Press Review 2006-2011

21.12.2011 - Scientific Computing
World Record Set for One-Loop Calculations
A new record for the calculation of scattering amplitudes in particle physics has been set by scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). This kind of calculation is used to predict the outcome of accelerator experiments in which high-energy particles collide with one another. However, the calculations become increasingly difficult the greater the number of orders the physicists wish to calculate. Professor Dr. Stefan Weinzierl's work group has now developed an algorithm which is far faster and requires less computing capacity than other algorithms. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.12.2011 - Nanowerk
Counting atoms with glass fibre
Glass fibre cables are indispensable for the internet – now they can also be used as a quantum physics lab. The Vienna University of Technology is the only research facility in the world, where single atoms can be controllably coupled to the light in ultra-thin fibre glass. Specially prepared light waves interact with very small numbers of atoms, which makes it possible to build detectors that are extremely sensitive to tiny trace amounts of a substance. Professor Arno Rauschenbeutel's team, one of six research groups at the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, has presented this new method in the journal Physical Review Letters ("Dispersive Optical Interface Based on Nanofiber-Trapped Atoms"). The research project was carried out in collaboration with the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.12.2011 - R&D Magazine
New algorithm snags world record for physics calculation
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have set a new record for the calculation of scattering amplitudes. This kind of calculation is used to predict the outcome of accelerator experiments in which high-energy particles collide with one another. However, the calculations become increasingly difficult the greater the number of orders the physicists wish to calculate. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.12.2011 - CORDIS News
ERC awards German researcher EUR 2.5 million for liver disease research
A German researcher hopes to develop therapeutic strategies to slow or even reverse the pathological development of fibrous connective tissue in body organs. The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded the scientist EUR 2.5 million to help him meet his research objectives. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
02.12.2011 - European Hospital
ERC Advanced Grant for Professor Detlef Schuppan
Gastroenterologist of Mainz University receives the European Union's highest endowed research funding award ... zum Langtext des Artikels
01.12.2011 - www.academics.com
British/American Studies at Mainz University ranked in the lead of top-level university research
British Studies / American Studies division at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz excels in terms of international orientation, publications, and doctorates ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.11.2011 - Nanowerk
ERC Advanced Grant for developing materials research based on Heusler compounds
Professor Dr. Claudia Felser of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been awarded a grant by the European Research Council (ERC) worth more than € 2.4 million to further her research into new materials based on Heusler compounds. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.10.2011 - Science Daily
Reading a Book Versus a Screen: Different Reading Devices, Different Modes of Reading?
A book or a screen – which of these two offers more reading comfort? There are no disadvantages to reading from electronic reading devices compared with reading printed texts. This is one of the results of the world's first reading study of its kind undertaken by the Research Unit Media Convergence of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in cooperation with MVB Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
22.09.2011 - AZoNano - The A to Z of Nanotechnology
Researchers Develop Novel Method to Study Nanocrystalline Structures
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) researchers have devised a new method called single-crystal electron diffraction tomography to accurately identify the arrangement of molecules and atoms in materials ranging from pharmaceuticals to cement. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
22.09.2011 - AZoM™ - The A to Z of Materials
Scientists Devise Unique Method to View Structure of Crystals at Nanoscale
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) scientists have devised a novel method called single-crystal electron diffraction tomography to accurately view the arrangement of molecules and atoms in materials ranging from pharmaceuticals to cement. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.09.2011 - Nanowerk
Researchers make visible the structure of the smallest crystals
A radical new way of making structures visible at the nano level has been developed at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). This new method makes it possible to determine with precision the arrangement of atoms and molecules in a diverse range of materials from cement to pharmaceuticals. The procedure, which is still in its infancy, comes from the field of electron microscopy and can resolve the structure of the tiniest crystals. The method was developed by Dr. Ute Kolb's working group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Mainz University and is now receiving international attention. In cooperation with researchers from Spain and China, the method has now allowed the structure of a new type of fine-pore zeolite to be established, a study that the journal Science published in the end of August 2011. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.09.2011 - Digital Journal
End of communism has evolutionary consequences in Europe
The world rejoiced when the Iron Curtain fell in 1989, a change in Europe's landscape developing from that point on in history. A recent study shows that songbirds have also benefited with the end of communism by growing larger brains. [...] The study was prepared by Jiri Reif of the Charles University in Prague, along with colleagues from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. Researchers of this preliminary study focused on what accounted for the success of each species and how they adapted to their new environs once the years of communism were over. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
14.09.2011 - Science Daily
Sea Smarts: Scientists Reconstruct Evolutionary History of Mollusks
Seemingly simple animals such as the snail and squid have ransacked the genetic toolkit over the last half billion years to find different ways to build complex brains, nervous systems and shells, according to an international team of researchers. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
11.09.2011 - Niagara Falls Review
After 9/11: This feels like The Age of Angry
The pangs started last month. Like the anxiety you felt as a kid knowing school was about to start, or a visit to the dentist was coming up. This awful day has to be endured. Again. Every year, for the rest of our lives, Sept. 11 will be commemorated in some way. But this is the big one -- the 10th anniversary -- and it's going to be overload. A marathon of misery. [...] Three scientists at Johannes Guttenberg University Mainz recently analyzed the content of thousands of text messages sent on 9/11, totalling more than 6.4 million words. They divided them into time blocks and keyed in on the emotional words. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.09.2011 - Science Magazine
Superheavy Elements: Which Way to the Island?
As teams vie to create the next addition to the periodic table, the best path forward for superheavy-element research remains unclear // Last month at the Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany, a team of physicists and chemists from across the globe began firing an intense beam of titanium ions at a thin foil made of californium. They will continue to bombard it, day and night, until October. Their aim is to make a handful of atoms - or even just one - of a type that has never before existed on Earth: element 120. "It's a long run, an exciting run," says team leader Christoph Düllmann of GSI and the University of Mainz in Germany. "There's no guarantee that we'll find it, but we have a good chance." ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.09.2011 - www.livescience.com
Molecular Clues Hint at What Really Caused the Black Death
The Black Death arrived in London in the fall of 1348, and although the worst passed in less than a year, the disease took a catastrophic toll. An emergency cemetery in East Smithfield received more than 200 bodies a day between the following February and April, in addition to bodies buried in other graveyards, according to a report from the time. The disease that killed Londoners buried in East Smithfield and at least one of three Europeans within a few years time is commonly believed to be bubonic plague, a bacterial infection marked by painful, feverish, swollen lymph nodes, called buboes. Plague is still with us in many parts of the world, although now antibiotics can halt its course. But did this disease really cause the Black Death? The story behind this near-apocalypse in 14th century Europe is not clear-cut, since what we know about modern plague in many ways does not match with what we know about the Black Death. And if plague isn't responsible for the Black Death, scientists wonder what could've caused the sweeping massacre and whether that killer is still lurking somewhere. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
03.09.2011 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
Scientists clarify endogenous mechanism that can prevent development of allergies
Scientists at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz have clarified an endogenous mechanism that can prevent the development of allergies. They were able to show that certain cells of the immune system, so-called killer dendritic cells, are capable of eliminating allergy cells. The results of the study, which have now been published in the renowned Journal of Clinical Investigation, open up new perspectives for strategies to protect against allergies. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
25.08.2011 - BBC News
Wise ant guides lead the way to a new nest
The tiny "house-hunting" ant Temnothorax albipennis lives in a fragile world, making its homes under tree bark and in rock crevices. These homes are easily destroyed and whenever this happens the ants have to find a site for a brand new nest. Scientists have now discovered that the ants rely on "knowledgeable" colony members that have explored the local area to guide them to a suitable spot. [...] Professor Susanne Foitzik, an ant expert from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, said the results were not surprising. Ant communities "generally show a division of labour among their workers - some ants specialise in certain tasks," she told BBC Nature. But, she added, "this study does greatly contribute to our understanding of the organisation of ant societies". ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.08.2011 - U.S. News Weekly
Ancient Clams Yield New Information on Greenhouse Effect
Ancient fossilized clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica some 50 million years ago have a story to tell about El Niño, according to Syracuse University researcher Linda Ivany. Their story calls into question contemporary theories that predict global warming could result in a permanent El Niño state of affairs. [...] The research, "El Niño in the Eocene Greenhouse Recorded by Fossil Bivalves and Wood from Antarctica," is published online in Geophysical Research Letters and is forthcoming in print. Ivany’s research team included Thomas Brey of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany as well as researchers from Purdue University, the University of Hawai’i, and the University of Mainz, Germany. The study was funded in part by the National Science Foundation. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.08.2011 -
Man eating sharks - and mercury, group warns
[...] The methyl mercury found in shark meat is highly toxic to humans. We assimilate almost 100 percent of any methyl mercury ingested, which can pass through both the blood-brain barrier and the placenta, making it especially dangerous for pregnant women. Methyl mercury has been linked to mutations, cancer, decreased fertility and neurological damage. The maximum mercury intake allowed by the Joint FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)/WHO (World Health Organization) Expert Committee on Food Additives is 0.23 micrograms per kilogram of body weight, yet recent tests of blue sharks by Johannes Gutenberg University found levels up to 4,000 micrograms. A 4-ounce (110-gram) serving of that shark would have exposed you to a massive 455 micrograms of methyl mercury. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.08.2011 -
As Americans' debt has soared, so has obesity
Feeling fat and poor? You have lots of company. Consumer debt and obesity have both soared in America during the past three decades, and they've done so at strikingly similar rates. The parallel rise is not just a coincidence, say experts, who cite the common causes shared by overspending and overeating. [...] Though few have explored the link, a German study of more than 9,000 participants looked at the relationship between excessive debt and weight, and observed that the two were tied.Researchers at the University of Mainz found that those who were significantly in debt were 2.5 times more likely to be obese than adults of normal weight, even after adjusting for other socioeconomic factors such as income and education levels. Those who were overweight were twice as likely to be in debt, according to the 2009 study. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
14.07.2011 - Scientific Computing
Mössbauer Group of Mainz University is preparing for participation in Japanese Moon mission and a mission to Mars' moon Phobos
Team led by Göstar Klingelhöfer cooperates with leading researcher of the Japanese space agency JAXA on solar system research projects. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.07.2011 - PhysOrg.com
Mainz University preparing for participation in Japanese moon mission
The Mössbauer Group at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany, has made a significant contribution towards the exploration of Mars during its long-term cooperation with the US space agency NASA. The Mainz research team led by Dr. Göstar Klingelhöfer is now building up new contacts with the aim of cooperating with JAXA, the Japanese space agency. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.07.2011 - FirstScience
Moessbauer group of Mainz University preparing for participation in Japanese moon mission
Team led by Goestar Klingelhoefer cooperates with leading researcher of the Japanese space agency JAXA on solar system research projects ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.07.2011 - Science Daily
Ant Colonies: Behavioral Variability Wins
[...] The evolution and behavior of ants, in particular the relationship between socially parasitic ants and their hosts, is the research topic of a work group headed by Professor Dr. Susanne Foitzik at the Institute of Zoology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany. Evolutionary biologists at Mainz University found that ant colonies are more productive and raise more offspring when the workers in the colony display considerable variation in their levels of aggression. This variation in aggression is possibly part of their division of labor, which is regarded as the basis of the success of social insect societies. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.07.2011 - Science Daily
Olympia Hypothesis: Tsunamis Buried the Cult Site On the Peloponnese
Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that travelled considerable distances inland, and not by earthquake and river floods as has been assumed to date. Evidence in support of this new theory on the virtual disappearance of the ancient cult site on the Peloponnesian peninsula comes from Professor Dr. Andreas Vött of the Institute of Geography of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.07.2011 - Science Daily
English for Advanced Learners: Linguists Examine Obstacles to Native-Like Proficiency in Foreign Language Acquisition
The use of English as a second and foreign language is steadily increasing, and although English and German have common roots, even advanced German learners of English find it difficult to achieve a native-like level of proficiency in English. "It appears that many of the obstacles that advanced learners find difficult to overcome are related to linguistic variation, to contexts in which fixed grammatical rules are not available, and several alternatives of expression are possible," explains Professor Marcus Callies of the Department of English and Linguistics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.07.2011 - PhysOrg.com
New research shows ants able to discern difference between threat levels
In an interesting study designed to determine how well ants are able to gauge a threat, Inon Scharf and his colleagues at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, have shown that even simple ants are able to clearly distinguish between serious threats and those that aren’t so dire. In their paper, published on Ethology, the team found that a species of forest ant, Temnothorax longispinosus, are able to tell on sight if an invader is a serious threat, or just a mild one, and to react more stringently when the stakes are higher. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
01.07.2011 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
Small molecule treatment holds promise for Usher syndrome
New treatment approach shall soon be ready for use in Usher syndrome patients / Publication in "Human Gene Therapy" ... zum Langtext des Artikels
24.06.2011 - The Christian Science Monitor
Germany: Help for computer 'addicts'
[...] Six to 9 percent of 7,000 youths and adults surveyed by Klaus Wölfing, a Mainz University psychologist who created Germany's first clinic for computer games, show symptoms similar to Florian's. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
23.06.2011 - WIRED
Proton Somersault Study Could Explain Why Matter Still Exists
For the first time, physicists have watched a single proton flip over on its axis. Aside from being a technical triumph, the measurement may eventually help determine why the universe contains more matter than antimatter. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.06.2011 - Scientific Computing
Ultracold Neutrons will Help to Solve Mysteries of Astrophysics
Scientists have built what is currently the strongest source of ultracold neutrons. Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) were first generated here five years ago. They are much slower than thermal neutrons and are characterized by the fact that they can be stored in special containers. This property makes them important tools for experiments to investigate why matter dominates over antimatter in our universe and how the lightest elements were created directly after the Big Bang. "We have commissioned a new UCN source and improved the overall procedure so that we can now generate and store considerably more ultracold neutrons than before and more than anybody else," said Werner Heil of the Institute of Physics at Mainz University. Having so far managed to achieve a density of ten UCN per cubic centimeter, the Mainz research team of chemists and physicists has become one of the global leaders in this research field. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.05.2011 - Nanotechnology Now
Future technology spintronics: Mainz intensifies its cooperation with renowned experimental physicist Stuart Parkin
Mainz University's Gutenberg Research College (GRC) awarded a fellowship to the British-American scientist Professor Stuart Parkin ... zum Langtext des Artikels
22.03.2011 - BBC Sport
Cracking coaching's final frontier
Countless reasons have been put forward to explain England's repeated failure at international tournaments, so here is another one - a lack of intelligence. [...] That is where Belgian Uefa A licence coach Michel Bruyninckx comes in. [...] Labels aside, what is indisputable is the enormous amount of research that Bruyninckx has devoted to his method, which incorporates the idea of "differential learning", a training approach pioneered by Professor Wolfgang Schoellhorn of Mainz University. "The idea is that there is no repetition of drills, no correction and players are encouraged not to think about what has gone wrong if they have made a mistake," explained Schoellhorn, an expert in kinesiology or human movement. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
21.03.2011 - Scientific Computing
Half-time for Mars500 Mission
The Mars500 mission, a simulated mission to the red planet, has reached its half-way mark: After a 250-day virtual flight, the crew members recently landed on the virtual red planet and left the isolation container at the Moscow Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in their space suits. Researchers from the Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have been involved in the Mars500 isolation study in an attempt to answer the question of how medical emergencies might be managed without external assistance. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.03.2011 - PhysOrg.com
Werner Mueller wins prestigious award from the European Research Council
The European Research Council has awarded one of this year's ERC Advanced Grants to Springer editor Dr. Werner Müller, thus supporting his well-established research in the field of biosilicates with prize money of €2.2 million. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.03.2011 - JuraForum
Mainz University enters the final round of the German Federal Excellence Competition
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is invited to submit its definite proposals for a graduate school, three clusters of excellence, and its future concept "The Gutenberg Spirit: Moving Minds - Crossing Boundaries" ... zum Langtext des Artikels
11.03.2011 - Science Daily
Half-Time for Mars500: Simulated Mission to the Red Planet
The Mars500 mission -- a simulated mission to the red planet in which researchers from the Mainz University Medical Center in Germany are involved -- has reached its half-way mark: After a 250-day virtual flight, the crew members recently landed on the virtual red planet and left the isolation container at the Moscow Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in their space suits. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.03.2011 - PhysOrg.com
Half-time for the Mars500 mission
The Mars500 mission – a simulated mission to the red planet in which researchers from the Mainz University Medical Center in Germany are involved – has reached its half-way mark: After a 250-day virtual flight, the crew members recently landed on the virtual red planet and left the isolation container at the Moscow Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in their space suits. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.03.2011 - Science Centric
Opalinus Clay as a potential host rock for nuclear waste repositories
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany, have studied natural claystone in the laboratory for more than four years in order to determine how the radioactive elements plutonium and neptunium react with this rock. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.03.2011 - Science Daily
Peanut Worms Are Annelids
Recent molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown that the marine animals known as peanut worms are not a separate phylum, but are definitely part of the family of annelids, also known as segmented worms. This is a classification that seemed questionable in the past in view of the fact that peanut worms -- or the Sipunculidae, to give them their scientific name -- have neither segments nor bristles. The latter are considered typical characteristics of annelids, which include more than 16,500 identified species and to which our common earthworm belongs. "Our molecular data clearly demonstrates that there is no doubt anymore that the Sipunculidae should be classified as members of these segmented worms," explains Dr. Bernhard Lieb of the Institute of Zoology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). ... zum Langtext des Artikels
23.02.2011 - www.research-in-germany.de
Inauguration of the Gutenberg Teaching Committee: Innovative concept for the promotion of teaching and teaching competence
Gutenberg Teaching Committee will also develop contributions to course structures and study conditions at Mainz University / €3.7 million made available ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.02.2011 - EyeWorld - The Newsmagazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
European perspectives in treating glaucoma
As diverse as the European continent is in history and tradition, there are many similarities in attitudes toward glaucoma treatment. For one, most European ophthalmologists would first consider medical therapy, according to Norbert Pfeiffer, M.D., director, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany, and past executive committee member of the European Glaucoma Society. Of course, this practice has been supported by the availability of prostaglandins and other medications now in routine use for almost 10 years, he said. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.02.2011 - www.research-in-germany.de
Laboratory for Molecular Exercise Physiology at Mainz University is up and running
Specialists at JGU develop tests to detect gene doping and individual exercise concepts for therapeutic purposes as well as for popular sports and for high-performance athletes ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.02.2011 - www.innovations-report.de
Laboratory for Molecular Exercise Physiology at Mainz University is up and running
Specialists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany develop tests to detect gene doping and individual exercise concepts for therapeutic purposes as well as for popular sports and for high-performance athletes ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.02.2011 - Medical News
Patients with kidney tumours can benefit from nephron-sparing surgery
Patients with kidney tumours larger than four centimetres are much more likely to enjoy good long-term renal function if they undergo nephron-sparing surgery rather than radical nephrectomy, according to a study in the February issue of the urology journal BJUI. Researchers from the Department of Urology at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, studied 166 patients for up 19 years, with a median follow up of five-and-a-half years. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.01.2011 - Science Daily
Genetic Mutation Responsible for 'Gigantism' Disease
An international research team, spearheaded by scientists from the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, has identified the genetic mutation responsible for a disease known as "gigantism" or acromegaly. The results of the study – conducted, among others, by the Paleogenetics Group of the Institute of Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany – were recently published in the renowned New England Journal of Medicine. It is hoped that these will help in the treatment of patients suffering from acromegaly. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.01.2011 -
Genes from the 18th century help patients of today
Mainz University Paleogenetics Group participates in study of acromegaly attributable to genetic mutation ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.01.2011 - The New York Times
In a Giant’s Story, a New Chapter Writ by His DNA
He was a giant of a man, 7 feet 7 inches tall, who left his home in Ireland when he was 19 and traveled to London to make his fortune as a freak. There Charles Byrne, known as the Irish Giant, garnered wealth and fame. [...] [R]esearchers in Britain and Germany have extracted DNA from Mr. Byrne’s teeth and solved the mystery of his excessive height. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.01.2011 - Yorkshire Post
DNA links 18th century 'giant' with genetic mutation
Genetic codes obtained from the body of an 18th century "giant" could help change the lives of patients hundreds of years later. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
02.12.2010 - www.research-in-germany.de
Professor Marcela Carena receives the Humboldt Research Award and comes to Mainz University
Leading expert in the physics of the Higgs Boson to do research at the Theoretical High Energy Physics (THEP) group at Mainz University ... zum Langtext des Artikels
27.11.2010 - The Australian
Ancient DNA trail leads to modern killers: microbial scourges
[...] Applying a suite of analytical techniques to ancient DNA from 76 human skeletons buried in suspected mass graves for plague victims in England, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, a German team has identified the deadly killer: two previously unknown strains of the bacterium Yersinia pestis. "Our findings indicate that the plague travelled to Europe over at least two channels, which then went their own individual ways," says team leader Barbara Bramanti of the Institute of Anthropology of Mainz University. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
14.11.2010 - Science
Can Google Predict the Stock Market?
Whoever figures out how to predict the stock market will get rich quick. Unfortunately, the market's ups and downs ultimately depend on the choices of a massive number of people - and you don't know what they're thinking about before they decide to buy or sell a stock. Then again, maybe Google knows. A team of scientists has shown a strong correlation between queries submitted to the Internet search giant and the weekly fluctuations in stock trading. But it's unlikely to make anyone wealthy. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
31.10.2010 - New York Times
Europe’s Plagues Came From China, Study Finds
[...] One team of biologists, led by Barbara Bramanti of the Institut Pasteur in Paris and Stephanie Haensch of Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany, analyzed ancient DNA and proteins from plague pits, the mass burial grounds across Europe in which the dead were interred. Writing in the journal PLoS Pathogens this month, they say their findings put beyond doubt that the Black Death was brought about by Yersinia pestis. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.10.2010 - Top News Singapore
Black Death mystery solved
Anthropologists said that they have confirmed long-running suspicions that an organism called Yersiniaa pestis caused the plague which wiped out an estimated one-third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.10.2010 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
'Black Death' of the Middle ages blamed on bacteria
[...] Stephanie Haensch, a co-leader of the research, at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany said, "The history of this pandemic is much more complicated than we had previously thought." The team tried to look for Y. pestis genes in the samples and match for either of two types of Y. pestis that are still present in parts of Africa, America, the Middle East and in the former Soviet Union. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.10.2010 - www.redorbit.com
Researchers Confirm Black Death Killer Bacteria
Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, has been confirmed by anthropologists to have been caused by a germ called Yersinia pestis. Researchers studied tooth and bone samples from 76 skeletons discovered in "plague pits" in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands and found DNA evidence that Y. pestis was to blame for the plague that wiped out nearly a third of Europe’s population during the Middle Ages. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.10.2010 - Science Centric
Yersinia pestis clearly identified as the cause of the big plague epidemic of the Middle Ages
The latest tests conducted by anthropologists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have proven that the bacteria Yersinia pestis was indeed the causative agent behind the 'Black Death' that raged across Europe in the Middle Ages. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.10.2010 - Discovery News
Black Death Blamed on Bacteria: The bacteria wiped out a third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages
[...] "The history of this pandemic is much more complicated than we had previously thought," said Stephanie Haensch, a co-leader of the research, at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. In samples where Y. pestis genes were found, the researchers ran a test for 20 DNA markers to identify a particular bacterial strain. They wanted to see if there was a match for either of two types of Y. pestis that are still knocking around the world today, in parts of Africa, America, the Middle East and in the former Soviet Union. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.10.2010 - Science Daily
Yersinia Pestis Bacteria Confirmed as Cause of Middle Ages 'Black Death' Plague Epidemic
The latest tests conducted by anthropologists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have proven that the bacteria Yersinia pestis was indeed the causative agent behind the "Black Death" that raged across Europe in the Middle Ages. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.10.2010 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
New microtechnology approach may prevent pelvic autonomic nerve injury in rectal cancer surgical procedure
Surgeons in Germany have found that using microtechnology to electronically stimulate and monitor pelvic autonomic nerves may help prevent problems after a surgical procedure for rectal cancer, such as bladder, urinary and fecal incontinence, and sexual function disorders [...] After a successful research trial in laboratory pigs, the approach has yielded promising preliminary results in a limited number of human patients during operations to remove tumors from the lower rectum, according to lead investigator Werner Kneist, MD, at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.10.2010 - www.newswise.com
Surgeons Report on New Method to Preserve Bladder, Sexual, and Anorectal Function After Rectal Operations
Surgeons in Germany have found that using microtechnology to elec-tronically stimulate and monitor pelvic autonomic nerves may help prevent problems after a surgical procedure for rectal cancer, such as bladder, urinary and fecal incontinence, and sexual function disorders, according to a study reported at the 2010 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Autonomic nerves act involuntarily to control body functions. After a successful research trial in laboratory pigs, the approach has yielded promising preliminary results in a limited number of human patients during operations to remove tumors from the lower rectum, according to lead investigator Werner Kneist, MD, at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
29.09.2010 - Star Global Tribune
Multiple Sclerosis Treatment - New Discoveries May Lead To Another Treatment Strategy
New insights into the methods in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system in patients affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been discovered by researchers in Germany, who used imaging tools which enable the investigation of processes within living organisms. MS is an incurable autoimmune disease which causes the immune system to attack the central nervous system, resulting in weakened muscles, difficulties in walking, sensations of numbness, as well as visual disturbances. The research was conducted by Dr. Volker Siffrin and Professor Dr. Frauke Zipp of the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.09.2010 - CBC News
9/11 attacks: Sept. 11 pager messages reveal emotions of day
A timeline of anger, anxiety, sadness [...] Three Mainz University professors - Albert Kuefner, Mitja Back and Boris Egloff - used a WikiLeaks-released document of pager messages from Sept. 11 to detail a timeline of the emotions (anger, sadness and anxiety) expressed in texts throughout the day. "I think we can get some sort of idea or hint at least of what was going on in the States that day, all that anguish and wanting to seek revenge," said Kuefner. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
03.09.2010 - Science Centric
Gene doping detectable with a simple blood test
German scientists from Tuebingen and Mainz have developed a blood test that can reliably detect gene doping even after 56 days. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
02.09.2010 - Dentistry Today
New e-learning Platform Available for Students
The new e-learning platform ILKUM (an acronym for "Interaktiver Lernzielkatalog der Universitätsmedizin Mainz" or interactive catalogue of learning objectives of Mainz University Medical Center) is a sign of things to come: students of dentistry in 2010 now only need internet access to be able to download case studies with film and image material showing disease patterns and surgical procedures directly to their laptop, iPad, or iPhone. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
02.09.2010 - Medical News Today
Dental Surgery At The Click Of A Mouse
New E-learning Platform For Students Of Dentistry At Mainz University Medical Center ... zum Langtext des Artikels
01.09.2010 - www.young-germany.de
Uni Mainz dentistry program launches Germany's first e-learning platform
A new e-learning platform for dentistry students at Mainz University Medical Center is being touted as a sign of things to come. Students can now download case studies with film and photo material and surgical procedures directly onto their laptop, iPad or even iPhone. The program is Germany's first and only such e-learning platform. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
31.08.2010 - Psychology Today
Evolved Primate: Identity, decision making and human behavior from an integrated social science perspective
Wikileaks Emotional Diary of September 11th ... zum Langtext des Artikels
27.08.2010 - Technology Daily
Physicists Develop a Quantum Interface Between Light and Atoms
The Mainz quantum interface. Using laser light which travels through a tapered glass fiber, cesium atoms are trapped along its ultra-thin waist. The central part of the fiber is thinner than the wavelength of the light itself. As a consequence, the latter protrudes into the space surrounding the fiber and couples to the trapped atoms. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
19.08.2010 - www.research-in-germany.de
Mainz University opens new vista in smart materials: Fully reversible functionalization of inorganic nanotubes
Scientists at JGU have devised a tool which allows fully reversible binding of metal oxides to inorganic nanotubes ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.08.2010 - www.innovations-report.de
Mainz University opens new vista in smart materials: Fully reversible functionalization of inorganic nanotubes
Scientists at JGU have devised a tool which allows fully reversible binding of metal oxides to inorganic nanotubes ... zum Langtext des Artikels
12.08.2010 - www.nature.com
Home computer finds rare pulsar
The Einstein@Home volunteer-computing project makes its first discovery. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
02.08.2010 - Nanowerk
Journey to new worlds: Electronics of the future and quantum computers
The Graduate School of Excellence "Materials Science in Mainz" (MAINZ) of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, honored Professor Shoucheng Zhang of Stanford University, California, USA, with the 2010 Gutenberg Research Award worth €20,000. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
01.08.2010 - Science Magazine
Physicists Develop a Quantum Interface Between Light and Atoms
"Our quantum interface might also prove useful for the realization of a quantum computer" ... zum Langtext des Artikels
28.07.2010 - Eco Periodicals
Breakthrough in Thin-Film Solar Cells
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have come out with positive news about increased efficiency of thin-film solar cells. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
26.07.2010 - compoundsemiconductor.net
Homogeneity Holds the Key to CIGS Cell Efficiency
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have found that gallium-rich CIGS cells are less homogeneous than indium-rich cells and hence have lower efficiencies. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.07.2010 - www.newelectronics.co.uk
Research into Heusler compounds – a material class for the use in spintronic applications – is being considered for future technologies such as the quantum computer
Teams from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany and Stanford University have uncovered a new quantum state of matter in Heusler compounds which they claim opens up 'previously unimagined usage possibilities'. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.07.2010 - www.innovations-report.de
Heusler Materials: Goldmine for Future Technologies
New quantum state of matter discovered in Heusler compounds - Researchers from Mainz and Stanford pave the way for spintronics, quantum computing and completely new physical effects ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.07.2010 - Science Daily
Breakthrough in thin-film solar cells: New insights into the indium/gallium puzzle
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Mainz have made a major breakthrough in their search for more efficient thin-film solar cells. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.07.2010 - www.innovations-report.de
The Sun's infrared-A is not detrimental to the skin
Recent scientific publications refute concerns regarding the infrared-A (IRA) component of the Sun's radiation. Specific protection against the Sun's infrared-A is therefore unnecessary. As far as ultraviolet in Sun's radiation is concerned, an adequate protection is still required. Two new publications from the Berlin Charité and the University Medical Centre Mainz and from the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim confirm earlier studies concerning the harmlessness of infrared-A and its usefulness to humans. They refute concerns regarding possible detrimental effects of infrared-A, which is the main part of the Sun's thermal radiation. In the Earth's moderate climate zones, the infrared A-radiation reaches the Earth's surface after being filtered by the water vapour in the Earth's atmosphere, and is thus especially well tolerable. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.07.2010 - PhysOrg.com
Experimental psychology used to investigate spatial perception in the presence of different color tones
A room will appear to be higher or lower depending on the lightness of the color tones used on ceiling and walls. However, it would seem there is no scientific basis for the old do-it-yourself rule to paint the ceiling in a hue slightly paler than the color used on the walls if you want to create the impression that a room is higher than it actually is. This is the conclusion reached following a study conducted by the Institute of Psychology of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) to investigate the effect of relative brightness of coloration of ceiling, walls and floor on the perceived height of interior spaces. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.06.2010 - NURSINGtimes.net
Routine behavioural therapy improves mental health
Routine behavioural therapy can have significant positive outcomes for people with depression, a German study has found. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.06.2010 - BBC News
German cathedral bones 'are Saxon queen Eadgyth'
Scientists have revealed that they think bones found in a German cathedral are those of one of the earliest members of the English royal family. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.06.2010 - The Guardian
Remains of first king of England's sister found in German cathedral
Bones offer insight into the royal life of Eadgyth, who was married off to a German king in 929 by her brother Athelstan ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.06.2010 - The Irish Times
Bones of Saxon queen found
Bones found in a German cathedral belong to the granddaughter of Saxon king Alfred the Great, experts confirmed today. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.06.2010 - Daily Mail
Remains discovered in Germany confirmed as oldest confirmed British Royal, who died more than 1,000 years ago
Bones found in a German cathedral belong to the granddaughter of Saxon king Alfred the Great, experts confirmed today. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.06.2010 - www.chemie.de
Award for a brilliant copper trick
Polish-American polymer scientist Krzysztof Matyjaszewski receives the €10,000 Gutenberg Lecture Award of the Graduate School of Materials Science in Mainz (MAINZ) ... zum Langtext des Artikels
11.06.2010 - PhysOrg.com
Study shows significant positive outcomes following behavioral therapy for depression
German researchers based at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have been able to demonstrate both the efficacy and the extent of the beneficial effect of routine psychotherapeutic treatment for depression. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.06.2010 - www.genomeweb.com
New German Center for Translational Oncology and Immunology Receives HiSeq 2000
The Center for Translational Oncology and Immunology, TrOn, a new research institute affiliated with the University of Mainz in Germany, has received an Illumina HiSeq 2000 sequencer, the institute said this week. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
27.05.2010 - PhysOrg.com
German physicists develop a quantum interface between light and atoms
German hysicists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a quantum interface which connects light particles and atoms. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
25.05.2010 - CORDIS News
Possibilities abound for new quantum interface
German physicists have created a quantum interface that connects light particles and atoms, an essential part of improving the capacity of quantum technologies. [...] In their paper, the scientists from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany explain that both trapping and optically interfacing laser-cooled neutral atoms is fundamental to their use in advanced quantum technologies. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
24.05.2010 - Science Centric
Use of mobile phones does not increase the risk of development of cerebral tumors
Interphone is the largest case-control study to date to investigate the link between mobile phones and the risk of cancer. It concludes that average use of mobiles does not present a specific risk, although results are less clear-cut with regard to very frequent users. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
22.05.2010 - EveryDay Science
Last straight line before the creation of the Center on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Mainz
An international committee of experts has issued 29 April 2010 a positive opinion for the establishment of a Center on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (CTH) in Mainz. This center will be the sixth of eight integrated centers of translational research and care (Forschungs-und Integrierte Behandlungszentren – IFB) under the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This new structure common to the Johannes Gutenberg University and the University Clinic of Mainz will be funded to the tune of €15 million over the next 5 years. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.05.2010 - Nanowerk
Physicists develop a nanowire quantum interface between light and atoms
Physicists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a quantum interface which connects light particles and atoms. The interface is based on an ultra-thin glass fiber and is suitable for the transmission of quantum information. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
19.05.2010 - Press TV
Royal seals found in Haft Tappeh
Archeological excavations at the ancient site of Haft Tappeh, near the historical city of Susa, have yielded two royal seals dating back to 3,400 years ago. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.04.2010 - Nanowerk
Yeast from the nanotechnology laboratory
[...] The latest research currently being conducted in India has shown that nanoparticles can promote the growth of fungi and even assist plant growth. The Institute of Microbiology and Vinology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany is also to become involved in this new field of research and will be collaborating with the Indian specialist Professor Dr. Ajit Varma to investigate the effects of nanoparticles on microorganisms, particularly yeast. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
25.03.2010 - Science Daily
Summers Were Wetter in the Middle Ages Than They Are Today
[...]  "Annual growth rings provide us with an accurate indication of summer droughts for each individual year, dating back to late medieval times," adds Professor Dr. Jan Esper of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.03.2010 - The Guardian
Brain food: the truth about internet profiles
[...] But for all the horror stories, there remains little hard evidence of how far the 700 million-plus users of MySpace, Facebook and other social-networking sites adopt a different persona online. So Mitja Back, a psychologist at Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, set out to get some. And he eventually found that internet profiles are more truthful than you might think. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.03.2010 - www.research-in-germany.de
Official kick-off of the "European Language Diversity for All" research project is to take place in Mainz
EU funds research on individual and societal multilingualism with €2.67 million. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.03.2010 - European Commission CORDIS Express
Social media users likely to be honest, says research
[...] A group led by Mitja Back of the Johannes Gutenburg University in Mainz, Germany studied 133 American Facebook users and 103 Germans who use a similar social media site. The researchers asked the users to answer two questionnaires- one describing their actual personality and one asking about what the volunteer would see as their ideal self. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
26.02.2010 - Science News
Facebook users keep it real in online profiles
Young adults apparently present their true selves on the world's biggest social network ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.02.2010 - Nanowerk
IBM Shared University Research Award for work to improve solar cells
IBM awarded an international prize to the Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz, Germany - to support research work being carried out by Professor Dr. Claudia Felser to improve solar cells. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.02.2010 - Science Business
Mainz University agrees joint venture with Nagasaki University
The University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz has agreed a joint programme of research into radiation epidemiology and radiation biology with Nagasaki University in Japan. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
30.01.2010 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
Mainz University Medical Center and Nagasaki University announce joint research into radiation epidemiology and biology
At the focus of the partnership will be the joint development of a program of research into radiation epidemiology and radiation biology, the establishment of an exchange program for scientists and academics at the two universities, and, over the long term, the creation of a joint multicenter research project. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
27.01.2010 - physicsworld.com
Carbon-cycle feedback smaller, but still positive
Researchers in Switzerland and Germany have analysed data stretching back 1000 years to get the best estimate yet of how changes in global temperature affect the biosphere's ability to soak up carbon dioxide. The team found that this feedback coefficient is about five times smaller than previously expected – which suggests that the amplification of manmade global warming by carbon-cycle feedback will be less than previously thought. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
14.12.2009 - The Telegraph
Wine tastes better in blue or red lit rooms
Dr. Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel, of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, said: "It is already known that the colour of a drink can influence the way we taste it. "We wanted to know whether background lighting, for example in a restaurant, makes a difference as well." ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.12.2009 - Time Magazine
TIME's The 50 Best Inventions of 2009: Packing, Improved
Johannes Schneider may not have the coolest invention on this list, but it sure is practical. The University of Mainz researcher and his team developed an algorithm that broke the record for fitting a given number of different-size discs into the smallest circle. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.11.2009 - UEFA
MESGO convention signed at UEFA HQ
A convention creating a new Executive Master in European Sport Governance (MESGO) has been signed at UEFA's headquarters. [...] The course is supported by a number of academic bodies: Birkbeck Sports Business Centre, Birkbeck College, University of London; Centre de Droit et d'Economie du Sport, Université de Limoges; Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz; Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya, University of Lleida; Sciences Po Paris. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
12.11.2009 - ISIS - Institute of Science in Society
Cardiovascular Risks from Swine Flu Vaccines
Now, researchers at Mainz University Medical Center in Germany led by Sucharit Bhakdi have added cardiovascular risks that are not generally appreciated. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
03.11.2009 - The Independent
Too much white wine could ruin teeth, researchers say
Drinking white wine regularly could do damage to your pearly whites - more so than drinking red wine, says a team of German researchers reporting in the journal Nutrition Research. Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz analyzed the effects of eight different varieties of red and white wines and their effects on extracted adult teeth that were soaked for 24 hours. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
21.10.2009 - Daily Express
On red alert... How white wine can rot your teeth
The scientists from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, compared the erosive effects of eight red and white wines from Germany, France, Italy and Spain on the enamel surface of extracted human teeth. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
21.10.2009 - Daily Mail
White wine rots your teeth... and brushing makes it worse
A team from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, looked at the effects of eight red and white wines from Germany, France, Italy and Spain on the enamel of teeth removed from men and women aged 40 to 65. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
30.09.2009 - apa (Azerbaijan)
"Cross-culture dialogue: Kitabi-Dede Gorgud and the Nibelungen Saga" project kicked off
The project "Cross-culture dialogue: Kitabi-Dede Gorgud and the Nibelungen Saga" was kicked off. The first international symposium within the project carried out by Baku Slavic University, Mainz University and Oswald von Wolkenstein Foundation was started at the Slavic University on Wednesday [...] ... zum Langtext des Artikels
24.09.2009 - Stars and Stripes
Near Army construction site in Germany, a trove of ancient Roman artifacts
A team of archaeology students and experts believe they have unearthed remnants of a Roman settlement from the second or third century near the construction site of an Army housing project, but the discovery isn’t expected to affect the project. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
22.09.2009 - www.redorbit.com
University Medical Center Mainz Completes Installation of Masimo Noninvasive and Continuous Hemoglobin Throughout Their Operating Rooms, Intensive Care Units and Emergency Department
Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany has completed its clinical installation of Masimo noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin (SpHb) technology in their ORs, ICUs and EDs, as part of their efforts to improve patient care. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.09.2009 - www.innovations-report.de
Central Europe was repopulated 7,500 years ago - Ice Age hunter-gatherers are not the ancestors of the first sedentary tillers
Europe's first farmers were immigrants - International team headed by Mainz University analyzes the DNA of the last hunter-gatherers ... zum Langtext des Artikels
03.09.2009 - PhysOrg.com
Europe's first farmers replaced their Stone Age hunter-gatherer forerunners
DNA study suggests that further waves of prehistoric immigration are waiting to be discovered. Central and northern Europe's first farmers were immigrants with barely any ancestral ties to the modern population, a study has found. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
26.08.2009 - Medical News
New Troponin Assays Quicker to Confirm MI
A generation of new, more sensitive troponin assays has improved hospitals' ability to diagnose a heart attack to a point as early as the time of emergency department presentation, two separate studies affirmed. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.08.2009 - ABC News
More Debt Means More Obesity, Study Says
Being in Debt Doubles Risk of Being Overweight ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.08.2009 - www.nanotechwire.com
Physicists from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz develop a multifunctional storage device for light
Light is intangible and, in addition, it travels at great velocity. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
29.07.2009 - www.innovations-report.de
Physicists from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz develop a multifunctional storage device for light
Monolithic microresonator enables the controlled coupling of light and matter / Publication in Physical Review Letters ... zum Langtext des Artikels
29.07.2009 - Nanowerk
A multifunctional storage device for light
At the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz a team of physicists led by Professor Arno Rauschenbeutel have now for the first time realized a microresonator that combines all the desired properties, i.e., long storage time, small volume, and tunability to arbitrary optical frequencies, in a single monolithic device. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.07.2009 - PsychCentral
Unexplained Pain Among Depressed Patients
A new research study investigated the relatively common problem of unexplained pain or somatoform pain disorder among individuals with depression. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.07.2009 - www.research-in-germany.de
Researchers from Mainz find great diversity of fungi floating in the air
The amount and diversity of fungi floating in the air are both much higher than previously thought, according to new German research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). According to the study, we breathe in between 1 and 10 fungal spores every time we inhale. The findings are important because many fungi trigger allergies, cause diseases in people and animals, and damage plants. Fungal spores also play a role in cloud formation. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.06.2009 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
Immune system's role in breast cancer
Researchers working with Dr. Marcus Schmidt in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Medical Center Mainz have unlocked the key to the immune system’s significance in cases of breast cancer, thus identifying its long-neglected role in the prognosis of the disease. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
12.06.2009 - www.research-in-germany.de
Environmentally compatible chemical processes: Mainz University enters into new cooperation agreement in Dalian, China
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Chinese Academy of Sciences cooperate in research on the production of ionic liquids ... zum Langtext des Artikels
12.06.2009 - AZoM™ - The A to Z of Materials
Joint Effort Seeks to Develop New Chemical Process Technologies
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has extended its cooperation in the field of chemistry with scientific institutions in the People's Republic of China. According to the cooperation agreement between Mainz University and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the two partners extend their future cooperation in the development of new chemical process technologies as, for example, the production of ionic liquids. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
11.06.2009 - www.geology.com
Manganese Nodules and Crusts Triggered by Bacteria and Algae
Microorganisms such as bacteria and algae contribute to the process of nodule and crust accretion and catalyze the accumulation of metals, as has been shown by new research at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.06.2009 - www.innovations-report.de
Tubes Grow From Drops
Bismuth-catalyzed growth of tin sulfide nanotubes ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.06.2009 - New Scientist
Rusty space rocks could signal Mars water
"Seemingly surrounding Victoria, it is possible that [the rocks] are part of the impactor that created the crater," a team of researchers led by Christian Schröder at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, writes in an abstract presented at a recent planetary science conference. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.06.2009 - Science Centric
From oxygen transport to melanin formation: Activation mechanism of key enzymes explained
Pandinus imperator, the emperor scorpion, is not only popular as a pet, but is also of interest for research purposes. The reason for this is its blue blood, which transports oxygen and distributes it throughout the body. Like tyrosinase, the key enzyme in melanin synthesis, the blue blood pigment haemocyanin found in the emperor scorpion and other arthropods belongs to a group of special molecules that occur in all organisms and that have many different functions: colouring the skin, hair and eyes, immune response, wound healing or the brown discolouration of fruit. 'When these enzymes mutate, this may result in albinism, or in birth marks when production of the pigment melanin increases, as often seen in melanoma,' explains Professor Heinz Decker of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.06.2009 - Science Daily
Bacteria And Algae Act As Biocatalysts For Deep-sea Raw Material Deposition
The sea floor is strewn with raw materials that could be very important in the future: Manganese and iron, but also rarer and more precious elements such as cobalt, copper, zinc and nickel, are present in great quantities in the form of deep-sea nodules and crusts. The depositions of such materials from seawater and sediment is the result of a process known as biomineralization. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.06.2009 - io9
Could Metal-Excreting Bacteria Avert The Next World War?
Scientists at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany want to prevent the next generation of international conflict over scarce natural resources. So they're trying to reverse-engineer metal-extracting bacteria. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.05.2009 - Science Centric
Molecular structure could help explain albinism, melanoma
Arthropods and molluscs are Nature's true bluebloods - thanks to haemocyanin, an oxygen-carrying large protein complex, which can even be turned into the enzymatically active chemical phenoloxidase. Scientists have long known that members of the phenoloxidase family are involved in skin and hair colouring. When they are mutated, they can cause albinism - the loss of colouring in skin and hair. Produced over abundantly, they are associated with the deadly skin cancer melanoma. In an elegant structural study, a team of Baylor College of Medicine and German researchers explain how haemocyanin is activated - a finding that could lead to a better understanding of both ends of the skin and hair colour spectrum. A report of their work appears in the current issue of the journal Structure. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.05.2009 - CORDIS News
Lead pollution may have kept climate cooler, study suggests
Lead particles in the atmosphere have been boosting cloud formation, a new EU-funded study reveals. Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers suggest that atmospheric lead pollution may have dampened the effects of climate change in recent decades. [...] Few would advocate pumping more lead into the atmosphere to counter the effects of global warming, as it is a highly toxic metal that is harmful to human health. 'However, with the benefit of hindsight we can now explain why there has been a trend towards more rapid temperature rises in recent years; it is because mankind has cut back its emissions of lead and sulphates,' said Professor Stephen Borrmann of Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.05.2009 - www.innovations-report.de
Molecular structure could help explain albinism, melanoma
Arthropods and mollusks are Nature's true bluebloods – thanks to hemocyanin, an oxygen-carrying large protein complex, which can even be turned into the enzymatically active chemical phenoloxidase. Scientists have long known that members of the phenoloxidase family are involved in skin and hair coloring. When they are mutated, they can cause albinism – the loss of coloring in skin and hair. Produced over abundantly, they are associated with the deadly skin cancer melanoma. In an elegant structural study, a team of Baylor College of Medicine and German researchers explain how hemocyanin is activated – a finding that could lead to a better understanding of both ends of the skin and hair color spectrum. A report of their work appears in the current issue of the journal Structure. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.05.2009 - Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
Quality of Life and Occupational Disability in Endocrine Orbitopathy
One in 2 patients with Graves' disease suffers impairments to their everyday lives. In the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, Katharina Ponto and coauthors, from Mainz University, describe affected patients' psychological stresses and occupational disability. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.05.2009 - The China Post
Hair gone white? You're bio-bleaching your hair, experts say
Next time someone remarks on how your hair is going grey, just tell them that you're not getting old, but that instead you're simply bio-bleaching your hair with natural cellular hydrogen peroxide. Yes indeed, the very same bleach used by Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe to turn their mousy brown locks to platinum tresses has been found in scalp skin cells, according to a team of German researchers. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.04.2009 - Labnews
...It's enough to turn you grey
UK and German researchers have now unlocked the secret of hair turning white or gray in old age. According to them, free oxygen radicals are to blame for those pesky greys. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.04.2009 - readingeagle.com
German students, professors discover a bit of home on visit to Berks
University group touring local sites linked to immigrants from Palatinate region ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.04.2009 - Journal of Clinical Oncology
Results of a Phase III, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Sorafenib
in Combination With Carboplatin and Paclitaxel As Second-Line Treatment in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.03.2009 - Irishhealth
Epilepsy in elderly often not recognised
According to German researchers, the condition was long thought to be a disease of infancy, childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. However studies have shown that it is most common among people over the age of 75 ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.03.2009 - Bio-Medicine
Epilepsy in the elderly
In the new edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International [...], Konrad J. Werhahn of the Epilepsy Center of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, presents the clinical characteristics of the disease and the therapeutic options. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
12.03.2009 - COSMOS magazine (Australia)
Natural bleach-job: why hair turns grey
The authors of the study, from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany and the University of Bradford in England, determined the greying process by studying cell cultures of human hair follicles. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
11.03.2009 - World Bulletin
Natural peroxide responsible for turning hair white
Researchers found that hydrogen peroxide created by cells plays a key role in age-related loss of hair colour. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
11.03.2009 - Science Centric
Grey hair in old age: Hydrogen peroxide inhibits the synthesis of melanin
Grey or white hair develops with advancing age in an entirely natural ageing process which results in the generation of less and less colour pigments. Researchers of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany and the University of Bradford in Great Britain have now unlocked the secret of hair turning white or grey in old age. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
03.03.2009 - BBC News
Experts uncover cause of greyness
Scientists at Bradford University believe they have uncovered the root cause of why hair turns grey. [...] The scientists worked in collaboration with experts in Mainz and Luebeck in Germany and the discoveries have been published in the FASEB scientific journal, published by the Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
01.03.2009 - Science Centric
Old cells work differently
The agglutination and accumulation of proteins in nerve cells are major hallmarks of age-related neurodegenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease. Cellular survival thus depends on a controlled removal of excessive protein. Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have now discovered exactly how specific control proteins regulate protein breakdown during the ageing process. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
28.02.2009 - Financial Times
Mystery of greyness solved
The mystery of why human hair turns grey as we age has been solved by researchers at Bradford University with colleagues at Mainz and Lübeck universities in Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
27.02.2009 - Medical News Today
New Predictive Tool Could Be Used To Identify People At Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation
Renate Schnabel from the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany, and Emelia Benjamin from Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts, USA, and colleagues, aimed to create a new way to score an individual's risk using clinical characteristics that can be easily assessed in primary care settings. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
25.02.2009 - C&EN - Chemical and Engineering News
Chemical Beaver Tale
Horst Kunz and colleagues at the University of Mainz report the first enantioselective synthesis of an all-cis nupharamine found in the beaver's scent gland ... zum Langtext des Artikels
24.02.2009 - Top News India
Mechanism that protects against development of Alzheimer's identified
Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have identified the mechanism that protects against the development of Alzheimer's disease ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.02.2009 - Photonics Online
Lasers Measure 1-Neutron Halo
Using lasers, scientists in Mainz, Germany, have precisely measured the single-neutron halo of the isotope beryllium-11 for the first time, work that may help them gain a better understanding of the forces within the atomic nucleus that bind atoms together. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
19.02.2009 - www.research-in-germany.de
Institute of Slavic Studies of the University of Mainz inaugurates archive from the estate of Wolfgang Kasack
Private library of renowned Slavicist Wolfgang Kasack enriches the library of the Institute of Slavic Studies at Mainz University ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.02.2009 - Medical News Today
Mechanisms That Prevent Alzheimer's Disease: Enzymatic Activity Plays Key Role
In a project involving the collaboration of several institutes, research scientists of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have succeeded in gaining further insight in the functioning of endogenous mechanisms that protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.02.2009 - www.innovations-report.de
The Beaver as Chemist
Total synthesis of enantiomerically pure nupharamine alkaloids from castoreum ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.02.2009 - Science Centric
Mechanisms that prevent Alzheimer's disease: Enzymatic activity plays key role
In a project involving the collaboration of several institutes, research scientists of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have succeeded in gaining further insight in the functioning of endogenous mechanisms that protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
01.02.2009 - spectroscopyNOW
Getting inside bacteria with NMR
Now, scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, are figuring out how bacteria manage to assimilate readings from their environment through membranes into the cell nuclei that control their next move. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.01.2009 - Journal of Nanotechnology Online
The Sixty-Four-Thousand-Dollar Question: How Signals are Transmitted Across Cell Membrane
Bacteria can occur almost anywhere on earth and exist under the most varying conditions. If these tiny, microscopic organisms are to survive in these environments, they need to be able to rapidly detect changes in their surroundings and react to them. Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz are currently investigating how bacteria manage to pass information on their environment across their membranes into their cell nuclei. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.01.2009 - Science Centric
Five years of Mainz technology on Mars
On 4 January 2004, NASA's rover 'Spirit' landed safely on Mars after a seven-month voyage through space. Three weeks later, its twin 'Opportunity' also touched down unharmed on the red planet. Both these rovers were carrying investigational instruments constructed in Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
29.12.2008 - Science Centric
Physicists at Mainz University generate ultracold neutrons at the TRIGA Reactor
For the first time ever, scientists at the TRIGA research reactor of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have determined the velocity distribution of ultracold neutrons (UCN) emitted by a deuterium ice crystal. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
19.12.2008 - Science Daily
Between Dormancy And Self-renewal: Mouse Model Shows Blood Stem Cells In Action
Over a period of five years, scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have managed to create a genetically modified mouse in which the activity of the blood stem cells can be tracked. "This mouse was created from a single embryonic stem cell. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.12.2008 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
How cancer cells ensure their survival
A team of researchers headed by Professor Roland Stauber of Mainz University's ENT clinic has identified a molecular mechanism used by cancer cells to "defend" themselves against chemotherapeutics in an attempt to ensure their own survival. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.12.2008 - Science Daily
Small Molecules, Large Effect: How Cancer Cells Ensure Their Survival
A team of researchers headed by Professor Roland Stauber of Mainz University's ENT clinic has identified a molecular mechanism used by cancer cells to "defend" themselves against chemotherapeutics in an attempt to ensure their own survival. Both the messenger substance nitrogen monoxide (NO) and the protein survivin play a role in this. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.12.2008 - Wildlife Extra (UK)
What determines clutch size? Tropical birds lay fewer eggs
The world is home to about 9,700 bird species. Some of them lay ten eggs in their nest, while others lay only one -Why?
Scientists from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the University of California at San Diego and Stanford University have used a novel approach to investigate which factors are decisive for clutch size, thus presenting the first global analysis of the clutch sizes of birds. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.12.2008 - Time Magazine
The Top 10 Everything of 2008
Top 10 Scientific Discoveries - 10. First Family ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.12.2008 - www.innovations-report.de
Between dormancy and self-renewal: Mainz mouse model shows blood stem cells in action
Over a period of five years, scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have managed to create a genetically modified mouse in which the activity of the blood stem cells can be tracked. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
12.12.2008 - Photonics Online
Investigating New Materials
The experimental setup in Mainz allows the density of the atoms and the strength of the repulsive interaction between the atoms to be tuned independently of each other. By investigating the behaviour of the atoms under compression and increasing interactions the experimentalists led by Professor Immanuel Bloch of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have been able to detect the Mott insulator in the quantum gas of the atoms. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.12.2008 - Science Daily
Why Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg
Why do some species of birds lay only one egg in their nest, while others lay 10 or more? ... zum Langtext des Artikels
08.12.2008 - Science Daily
Wind Screen Collects Cool Air To Help Save The Rhône Glacier In Switzerland
A small wind screen has been erected on a glacier to test the concept of collecting cool air and reducing melting caused by global warming. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.12.2008 - Science Centric
Wind screen on the Rhone glacier in Switzerland creates cold air cushion
By constructing a wind screen on the Rhone glacier in Switzerland, cold downwinds, which normally pass unhindered into the valley, can be intercepted and collected, thus creating a cold air cushion at the wind screen and in its close vicinity. 'Our test wind screen set up on the Rhone glacier resulted in a definite cooling of the air near the surface, with the drop in temperature being up to three degrees centigrade,' reported Professor Hans-Joachim Fuchs of the Institute of Geography of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.12.2008 - Science Centric
Quantum simulator for complex electronic materials
In the latest issue of the journal Science researchers from the University of Mainz, the University of Cologne and the Forschungszentrum Juelich show how to simulate the properties of electrons in a real crystal by using ultracold fermionic atoms trapped in an artificial crystal formed by interfering laser beams - a so-called optical lattice. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.12.2008 - Nanotechnology Now
Quantum Simulator for Complex Electronic Materials
Researchers from Mainz, Cologne and Jülich simulate complex electronic insulator with ultracold atoms in artificial crystals of light ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.12.2008 - PhysOrg.com
Investigating new materials with ultracold atoms
The investigation of complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors is problematic because of the presence of disorder and many competing interactions in real crystalline materials. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
19.11.2008 - The New York Times
Using a Variety of Tools, Researchers Unravel Tale of German Graves
Using DNA analysis and other techniques, Wolfgang Haak and Guido Brandt of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and colleagues have pieced together parts of the story. Their findings are in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.11.2008 - The Guardian
World's oldest nuclear family unearthed in Germany
DNA extracted from bones and teeth in a 4,600-year-old stone age burial has provided the earliest evidence for the nuclear family as a social structure ... zum Langtext des Artikels
21.10.2008 - Science Daily
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Governor's Palace In Turkey
Within the scope of an international rescue excavation project, a team of four archaeologists specialized in Middle Eastern affairs headed by Dr. Dirk Wicke (Institute of Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies of Mainz University) have unearthed parts of a Neo-Assyrian governor's palace dating back to the 9th to 7th century BCE in a two-month excavation program amongst the ruins on Ziyaret Tepe. The discoveries were extraordinary. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.10.2008 - Deutsche Welle
Brilliant Minds - Cuban geologist Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte
Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte from Cuba is carrying out research at the University of Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
03.09.2008 - COSMOS magazine (Australia)
Giant screen to slow glacial melt
Researchers trying to slow melting glaciers have set up a large screen in the Swiss Alps that they hope will trap cold air over the icy mass. "We hope our installations will bring about a net cooling of the area, and if the melt is not stopped, that it is at least slowed," said the project's leader, geography professor Hans-Joachim Fuchs of Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.08.2008 - The Independent
How catching cold mountain air could save Europe's glaciers
A German geography professor has developed a controversial system of mountain "wind-catching" screens which he claims could slow or even halt the dramatic rate at which Europe's glaciers are melting. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.08.2008 - European Research Headlines (European Commission)
Cracking open pearl fraud
Over 75 years ago, Japanese innovator Kokichi Mikimoto shovelled 720 000 pearls into a burning furnace. His actions reverberated around the world and across time itself. By showing his willingness to destroy so many pearls, he made a commitment to sell only the very best and to destroy the rest. To this day, Japanese pearls demand and receive a premium. As a result, many try to pass off their pearls as Japanese, even though they may come from elsewhere. Now two scientists from Germany have developed a method to determine the birthplace of pearls. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.08.2008 - Labnews
A word in your shell like...
Finding a seashell is one of the many pleasures of a summer holiday on the coast - but many people will not be aware that they have found a unique record of the climate. For one German scientist however these hard calcium shells provide a profound insight into the history of our earth and especially into the climate of the past. Professor Bernd Schöne - a palaeontologist from Mainz University - thinks that by examining shells he can reconstruct the climatic history of the past 500 years. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
14.08.2008 - AFP
Germans try to slow glacier melt with giant screen
German researchers trying to slow melting glaciers have set up a large screen in the Swiss Alps that they hope will trap cold air over the icy mass, Johannes Gutenberg University said Thursday. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.08.2008 - Science Daily
Nature Or Nurture: Are You Who Your Brain Chemistry Says You Are?
Researchers using positron emission tomography (PET) have validated a long-held theory that individual personality traits - particularly reward dependency - are connected to brain chemistry, a finding that has implications for better understanding and treating substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
24.07.2008 - National Geographic
Ancient Olympic Chariot Racetrack Located?
The ancient circuit, where Olympic competitors raced in chariots or on horseback, was found in May by a team including Norbert Müller of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
22.07.2008 - Reuters
Germans find Olympic course where Nero raced chariot
German archaeologists using radar technology believe they may have discovered the ancient horse racing track at Olympia where Roman Emperor Nero bribed his way to Olympic laurels. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
21.07.2008 - The Earth Times
German archaeologists locate site of hippodrome at ancient Olympia
Buried under flood-water silt for centuries, the site of the ancient hippodrome chariot race track at Olympia in Greece has been located by a team of German scientists using sophisticated geomagnetic technology to find structures hidden beneath the top soil. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
16.07.2008 - The Wall Street Journal
China Counts the Cost of Hosting the Olympics
Holger Preuss, a professor of sports economics at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, says Beijing has set a precedent that future hosts, including London, won't be able to match. "Many [International Olympic Committee] members are already thinking we have to find a way to reduce the size of the Games to make more cities able to really host the Games. Because if it continues -- just think of $50 billion -- maybe only 10 cities in the world can afford 50 billion." ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.07.2008 - RIAN - Russian News & Information Agency
Archaeologists find 1,600-year-old racecourse in Greece
"This discovery is an archaeological sensation," said Norbert Muller of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.07.2008 - PhysOrg.com
Fraud with cultured pearls can be detected
Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) advise buyers of cultured pearls to be more vigilant. "In Germany too, we are increasingly seeing Chinese sweet-water cultured pearls being marketed as Japanese, although they actually originate from China," say Dr. Dorrit Jacob and Ursula Wehrmeister of the Institute of Geosciences. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
14.07.2008 - Science Daily
Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years
"This discovery is an archaeological sensation," commented Norbert Müller of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. The research project extended over several weeks before being completed in the middle of May 2008. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.07.2008 - www.innovations-report.de
Sedentary, but highly mobile
In Germany every second person of working age has experience with occupational mobility. Germans are considered to be sedentary and unwilling to leave their familiar surroundings, but the labour market requires more mobile and flexible workers than ever before.
... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.07.2008 - www.innovations-report.de
Mainz University involved in new DFG Collaborative Research Center in the field of immune responses
T cells play a very important role as part of the immune system. The various types of T cells have different tasks within the immune response. If this defense system fails, conditions such as allergies and autoimmune diseases can develop. The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG) has now approved a research application submitted by laboratories in Würzburg, Berlin and Mainz, the purpose of which is to investigate how genetic control determines the development and function of the various T cells. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.07.2008 - Science Centric
On the mechanisms of myelin formation in the central nervous system
To allow nerve cells to transmit information efficiently over long distances, advanced life forms have developed a mechanism known as saltatory conduction. This is made possible by an insulating sheath of myelin that forms at certain intervals around the axonal extensions of nerve cells that specialise in the transmission of stimuli. Two projects undertaken by the Department of Molecular Cell Biology of the Faculty of Biology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz have now made a significant contribution towards understanding these complex cellular processes. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.07.2008 - Science Daily
Shells Form Unique Climate Archive On The Ocean Floor
For Professor Bernd Schöne of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, hard calcium shells provide a profound insight into the history of our earth and especially into the climate of the past. "We are currently able to reconstruct the climatic history of the past 500 years from shells on a year-by-year basis. Thus we can demonstrate, for example, that the North Sea has become one degree warmer over the past hundred years, probably an effect attributable to humans," explains the palaeontologist from Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.06.2008 - Science Daily
The Protein IRF4 Takes Control Of Inflammation In The Gut
New insight into the molecular mechanisms controlling IL-6 production in a mouse model of IBDs has now been provided by Markus Neurath and colleagues, at the University of Mainz, Germany, and might lead to the development of new drugs to treat individuals with IBDs. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
03.06.2008 - www.innovations-report.de
DFG Establishes Eight New Collaborative Research Centres
On 01 July 2008, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) will establish eight new Collaborative Research Centres (CRC). These will be funded initially for four years with a total of €59.5 million. In addition, there will be a 20 percent programme lump sum for each one for indirect costs resulting from the research projects. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.03.2008 - Deutsche Welle
Juggling Ultra-Cold Atoms
Though he’s just 32 years old, Immanuel Bloch is already a professor of physics at the University of Mainz. He’s an expert on a state of matter that was predicted by Albert Einstein -- Bose-Einstein condensation. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
04.03.2008 - Deutsche Welle
Snow Research - The Magic of the White Flakes
No one knows snowflakes like Sebastian Raupach of the Institute for the Physics of the Atmosphere at the University of Mainz. For his doctoral thesis, the young physicist built a special laser camera that can take pictures of snowflakes while they fall. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
10.01.2008 - The Telegraph
Nuclear power 'increases child leukaemia risk'
Researchers at the University of Mainz, who are responsible for the German Register of Child Cancers, identified 593 cases of children aged under five-years-old diagnosed with leukaemia between 1980 and 2003. They also selected 1,766 healthy controls in the same age group. The scientists found children living within 3.1 miles (5km) of a nuclear power station were over twice - 2.19 times - as likely to be diagnosed with leukaemia as those living outside that zone. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.12.2007 - www.innovations-report.de
Polymerization From the Individual Molecule’s Point of View
Following radical polymerization with single-molecule spectroscopy of fluorescing probes. [...] A Belgian and German team from the University of Leuwen and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz has now been able to follow polymerizations from the point of view of individual molecules. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, Johan Hofkens and his team used the techniques of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and far-field microscopy to observe fluorescing sample molecules throughout the entire process of the radical polymerization of styrene. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.10.2007 - News-Medical.Net (Australia)
How does THC work?
Using an advanced genetic approach, Krisztina Monory and colleagues at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz discovered that specific neuronal subpopulations mediate the distinct effects of THC. Their work is published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.09.2007 - Science Daily
Accepted Notion Of Neutron's Electrical Properties Overturned By New Research
For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an offsetting negative charge at its outer edge. [...] The findings are based on data collected at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Va., the Bates Linear Accelerator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Mainz Microtron at Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
30.08.2007 - The Telegraph
Secret tapes of top Nazis
Richard Overy reviews Tapping Hitler's Generals: Transcripts of Secret Conversations, 1942-45 ed by Sönke Neitzel [...] Sönke Neitzel, a professor at the University of Mainz, has edited a volume of key extracts from the tape-recorded discussions and there is no doubt that they are of much more service to the historian than they ever were to British Intelligence. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
23.08.2007 - The New York Times
Scientists Induce Out-of-Body Sensation
Using virtual reality goggles, a camera and a stick, scientists have induced out-of-body experiences - the sensation of drifting outside of one’s own body - in healthy people, according to experiments being published in the journal Science. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.08.2007 - www.innovations-report.de
Effectiveness of mouse breeds that mimic Alzheimer's disease symptoms questioned
Scientists have shown that recently developed mouse breeds that mimic the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) may not be as effective as previously assumed. Sascha Weggen, Professor of Molecular Neuropathology at Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany; lead author Eva Czirr, Ph.D. student at the University of Mainz, Germany; and colleagues show in the August 24 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry that in some mouse breeds, drugs that had been shown to reduce levels of a toxic protein called amyloid beta had only minor or no effect on these mice. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
20.06.2007 - Medical News Today
Progress Toward An Antitumor Vaccine
A team led by Horst Kunst at the University of Mainz has now found a way to bind a molecule that is typical for tumors to a carrier protein without irritating the immune system. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their method is based on an immunocompatible connection by way of a sulfur atom, namely, a thioether. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
09.06.2007 - Deutsche Welle
Study: World Cup Continues to Boost German Economy
In World Cup year, GDP - the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country - rose by €3.233 billion, according to the study by the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
07.06.2007 - AsiaOne
Sun exposure may reduce malignant lymphoma risk
At last, some positive health effects of sitting in the sun! Physicians have found that recreational sun exposure is apparently associated with reduced risk for cancers of the lymph system, or malignant lymphomas, German researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer. They also found that the association is stronger for some types of lymphoma than for others. [...] Dr. Thomas Weihkopf from Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, and colleagues therefore examined the relationship between malignant lymphoma and lifetime exposure to UV in different settings, including outdoor leisure activities, vacations, sunbed use and occupational exposures. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
06.06.2007 - Science Daily
Hypothyroidism Clearly Linked To Mood Swings
Hypothyroidism is often associated with mood changes like depression lethargy. Researchers, studying underlying brain processes in search of "why" this happens, reported their results at the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
05.06.2007 - EurekAlert.com
DFG approves 11 new Collaborative Research Centers
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) will establish eleven new Collaborative Research Centres (SFBs) on 1 July 2007. They will receive a total of €75.5 million in funding over the next four years. Research conducted in the centres will include work on the reconstruction of biological body functions using versatile "molecular switches" and innovative optical technology. Four of the new SFBs will be Transregional Collaborative Research Centres, which are located at multiple sites. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
13.05.2007 - Toronto Star
The strategic advantage of being able to drink milk
Scientists at Mainz University in Germany took bones from eight people who had lived between 7,000 and 8,000 years ago in parts of Europe where cow herding was already common. The scientists managed to extract enough undamaged DNA to test for the lactose-tolerance mutation. They found that none of the people carried the mutation. That means it's very unlikely that lactose tolerance was widespread by that time. Otherwise, it's probable that at least some of the people tested would have carried the mutation. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
17.03.2007 - www.innovations-report.de
Researchers identify molecular basis of inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers from the Universities of Cologne and Mainz in Germany, the Mouse Biology Unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Italy and their collaborators, have now deciphered a molecular signal that triggers chronic intestinal inflammation. The study, which is published in the current online issue of Nature, shows that blocking a signaling molecule causes severe intestinal inflammation in mice and reveals a molecular mechanism that is likely to also underpin human inflammatory bowel disease. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
27.02.2007 - The Telegraph
Milk allergy 'caused by Stone Age genes'
The rival idea, that dairy farming was pioneered by a small group of Neolithic farmers who were able to tolerate milk, is overturned by the genetic study by a team from University College London and Mainz University, Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
26.02.2007 - National Geographic
Stone Age Adults Couldn't Stomach Milk, Gene Study Shows
Milk wasn't on the Stone Age menu, says a new study which suggests the vast majority of adult Europeans were lactose intolerant as recently as 7,000 years ago. [...] The study was led by Joachim Burger of the Institute of Archaeology at Mainz University in Germany. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
15.01.2007 - Medical News Today
Protecting Nerves During Surgery
An alarm tone warns the surgeon that the position of his scalpel is dangerously close to the nerve leading to the patient's vocal cords - the beep tone signals excessive pressure on the nerve. [...] The new alarm system combines the skills of numerous research partners. The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT was joined by the University Hospital in Mainz and the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, along with the companies Dr. Osypka GmbH, Reinhardt Microtech GmbH and Inomed Medizintechnik GmbH. The project was one of the winners of the 2006 innovation competition for medical engineering. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
18.12.2006 - Washington Post
Tinnitus Type Affects Severity, Symptoms
"In particular, higher levels of severity were found in men, older adults, binaural (in both ears) and centrally perceived tinnitus, increase in tinnitus sensitivity since onset, sensitivity to loud external noise, continuous tinnitus (as opposed to intermittent tinnitus), and the coexistence of hearing loss, vertigo and hyperacusis (abnormal sensitivity to sounds)," wrote the team from the University of Mainz and the Roseneck Center of Behavioral Medicine in Prien. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
19.08.2006 - Medical News Today
Brain's Cannabinoid System 'mellows' Seizures
The same brain machinery that responds to the active substance in marijuana provides a central "on-demand" protection against seizures, researchers have found. [...] The findings were published by Beat Lutz and Giovanni Marsicano, of Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry and Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, and colleagues in the August 2006, issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press.
... zum Langtext des Artikels
28.03.2006 - Deutsche Welle
Europe's Role in Middle East Waning
As part of the Middle East Quartet, Germany and the EU have a vested interest in the Israeli elections. German Middle East expert Günter Meyer, however, says that the influence on Israel's policies is waning. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
23.02.2006 - The Telegraph
Lump above eye that 'killed Shakespeare'
Shakespeare scholarship, lively at the best of times, saw the fur flying yesterday after a German academic claimed to have authenticated not just one but four contemporary images of the playwright - and suggested, to boot, that he had died of cancer. As the National Portrait Gallery planned to reveal that only one of half a dozen claimed portraits of William Shakespeare can now be considered genuine, Professor Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel said she could prove that there were at least four surviving portraits of the playwright. ... zum Langtext des Artikels
27.01.2006 - The Guardian
Germany agonises over 30% childless women
"Compulsory paid leave for fathers is a good idea," Professor Norbert Schneider, a sociologist at Mainz University, told the Guardian. "Germany now has the highest number of childless women in the world. This trend has been going on since at least the 90s. What we also know is that the higher the level of education, the more likely a woman is to remain childless." ... zum Langtext des Artikels

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