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Archaeologist Catherine Teitz explores how Roman architecture and everyday life along #HadriansWall evolved over the centuries – and how old excavation records can still yield new insights ... Read more in our #JGUMagazine at 👉 https://www.magazine.uni-mainz.de/layers-of-rome/

#archaeology #history
Junior Professor Catherine Teitz conducts research and teaches in the Classical Archaeology department at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. (photo/©: Bernd Eßling)
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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#AI language models show bias against regional German #dialects: New study examines how #ArtificialIntelligence responds to dialect speech 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/ai-language-models-show-bias-against-regional-german-dialects/

#LLMs #ComputationalLinguistics #LargeLanguageModels
The image shows two cartoon characters. Character A speaks Bavarian and Character B speaks Standard German. The question at the bottom is which job would be recommended for each applicant. An AI system based on a large language model, represented here by a llama, would recommend the job of a plasterer for dialect speaker A, as no academic background is required for this profession. (ill./© von der Wense Group; created with the help of AI)
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Long-lived contrails usually form in natural ice clouds: Research team identifies common environmental conditions for the formation of #contrails 👉 https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb08-pmc/long-lived-contrails-usually-form-in-natural-ice-clouds/

#climate
Contrails over Jülich, embedded in very thin and therefore barely visible cirrus clouds (photo/©: Andreas Petzold)
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Extract #fertilizer from air and water: Pulsed #electrolysis opens a path toward sustainable production of nitrogen compounds such as ammonia and urea 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/extract-fertilizer-from-air-and-water/

#SustainableChemistry #SusInnoScience #nitrogen #agriculture #ClimateChange
Dr. Dandan Gao (front) from the Department of Chemistry at Mainz University with the lead authors of the current review article, Dr. Bahareh Feizi Mohazzab (left) und Kiarash Torabi (right) (photo/©: Shikang Han)
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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🤝 Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate sign administrative agreement to further promote unbureaucratic cooperation between the #RhineMainUniversities 👉 https://www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/en/news/hesse-und-rhineland-palatinate-sign-administrative-agreement-to-strengthen-the-alliance-of-the
(fltr) Professor Enrico Schleiff (President of Goethe University Frankfurt and current RMU spokesperson), Clemens Hoch (Science minister of Rhineland-Palatinate), Professor Tanja Brühl (President of TU Darmstadt), Timon Gremmels (Science minister of Hesse), and Professor Georg Krausch (President of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) (photo/©: Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Science and Health)
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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🔎 130,000 years of #ClimateHistory in 2,700 meters of core samples – that's the Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive (ELSA) built by geoscientist Prof. Frank Sirocko ... More in our #JGUMagazine at 👉 https://www.magazine.uni-mainz.de/a-life-passion-for-core-samples-and-the-future-of-the-elsa-project/
The core samples in the ELSA archive not only provide information on the climate of past centuries. They also offer a window into many aspects of human history over a period of 130,000 years. (photo/©: Stefan F. Sämmer / JGU)
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Exotic roto-crystals: Researchers outline comprehensive theory to predict new properties of transverse interaction systems 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/exotic-roto-crystals/

#physics
Spontaneous fragmentation of a rotating crystal comprised of transversely interacting particles into multiple rotating crystal fragments (ill./©: Zhi-Feng Huang)
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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How do #volcanoes work? What causes the vibrations known as #tremor that occur when #magma or gases move upward? Researchers of #MainzUniversity have located such tremor signals at the Oldoinyo Lengai #volcano in Tanzania 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/understandin...

#VolcanoSeismology #seismology
Oldoinyo Lengai in Tanzania is the only active carbonatite volcano on Earth. (photo/©: Miriam Reiss)
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Third dimension of #DataStorage: Three-dimensional magnetic vortices in synthetic #antiferromagnets move differently than magnetic vortices in two dimensions 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/third-dimension-of-data-storage/

#spintronics #skyrmions #QuantumComputing #physics
Three-dimensional magnetic skyrmion tube in a synthetic antiferromagnet (ill./©: Mona Bhukta)
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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TORF, a new DFG-sponsored Research Unit, investigates the drowned coastal landscape of medieval #NorthFrisia / Interdisciplinary project by #UniMainz, @uni-kiel.de, @leizarchaeology.bsky.social, ALSH, and NIhK is funded by @dfg.de 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/torf-a-new-d...

#DFG #Geography #Archaeology
Traces of a lost medieval settlement in the tidal flats near the island of Hallig Südfall (photo/©: Bente Majchczack) Examining the remains of the former church of Rungholt in the tidal flats off Hallig Südfall (photo/©: Dirk Bienen-Scholt) With the help of the techniques of geophysics and coring, it is possible to detect cultural remains that would otherwise be inaccessible by archeological excavations. (photo/©: Hanna Hadler)
September 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Economics as a school subject leads to more #entrepreneurship: Recent study of #ifoInstitute and #MainzUniversity shows connection between economics classes in schools and entrepreneurial activity in adulthood 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/economics-as...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Possible breakthrough in the development of effective #biomaterials for internat. research team led by Shikha Dhiman: Receptor speed in membranes, not binding strength, is crucial to the binding of modell cell membranes to biomaterials 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/possible-bre...
#chemistry #biotechnology
Professor Dr. Shikha Dhiman (photo/©: Ankit Sakhuja)
September 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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WMO report on global water resources: 2024 was characterized by both extreme drought and intense rainfall / Robert Reinecke major contributor to the report of the World Meteorological Organization 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/wmo-report-o...

#water #WaterResources #WorldWaterReport #WMO #meteorology
A water discharge measuring point in Tyrol (photo/©: Robert Reinecke)
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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#RhineMainUniversities sign new cooperation agreement: For its 10th anniversary, RMU sends strong signal for its future with new cooperation agreement 👉 www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/en/news/rhin...

@rheinmainunis.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social #UniMainz
The presidents of the Rhine-Main Universities Darmstadt, Frankfurt, and Mainz signed a new RMU cooperation agreement. (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski / RMU)
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Common metal, unusual power: New manganese(I) complex breaks lifetime record for excited states / Combination of a #manganese salt and a ligand paves the way for future large-scale applications of #photochemistry 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/common-metal...

#SustainableChemistry #SusInnoScience
The figure shows the molecular structure of the manganese complex (center), a cuvette containing a solution of the purple manganese complex (top left), the absorption spectrum of the complex, which explains its high color intensity (purple), and the luminescence spectrum of the complex, which was used to measure its long lifetime (green). (ill./©: Katja Heinze)
August 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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JUNO completed liquid filling and begins taking data: New type of detector enables deeper understanding of the universe 👉 www.prisma.uni-mainz.de/outreach/pre...

#neutrinos #ParticlePhysics #NeutrinoDetector #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA #JUNOexperiment #JUNOdetector
View of the JUNO detector (© JUNO Collaboration)
August 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Indirect effects drive evolution: Researchers of #MainzUniversity, @eawag.bsky.social & @unibas.ch present first direct evidence that species that never interact can profoundly influence each other's #evolution 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/indirect-eff...

#EvolutionaryBiology #biology
Organisms living in terrestrial and aquatic habitats can influence each other through indirect ecological interactions. (ill./©: Shuqing Xu // icons/©: biorender.com)
August 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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#QuantumChromodynamics: Computer simulations describe particle properties with unprecedented precision 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/computer-sim...

#physics #ParticlePhysics #LatticeQCD #supercomputers #StrongInteraction #quarks #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA
The MOGON NHR South-West high-performance computer in the JGU server room (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Tiny projections on the surface of human cells can determine whether we stay healthy or develop a genetic disorder. Cell biologist Helen May-Simera is an expert on the hair-like structures called #cilia 👉 www.magazine.uni-mainz.de/the-big-impa...

#CellBiology #MolecularBiology #BardetBiedlSyndrome
Professor Helen May-Simera conducts research in the field of molecular cell biology, in particular on ciliopathies. (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)
August 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Heroes, victims – and rarely collaborators: International study based on an online survey with 5,474 participants from eight European countries reveals how people across Europe reinterpret their nation's role during the Nazi era 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/heroes-victi...

#psychology #SocialPsychology
This chart illustrates how people in eight European countries recall their nation's role during World War II. In most cases, citizens are seen as victims or reluctant collaborators. Voluntary collaboration is rarely acknowledged. (ill./©: Fiona Kazarovytska)
August 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#Dinosaur teeth as time capsules of #climate data: New method to reconstruct carbon dioxide concentrations and global primary production from fossilized tooth enamel 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/dinosaur-tee...

#ClimateResearch #paleontology #TyrannosaurusRex #dinosaurs #palaeontology #IsotopeGeology
Skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex discovered at Murray Ranch, Montana, USA (© Naturalis Biodiversity Center) Tooth of a Tyrannosaurus rex that was excavated in Alberta, Canada (photo/©: Thomas Tütken)
August 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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First real-time observation of two-dimensional melting process: Researchers at #MainzUniversity unveil new insights into magnetic vortex structures 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/first-real-t...

#skyrmions #MagneticField #DataStorage #physics #TopDyn
Snapshots of the skyrmion lattice during the melting: an ordered skyrmion lattice on the left while the lattice structure has vanished on the right. (photo/©: Raphael Gruber)
August 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#JGUinternational: International German Language School at #MainzUniversity welcomes 60 students from 20 countries, 5 of them from the #FORTHEMAlliance / German courses for language levels A1-C1 plus German history, literature, and culture

More information at 👉 summer.uni-mainz.de

#SummerSchool
Students from 20 countries are currently taking part in the 2025 International German Language School at Mainz University. (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)
August 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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How #ants actively protect themselves against dehydration: Researchers at #MainzUniversity and Université #ParisCité have for the first time investigated the physical properties of the wax layer surrounding the bodies of #insects 👉️ press.uni-mainz.de/how-ants-act... 

#biology #dehydration
Ant of the species Myrmica rubra carrying a plant seed (photo/©: Dr. Philipp Hönle)
July 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Neanderthals ran "fat factories" 125,000 years ago: Groundbreaking discovery in Germany reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthals...
The Neumark-Nord 2/2B site was excavated through year-round campaigns by a core team from 2004 to 2009, alongside an international field school that included more than 175 students in total. (photo/©: Wil Roebroeks)
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM