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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
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🤝 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
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🔎 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/
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Exotic roto-crystals: Researchers outline comprehensive theory to predict new properties of transverse interaction systems 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/exotic-roto-crystals/

#physics
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
September 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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...
September 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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
September 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#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
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
August 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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
August 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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
August 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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
August 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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
August 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#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
August 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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
August 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#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
August 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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
July 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Neanderthals ran "fat factories" 125,000 years ago: Groundbreaking discovery in Germany reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthals...
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM