Greater resilience for electricity and heating networks: The University of Oldenburg is involved in two of the five newly funded projects run by the Lower Saxony Energy Research Centre (efzn). The University of Bremen is participating as an associated partner in one of the projects.

Since 2002, a permanent monitoring station run by the university has been continuously collecting key environmental data between Langeoog and Spiekeroog. This year, the unique research facility is going to be replaced.

AI, wind turbines, nanochemistry: five students from Oldenburg present socially relevant research to MPs as part of the "Posters in the Bundestag" project. An opportunity to make their own approaches visible to the public.

How does a medium-sized city like Oldenburg deal with the diversity of languages spoken there, and how is it characterized by the multilingualism of its people? Oldenburg Slavicists and their students are investigating this question alongside HWK – Institute for Advanced Study Fellow Yaron Matras in…

The 1st Digital Humanities Day on 11 and 12 June is aimed at researchers, doctoral candidates and students interested in the use of digital technologies in the humanities, cultural studies, linguistics and social sciences.

A new mathematical tool provides a more realistic description of loads on large-scale wind turbines than was previously possible. The method allows for a better capture of sudden, localized gusts of wind, a key factor in premature material fatigue.

A new study measures an optimistic view of the future role of artificial intelligence and broad approval of a climate-neutral economy among people in Lower Saxony. Oldenburg researchers will continue to contribute data in the future.

Researchers from all over Europe are meeting in Oldenburg at the "Tuning the Noisegate" conference. In this interview, organiser Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer explains why it is worth talking about power relations in pop music.

The university is set to acquire a unique research facility, as recommended by the German Council of Science and Humanities. The 'NaviGate' building has been designed for the study of animal navigation in realistic conditions. 

Energy systems expert Astrid Nieße and bioinformatician Frank Oliver Glöckner both initially studied biology, then moved on to data science. They now head digital data repositories for research based at Oldenburg and Bremen: an interview.

Geographer Thorsten Balke and his team are on a mission to protect intertidal zones and their dynamic ecosystems.  They have developed a measuring device to determine suitable habitats for specific communities. A visit to this unique landscape.

A milestone for neuroscience: researchers from Oldenburg and London have created the first-ever 3D atlas of a migratory bird’s brain. 

There can be no energy transition without climate-friendly buildings – that much is clear. Led by the Oldenburg-based affiliated institute OFFIS, a team of researchers from the northwest region has investigated how digital solutions can help advance the “heating transition” (Wärmewende).

Antarctic krill cover vast distances during their migrations in the Southern Ocean. Researchers from the NaviSense Cluster of Excellence are setting up camp in Antarctica to investigate how these crustaceans navigate on their long journeys.

Our power grids could soon be operated by smart and explainable AI systems. A junior research group led by Eric Veith is investigating how to provide the best possible training to ensure an optimal response in critical situations.

Coral reefs are dying all over the world. Is it possible to artificially reproduce marine animals in order to reforest reefs? Doctoral candidate Laura Fiegel travelled to the island of Moorea in the middle of the South Pacific for three months to conduct field experiments.

For the magazine „Einblicke”, researchers at the university outline scenarios on important questions. The range of topics covered in „Einblicke” No. 70 is broad: from the future of religious education to the question of how we can save coral reefs.

Low algal growth despite high iron supply: Study uncovers surprising link between West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat and the growth of marine algae over the past 500,000 years.

An international team of physicists led by the University of Oldenburg has demonstrated an ultra-fast switching process that could be used in optical components in the future. The light switch consists of extremely thin semiconductor layers.

One university, two marine research institutions, one shared goal: a healthy ocean. An interview with Katharina Pahnke, Director of the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, ICBM, and Helmut Hillebrand, Director of the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity,…