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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 picture shows the IceCube laboratory with nearby storage containers for the IceCube upgrade. (photo/©: Ilya Bodo / IceCube/NSF)
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
All information on the new trilateral English-language Master's degree program "Particle Accelerator Science" of the #RhineMainUniversities is available at 👉 www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/en/news/rmu-...
#Master #physics #StudyInGermany #ParticleAccelerator #MaterialsScience
APPLY NOW: New Master's program "Particle Accelerator Science" of the #RhineMainUniversities brings together the region's expertise in accelerator science, combines study and research at the three #RMU locations #TUDarmstadt & #MainzUniversity & #GoetheUni Frankfurt 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ANy...
Dr. Dandan Gao (center) with her colleagues Christean Nickel (left) and David Leander Troglauer (right) (photo/©: Jennifer Christina Schmidt)
Sustainable and efficient production of ammonia and formic acid: Research team led by Dandan Gao at #MainzUniversity has developed a three-component catalyst for pulsed electrolysis 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/sustainable-a…
Dr. Stefan Schoppmann in the laboratory for scintillator and fluorescence detectors (LSFD) at the PRISMA detector laboratory (photo/©: Angelika Stehle)
Particle physicist of #MainzUniversity honored for innovative detector technologies: Stefan Schoppmann from the PRISMA Detector Laboratory receives ICFA Early Career Instrumentation Award 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/02/06…
#ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA #ParticlePhysics #neutrinos #physics
Visual information that is relevant for escape is relayed to the Giant Fiber (green) via input synapses (magenta). (photo/©: Carsten Duch)
LC4-neuron cluster in the Drosophila fly brain. One cluster consists of approximately 80 neurons. (photo/©: Carsten Duch)
JGU researchers uncover novel connections during fruit fly aging: Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/jgu-researche…
#biology #neurobiology #drosophila #fruitflies
Climate-friendly generation of #formate and #hydrogen from the waste product #glycerol: An #electrolysis technique developed at #UniMainz could make an important contribution to the electrification of the chemical industry 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/climate-frien…
#SustainableChemistry #SusInnoScience
A smartphone lying on lush green grass. In the background, a person sits on the grass reading a book. (© icepreaw / stock.adobe.com)
Digital media breaks can improve well-being: New study finds short-term mood benefits from intentional digital disconnection – while showing that external pressure to unplug can backfire 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/digital-media…
#DigitalDisconnection #DigitalDetox #SocialMedia #offline
Professor Christoph Bläsi conducts research and teaches in Book Studies at the Gutenberg Institute for World Literature and Written Media at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. The photo shows him standing next to a stack of books. (photo: Peter Thomas)
From text generation in academic settings to the ethical challenges of using #ArtificialIntelligence in the #publishing industry: Professor Christoph Bläsi takes a comprehensive look at #AI in #BookStudies – and far beyond 👉 www.magazine.uni-mainz.de/even-with-ai-…
#BookIndustry #JGUMagazine
The picture shows a pool of the oldest public bathing facilities in Pompeii, dating back to 130 BC. (photo/©: Cees Passchier)
Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor: Limescale deposits in wells, pipes, and bathing facilities provide information about Pompeii's ancient water supply 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/hygienic-cond…
#WaterManagement #Pompeii #geoarchaeology #carbonate #geosciences #geoscience
ERC Consolidator Grants for four researchers of #MainzUniversity: Millions in EU funding for a pharmacologist, two physicists, and a cultural anthropologist at JGU👉 press.uni-mainz.de/erc-consolida…
#ERCCoG #ERCGrants
Screenshots aus den VR-Szenen der TTC-AMD-Studie: Das erste Videobild zeigt ein herannahendes Fahrzeug (oben) und das letzte Bild der Simulation (unten) zeigt das Fahrzeug kurz vor dem Verschwinden. (© P. R. DeLucia et al., PLOS ONE, 2025 / CC BY 4.0)
New international research shows how vision-impaired people with age-related #MacularDegeneration use visual and auditory cues to judge the arrival time of approaching vehicles 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/vision-impair…
#AMD #HumanFactors #VirtualReality #psychology #simulation #traffic
Breakthrough on the path to optical #NuclearClocks: laser-based excitation of Thorium-229 in non-transparent material / Researchers from Los Angeles, Munich, and Mainz open new avenues for nucleus-based #QuantumTechnologies 👉 www.phmi.uni-mainz.de/en/2025/12/13…
#Physics
Soft Matter+Materials – new, English-taught RMU-master by #MainzUniversity + tuda.bsky.social – unites physics+chemistry:
♻️ recyclable plastic alternatives
🔬 self-organization in biological systems
💊 improved drug delivery+biomaterials
rheinmainunis.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WPB...
Experimental setup in the A1 spectrometer hall of the Institute for Nuclear Physics at JGU (photo/©: Alexander Sell / JGU)
Long-standing puzzle in electron scattering deepens with new measurement: New result with the A1 spectrometers at the MAMI accelerator reveals unexpected behaviour in heavy nuclei and opens a path toward precision tests at the future MESA facility 👉 https://sohub.io/6rjv
Ion sources – start of particle acceleration (photo/©: Jan Hosan / GSI/FAIR)
With the new trilateral Master's program "Particle Accelerator Science," the #RhineMainUniversities are pooling their expertise in accelerator science, which is unique in Europe 👉 https://sohub.io/3cw1
Video abstract summarizing Professor Kai Arzheimer's research on "Islamophobia in Western Europe is unrelated to religiosity but highly correlated with far right attitudes" 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpgH... 👇
Islamophobia driven by nativism, not religion: New study shows that anti-Muslim prejudice in Western Europe is rooted in nativist and authoritarian attitudes, not Christian belief 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/islamophobia-driven-by-nativism-not-religion/
Professor Adolfo Meisel Roca (left), Rector of Universidad del Norte, and Professor Stephan Jolie (right), Vice President for Learning and Teaching at Mainz University, signing the renewal of the partnership agreement between the two universities (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)
Professor Adolfo Meisel Roca, Rector of Uninorte, and Professor Stephan Jolie, Vice President for Learning and Teaching at JGU, joined forces with Lennin Gell Hernández Alarcón (center), Consul General of the Republic of Colombia in Frankfurt/Main, to plant a friendship tree on the Gutenberg campus. (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)
Global collaboration in a world of global challenges: Universidad del Norte and #MainzUniversity celebrate 50 years of partnership / Active exchange and cooperation in research and teaching, internationalization and transfer, partly funded by the #DAAD 👉 https://sohub.io/pryw
View of the JUNO photomultiplier tubes (© Yuexiang Liu / JUNO Collaboration)
#JUNOexperiment delivers first #physics results two months after completion / Researchers from #MainzUniversity played a key part in the data analysis 👉 https://www.prisma.uni-mainz.de/outreach/press-releases/juno-experiment-delivers-first-physics-results-two-months-after-completion
#neutrinos
Researchers of #MainzUniversity and the Mainz University Medical Center are among Clarivate's "Highly Cited Researchers 2025" / Acknowledgment for researchers with significant and broad influence in their field of expertise 👉 https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/
#research #science
Junior Professor Catherine Teitz conducts research and teaches in the Classical Archaeology department at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. (photo/©: Bernd Eßling)
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
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)
#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
Contrails over Jülich, embedded in very thin and therefore barely visible cirrus clouds (photo/©: Andreas Petzold)
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
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)
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
(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)
🤝 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
🎓 The #RhineMainUniversities wish all students at the universities of Frankfurt, Mainz, and Darmstadt a wonderful start to the new academic year! Welcome to the RMU Alliance!
🎥 https://youtu.be/UVdL6ouCENQ?si=9bGV5w2L0-P8cRmU
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)
🔎 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/
Combined results of rival #neutrino experiments NOvA and T2K add to the understanding of #physics and the #universe 👉 https://www.prisma.uni-mainz.de/outreach/press-releases/rival-neutrino-experiments-nova-and-t2k-publish-first-joint-analysis/
#ParticlePhysics #neutrinos #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA