Disinformation and influence operations: Which countermeasures actually work? - Information systems researcher Vera Schmitt leads new #HorizonEurope project FIMI-RESIST 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/disinformatio…

#ArtificialIntelligence #NaturalLanguageProcessing #NLP #LargeLanguageModels #LLMs

Scientists at @imbmainz.bsky.social shed new light on the #genetics of #telomere disorders: Study provides new insights into #mutations that cause telomere biology disorders 👉 www.unimedizin-mainz.de/en/newsroom/n…

#RareDiseases #telomeres #research #medicine #biology

🎉 WE MADE IT – The @rheinmainunis.bsky.social alliance of #GoetheUni & #MainzUniversity & #TUDarmstadt will receive funding in the #ExcellenceStrategy of the German federal and state governments 👉 www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/en/news/rhin...

@dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de

🏅 CONGRATULATIONS: Dr. Margit Ruffing, long-time executive director of the Kant Research Center at #UniMainz, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Latvia in Riga 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/u…

@dfg.de provides around EUR 1.8 million for new research group at #MainzUniversity focusing on the evolution of neural circuits 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/evolutionary-…

#neurobiology #EvolutionaryBiology #neuroscience #DFG #GermanResearchFoundation

Research Unit sponsored by the #GermanResearchFoundation examines #ConspiracyTheories from a new perspective: EUR 4 million for collaborative research project in #psychology and #CommunicationScience led by #MainzUniversity 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/dfg-sponsored…

@dfg.de

Diamond magnetometers can open a new window into heart activity: new generation of #QuantumSensors offers improved paths towards medical diagnostics / Innovative #research funded by #BMFTR 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/09/17…

#medicine #QuantumTechnologies #physics #ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA

#Antiproton storage and transport records at @cern.bsky.social: #Antiprotons stored in a transport container for over a month / Research group at #MainzUniversity contributes to paper in @nature.com 👉 prisma.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/09/17…

#ClusterOfExcellencePRISMA #BASECollaboration #ParticlePhysics

Was #Nîmes depopulated by the Plague of Cyprian? Analyses of the carbonate deposits from the aqueduct featuring the famous #PontDuGard shed light on the water supply of the ancient city 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/was-nimes-dep…

#archaeology

#WMO report on global #WaterResources shows that continents worldwide are drying up / #MainzUniversity is a major contributor to the latest report by the @wmo-global.bsky.social 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJz_...

👉 press.uni-mainz.de/wmo-report-o...

#StateOfWater #WorldWaterReport #meteorology

Laschet laugh – No evidence of influence on #VotingBehavior: New study by researchers at #MainzUniversity and @goetheuni.bsky.social examines impact of inappropriate emotional displays by political leaders 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/laschet-laug...

#PoliticalScience #politics
@rheinmainunis.bsky.social

#ERCStartingGrant for Meret Huber: Professor of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Director of the Botanical Garden at #MainzUniversity receives EUR 1.5 million in EU funding 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/erc-starting-…

#ERC #EvolutionaryEcology #biology

Why not every ant helps: Recent study of #MainzUniversity shows that rescue behavior in ants is linked to differences in gene activity in the nervous system 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/why-not-every…

#Biology

Vera Schmitt is appointed Professor of Information Systems at #MainzUniversity: #AI researcher brings expertise in explainable and robust language technologies to JGU 👉 wiwi.uni-mainz.de/en/2026/08/10…

#ArtificialIntelligence #NaturalLanguageProcessing #NLP #LargeLanguageModels #LLMs

New #MultipleSclerosis treatment approach: Funding of EUR 1.1 mio. from ForTra gGmbH for #ResearchTransfer enables further development of a drug patch developed at #MainzUniversity 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/multiple-scle…

Making #QuantumPhysics and #ArtificialIntelligence easy to understand? That's exactly what Siddardha Chelluri from #MainzUniversity has set out to do in his blog "Qubit & Neuron", where he explores the science behind #QuantumTechnologies and #AI 👉 qubit-and-neuron.beehiiv.com

#QuantumComputing