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Tree ring analyses reveal growth declines over recent decades / Researchers expect further, even drastic declines, especially in southern Europe. Beech forests in Europe are…
Sensor network GNOME publishes comprehensive data in Nature Physics for the first time — Nine stations in six countries involved. An international team of…
Geoscientific study traces carbon-silicon cycle over three billion years on the basis of lithium isotope levels. Earth’s climate was relatively stable for a long period…
Analysis of wall decoration dating to the second century A.D. provides new insights into marble extraction and processing. When it comes to ancient Roman imperial…
Researchers present results of experiments with atom interferometry on a sounding rocket. Further rocket missions set to follow. Extremely precise measurements are possible using atom…
Social isolation results in changes of behavior and activity of immune and stress genes. Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do…
Color changes of gold nanoparticles under the skin reveal concentration changes of substances in the body. The idea of implantable sensors that continuously transmit information…
Physicists use atomic magnetometers to measure the biomagnetic signals of the carnivorous plant. The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant that encloses its…
Theoretical physicists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are working on a theory that goes beyond the Standard Model of…
Physicists use antiferromagnetic rust to carry information over long distances at room temperature. Be it with smartphones, laptops, or mainframes: The transmission, processing, and storage…
PRISMA+ scientists propose exotic low-mass fields as new messengers of astrophysical events. Cataclysmic astrophysical events such as black hole mergers could release energy in unexpected…
Paleogeneticists at Mainz University have found evidence of lactase persistence in only a small proportion of human bones from the Bronze Age battlefield in the…
Merging methodologies from physics and chemistry for the optical spectroscopy of superheavy elements. Superheavy elements are intriguing nuclear and atomic quantum systems that challenge experimental…
International team of scientists with Mainz participation proposes plans for high-intensity gamma radiation source at CERN. The ‘Gamma Factory initiative’ – an international team of scientists…
Using a network of gravimeters, Mainz-based scientists are attempting to track down weakly interacting matter in the interior of the Earth. An interdisciplinary research team…
Drugs used for curing hepatitis C might also help against Covid-19 / World Health Organization publishes paper presented by researchers from Mainz University. Several drugs…
The Belle II experiment started about one year ago. Physical Review Letters has now published the initial results of the detector. The work deals with…
Theoretical physicists calculate the origin of a high-energy particle track captured by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory It was just eight years ago that the IceCube…