BMFTR 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/09/17… #medicine #QuantumTechnologies #physics #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA

The image shows the newly developed diamond sensor in the lab (left) and a close-up of its head with dimensions. (photo/©: Arne Wickenbrock).

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Antiproton storage and transport records at @cern.bsky.social: #Antiprotons stored in a transport container for over a month / Research group at #MainzUniversity contributes to paper in @nature.com 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/09/17… #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA #BASECollaboration #ParticlePhysics

The photo shows the successful BASE team at CERN. (photo/©: CERN)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Was #Nîmes depopulated by the Plague of Cyprian? Analyses of the carbonate deposits from the aqueduct featuring the famous #PontDuGard shed light on the water supply of the ancient city 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/was-nimes-dep… #archaeology

The photo shows the Pont du Gard, which supplied ancient Nîmes with water. (photo/©: Meltem Sürmelihindi)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#WMO report on global #WaterResources shows that continents worldwide are drying up / #MainzUniversity is a major contributor to the latest report by the @wmo-global.bsky.social 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJz_... 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/wmo-report-o... #StateOfWater #WorldWaterReport #meteorology

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WMO State of Global Water Resources 2025 - Animation (English)

YouTube video by World Meteorological Organization - WMO

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Laschet laugh – No evidence of influence on #VotingBehavior: New study by researchers at #MainzUniversity and @goetheuni.bsky.social examines impact of inappropriate emotional displays by political leaders 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/laschet-laug... #PoliticalScience #politics @rheinmainunis.bsky.social

Ballot for the German federal election (photo/©: Robert Leßmann / stock.adobe.com)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#ERCStartingGrant for Meret Huber: Professor of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Director of the Botanical Garden at #MainzUniversity receives EUR 1.5 million in EU funding 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/erc-starting-… #ERC #EvolutionaryEcology #biology

The photo shows Professor Meret Huber, Professor of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Director of the Botanical Garden at Mainz University. (photo/©: Stefan F. Sämmer / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Why not every ant helps: Recent study of #MainzUniversity shows that rescue behavior in ants is linked to differences in gene activity in the nervous system 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/why-not-every… #Biology

The photo shows how a worker ant of the species Cataglyphis niger attempts to free a restrained nestmate during a behavioral test. (photo/©: Susanne Foitzik)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Vera Schmitt is appointed Professor of Information Systems at #MainzUniversity: #AI researcher brings expertise in explainable and robust language technologies to JGU 👉 wiwi.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/08/10… #ArtificialIntelligence #NaturalLanguageProcessing #NLP #LargeLanguageModels #LLMs

Vera Schmitt will assume the W2 Professorship in Information Systems at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). She has held the position in an acting capacity since June 2026. (photo/©: private)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New #MultipleSclerosis treatment approach: Funding of EUR 1.1 mio. from ForTra gGmbH for #ResearchTransfer enables further development of a drug patch developed at #MainzUniversity 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/multiple-scle…

Prototypes of transdermal drug patches in the laboratory (left) and study data (right) on the transdermal passage of aminophylline, a compound of theophylline and ethylenediamine, using six different transdermal patches that deliver the drug through the skin (right) (photo/©: Sophia Engel; ill./©: Engel et al., AAPS PharmSciTech, 2026, DOI: 10.1208/s12249-026-03377-8)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Making #QuantumPhysics and #ArtificialIntelligence easy to understand? That's exactly what Siddardha Chelluri from #MainzUniversity has set out to do in his blog "Qubit & Neuron", where he explores the science behind #QuantumTechnologies and #AI 👉 qubit-and-neuron.beehiiv.com #QuantumComputing

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Rhein-Main-Universitäten @rheinmainunis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So #excited about wrapping up #GAIN26 with smiles on our faces! What a great opportunity to get top international talent excited about jumpstarting their career in #Rhine-Main – thank you San Francisco, see you soon 🫶 @goetheuni.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social 📷 E. Werner

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally: Interdisciplinary study involving researchers from #MainzUniversity connects drought across the world's wheat-growing regions with global markets 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/climate-drive… #ClimateChange #WaterScarcity #agriculture #wheat

Main areas of rice, maize, and wheat production with the borders of the 10 top exporting countries highlighted. The donut charts indicate the shares of the three major crops in the global arable land area, calorie supply and agricultural commodity trade. (ill./©: Trnka et al., Earth's Future 14 (2026), e2025EF006095, CC BY 4.0)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Cell biologist Uwe Wolfrum of #MainzUniversity was honored by the Institute of #Ophthalmology at @ucl.ac.uk for his scientific research on #UsherSyndrome 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/mainz-based-c…

Professor Andrew Dick (left), Director of the Institute of Ophthalmology at University College London, and award recipient Professor Uwe Wolfrum (right) of the Institute of Molecular Physiology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (photo/©: James Tye / UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Annual Lecture 2026)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

No risk-free nicotine use: International research team led by #MainzUniversityMedicalCenter maps biological hierarchy risks to the cardiovascular system, comparing effects of cigarettes, waterpipes, heated tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and nicotine pouches 👉 www.unimedizin-mainz.de/en/newsroom/n…

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No Risk-Free Nicotine Use: International Research Team Maps the Biological Hierarchy Risks to the Cardiovascular System

A recent review led by University Medical Center Mainz compares the effects of cigarettes, waterpipes, heated tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and nicotine pouches

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mouse model realistically replicates human #CeliacDisease: Humanized model could significantly improve preclinical research on drugs for #celiac disease 👉 www.unimedizin-mainz.de/en/newsroom/n…

Diagram showing how the substance Zed1227 prevents damage caused by gluten in the intestine. (ill./©: Aline Pesi / UM)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Wübben Foundation @w-s-w.org supports two faculty appointments at #MainzUniversity: Evolutionary biologist Sinead English and chemist Emanuele Penocchio will take up professorships in Mainz 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/wubben-founda…

(left) Professor Sinead English (© private) ; (right) Professor Emanuele Penocchio (photo/©: Giulia Guerini)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Reading ocean temperatures from #RedAlgae: Researchers of #MainzUniversity and @mpic.de have developed a method to reconstruct past seawater temperatures from rhodoliths 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/reading-daily… #seawater #ClimateArchive #geochemistry #RedSea

Lena Li holds a rhodolith sample collected in the Red Sea. These free-living algae nodules serve as natural archives, enabling the reconstruction of daily seawater temperatures. (photo/©: Lucio Bravo)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Researchers at #MainzUniversity have shown that antiferromagnetic #skyrmions move in line with an applied current 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/scientists-wa… #Spintronics #Physics #antiferromagnetism

The X-ray microscopic image shows, with colored contours, the successive positions of antiferromagnetic skyrmions on the nanosecond timescale, thereby revealing the motion and interaction of the skyrmions. (photo/©: Mona Bhukta)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#LaserSpectroscopy helps reveal nuclear properties in #fermium: First high-precision measurements of the fermium-255 nucleus validate modern nuclear models and advance the search for superheavy elements 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/laser-spectro…

Graphical illustration of the nuclear chart and of the RISIKO mass separator used in these studies (ill./©: Sebastian Raeder)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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

The photo shows the miniaturized laser system, developed with major contributions from researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (photo/©: Sören Boles)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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

Schematic illustration of the structure of an altermagnetic crystal: The unique symmetry of the electron distribution underlies the extraordinary properties of this newly discovered class of magnetic materials. (ill./©: Libor Šmejkal)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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

The photo shows a worker ant of the species Temnothorx nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis, recognizable by its yellowish coloration, alongside an uninfected worker. (photo/©: Susanne Foitzik)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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

Multi-Grammy prize winner Terence Blanchard receives the 2025 Gutenberg Teaching Award: (fltr) Professor Andrej Gill (Director of the Gutenberg Teaching Council), award winner Terence Blanchard, and Professor Stephan Jolie (JGU Vice President for Learning and Teaching) (photo/©: Bernd Eßling / JGU)

Jazz musician and teacher Terence Blanchard during his acceptance speech for the 2025 Gutenberg Teaching Award (photo/©: Bernd Eßling / JGU)

Following the Gutenberg Teaching Award ceremony, Terence Blanchard performed a concert ...

with the 2026 Gutenberg Jazz Collective. (photo/©: Bernd Eßling / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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…

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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-…

Our picture shows Professor Johannes Lipps (right) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Professor Dirk Wicke (left) of Goethe University Frankfurt, the current spokesperson and vice-spokesperson of VARM. (photo/©: Peter Thomas / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

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

The figure shows how an orbital current generated in copper (Cu*) can, for the first time, be efficiently coupled to orbital moments in cobalt oxide (CoO). (ill./©: Mathias Kläui / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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

A coin-sized area of the new material is illuminated through a mask: The spins change their state, and the material changes color. (ill./©: Katja Heinze / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

#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

Professor Edward Lemke (left) is Professor of Synthetic Biophysics at Mainz University. (photo/©: Thomas Hartmann / IMB) ; Professor Andreas Walther (right) is Professor of Macromolecular Materials and Systems at Mainz University. (© Andreas Walther)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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…

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#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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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

#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

ChatGPT misinterpreted the word "Rachebutzer", which in the Mainz dialect refers to a sour wine, as "a cheeky, snotty brat / a mouthy kid / a little troublemaker".

(ill./©: Minh Duc Bui, created with the help of Claude)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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…

Professor Bissera Pentcheva, winner of the 2026 Gutenberg Research Award of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

(© Lisa DeNeffe Photography)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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

Our photo shows four authors of the paper "Self-Activating Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting: Advancing Structure–Performance Understanding and Beyond", published in "Advanced Energy Materials" on April 20, 2026: (fltr) Master's student Kiarash Torabi, Dr. Dandan Gao as junior group leader at Mainz University and holder of a Walter Benjamin Fellowship sponsored by the German Research Foundation, PhD student Christean Nickel, and postdoc Dr. Bahareh Feizimohazzab.

(photo/©: Jovana Colic / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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

(from left to right) Professor Dmitry Budker, Dr. Konstantin Gaul, and Dr. Lei Cong (© Cluster o Excellence PRISMA++)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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…

Muon g-2 storage ring with a diameter of 14 meters at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (photo//©: Ryan Postel / Fermilab)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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

Anthropological analysis of a skeleton from the early medieval site at Altheim near Landshut at the Bavarian State Collection of Anthropology (SAM) (photo/©: Michaela Harbeck / SAM)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#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…

An intercept interpreter / translator (IIT) at work (photo/©: Katja Preusse / German Police University)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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

Werbung für eine Blutspendeaktion der Universitätsmedizin Mainz mit dem Slogan "Fürs Leben gerne Blut spenden" und einem lachenden Blutstropfen.

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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…

Large red and green spectrometer towers labeled SpekA and SpekC in an experimental hall, with central detector Kaos and beamline Strahl.

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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

A groundwater pump in California (photo/©: Robert Reinecke)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

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

The new dual-frequency Paul trap developed by physicists at JGU and Helmholtz Institute Mainz can capture heavy calcium ions or light electrons. (photo/©: Hendrik Bekker / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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

The image shows a European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) next to the foot of a European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus). This is what the scenery might have looked like around 125,000 years ago.

(ill./©: Nicole Viehofer / MONREPOS – LEIZA)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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+

Visualization of cosmic evolution and the epochs of stochastic gravitational wave formation (ill./©: Azadeh Maleknejad / Swansea University)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

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

The RISIKO mass separator at the JGU Institute of Physics, where holmium radioisotopes are implemented into the ECHo detector pixels. The main components are highlighted: the ion source (left), the magnetic mass separation (center), and the implantation of the holmium-163 isotope in the ECHo detectors (right). (photo/©: AG LARISSA / JGU)

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

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

125,000 years ago, straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) populated the prehistoric Europe.

Image: Hodari Nundu, CC-BY-4.0

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