The Pacific oyster in the North German Wadden Sea - one of the best-known examples of bioinvasion. Oldenburg scientists have tackled the problem and calculated the global transport routes of invasive species.

Neurobiologist Prof Dr Illana Gozes from Tel Aviv University (Israel) has received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, endowed with 60,000 euros, at the suggestion of Prof Dr Christiane Richter-Landsberg, Department for Neuroscience at the university.

Gisela Christel Schulze is calling for the debate on inclusion to be opened up. In this interview, the rehabilitation teacher talks about the advantages and disadvantages of inclusive education - and explains why inclusion must apply not only to school age, but to all stages of life.

What remains of Karl Jaspers? In this interview, historian of ideas Matthias Bormuth talks about the plans for the new Karl Jaspers Society in Oldenburg, about Jaspers' view of science from the outside - and why such a view is still worthwhile today.

Scientists from Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana are guests at the university. The reason: a DAAD project dealing with the introduction of degree programmes on corporate environmental information systems in these countries has started today.

Sustainable behaviour is becoming increasingly important for the economy. So-called corporate environmental information systems (BUIS) help by processing and providing operational and environmentally relevant information.

John Hattie is one of the most influential educational researchers in the world. His book "Visible Learning" has caused an international furore and is now available in German. At the University of Oldenburg, Hattie addressed the question: What determines how well pupils learn?

"Visible Learning" - making learning processes visible - is his topic: New Zealander Prof Dr John Hattie is considered one of the most influential educational researchers of our time. He will be giving a public lecture at the university on Wednesday, 17 April at 10.00 a.m. (Haarentor campus, lecture…

The monarch butterfly covers a distance of more than 3,500 kilometres to reach its winter quarters. How does it manage this impressive continental flight? Oldenburg biologist Henrik Mouritsen and his team have sought - and found - answers.

Quantumfrog GmbH, a start-up from the University of Oldenburg in the field of web development, received the "Best of CampusGründung 2013" award today at the Hannover Messe. This makes it one of the best start-ups in Lower Saxony.

Wind energy is seen as a pillar of the energy transition. But is this still the case? Dr Stephan Barth, Managing Director of ForWind, on offshore wind farms, floating wind turbines and Germany's unique wind energy research network.

What determines pupils' learning success? Not least the "diagnostic competence" of teachers, say maths didactics experts Astrid Fischer and Johann Sjuts. This needs to be firmly anchored in the training programme - and represents a real challenge.

Ally Sloper, Weary Willy and Tired Tim were the heroes of British comics in England at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Now they are making a comeback: the "Wonderfully Vulgar" exhibition at the University Library presents a piece of comic history.

US professional footballer Robbi Rogers recently admitted his homosexuality - an outing that will encourage other players? Sociologist and sports sociologist Thomas Alkemeyer explains in an interview why the image of football as an arena of true masculinity is becoming fragile.

Niko Paech, economist at the University of Oldenburg, has been nominated for the ZEIT WISSEN "Courage for Sustainability" award in the "Knowledge" category.

The university is getting a new interdisciplinary research centre in the field of safety-critical systems. Here, scientists will develop and test socio-technical systems for cars, aeroplanes, ships and trains. The goal: safe and environmentally friendly mobility.

34 million years ago, a lush forest still grew in Antarctica. Within 200,000 years, the Earth's atmosphere cooled - Antarctica became an ice-covered continent. What contributed to climate change? Researchers report in the journal Nature Geoscience.

"Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) is the name of a foreign trade instrument. It is intended to mitigate the competitive disadvantages of countries that pursue ambitious climate and environmental policies. An international study has now been published on "Border Carbon Adjustment".

Researchers around the world are working hard to develop new time-resolved electron microscopes. Oldenburg physicists have now taken an important step towards realising such microscopes: They propelled electrons with short flashes of light.

In the end, the innovation, the new product, the invention, is there as a matter of course. But what actually happens before that? Oldenburg innovation researchers now want to answer these questions together with colleagues from Göttingen.