Scientists at the university have dedicated themselves to a holistic view of the energy consumption of Data Centres in the recently launched "TEMPRO" project. The special thing about it: They are taking the entire life cycle of the devices into account.

Germany's most modern research vessel, the "Sonne", is once again under Oldenburg's command: an international team is on the high seas until 27 February to investigate the bacterial and sponge communities in the Pacific.

Space for 130 scientists, a 30 metre long measuring section and wind speeds of up to 150 km/h: the research laboratory for turbulence and wind energy systems at the University of Oldenburg was inaugurated on Thursday in the presence of Science Minister Gabriele Heinen-Kljajić.

A university campus with strict gender segregation, white doves on a golden mosque: Matthias Marx, who is studying Marine Environmental Sciences in Oldenburg, gained a wide range of impressions while attending a conference on student research in Qatar. His travel report.

Plants and animals are increasingly spreading - humans in particular are contributing to the introduction of non-native species. A team of scientists from Oldenburg has now discovered what pattern the spread follows.

How do coral reef fish find their way to their home reef and what role does the Earth's magnetic field play in this? An international team of researchers led by Oldenburg has investigated the navigational ability of cardinalfish.

Oldenburg scientists have worked with pharmacists and people with speech impairments to design a pictogram book that improves mutual understanding - even without speech. Simple pictograms provide information about complaints and medication.

What role does the brain play in hearing? How do migratory birds navigate? And where is the magnetic sense of salmon located? The new "digitising microscopy robot" will help Oldenburg scientists to find the answers in future.

The university's two new high-performance computers CARL and EDDY have made it into the top 500 of the world's fastest computing clusters. This means that IT services also operate one of the fastest computing clusters for university research in Germany.

Hydrogen fuel cells have great potential, but their breakthrough is still a long time coming. Since July, junior professor Mehtap Özaslan has headed a BMBF junior research group that aims to give the low-emission technology new impetus.

How can regional fruit growing be safeguarded? How can innovative organic breeding concepts be developed and how can access to newly developed varieties be kept open? A new research network at the university will be addressing these questions from January.

High-ranking visitor for the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg: Federal Research Minister Prof Dr Johanna Wanka personally informed herself about the latest successes of Oldenburg's marine research on Tuesday.

To strengthen cooperation among hearing researchers worldwide and in this way promote innovation in the field is the goal of a new project at the University of Oldenburg.

Explaining his research to a layperson is not so easy: computer mathematician Florian Heß on parallels with car construction, the irony of history - and an unresolved million-dollar question.

They provide us with food and raw materials, influence air quality and the global climate, break down pollutants and serve as places for recreation and tourism - marine ecosystems. A new Helmholtz Institute in Oldenburg is investigating how their biodiversity and thus their function are changing due…

"Falkor" expedition: Unmanned aerial vehicles take off from a research vessel for the first time

Pharmacists, biotechnologists, cell biologists and genetic engineers have to work with minimal amounts of liquid. Just one droplet too much or too little makes a striking difference. A new method of dosing now provides a remedy.

Should humans try to cure or eliminate genetic diseases with the help of targeted interventions in the genome? A joint project led by Oldenburg researchers aims to find out what young people think of genome editing methods.

Broad and multi-layered promotion of young talent: four of the university's Schools are currently inviting Master's students, doctoral candidates and postdocs to the first "Oldenburg School" for the humanities and social sciences. A series of events is open to all interested parties.

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Science will be funding nine application-orientated research projects from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the future - two of them at the University of Oldenburg.