Around 40 members of the university - including many students - planted new trees together on the Haarentor campus at the end of November in icy temperatures and glorious sunshine. The campaign was initiated by the climate protection management team.

Desert ants rely on a special component of the Earth's magnetic field to navigate. Their magnetic sense may be based on magnetic particles, according to a new study that has now been published in the journal Current Biology.

Research experiment or classical music concert? The Golden Ear Challenge is both. It brings the University of Oldenburg's hearing research to the concert hall and at the same time generates exciting data for scientists.

Researchers from Oldenburg and Bremen work together on issues important for the future. To further analyse the effects of global warming on marine ecosystems, the have jointly applied in the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments. 

Physicist Christian Schneider has been awarded one of the European Research Council's coveted Consolidator Grants. His project focuses on a special group of so-called two-dimensional materials and their optical properties.

Book fans can currently immerse themselves in the history of the Oldenburg Children's and Young Adult Book Fair and in the fantastic book worlds of this year's KIBUM patron, Cornelia Funke, at two exhibitions on campus.

With a strategic cooperation agreement, the city and university have been writing a new chapter in the history of their collaboration for a year now. In a joint meeting, the university and city leaders gave a positive interim assessment.

Study? Research? Oldenburg students do both! The university held a photo competition to highlight the diversity of their research, and has now awarded prizes to four images. All photos submitted by students remain on display online. 

The university has reached a new milestone in the expansion of photovoltaics: the one megawatt mark has been cracked. Sustainably generated electricity now saves almost 500 tonnes of CO₂ per year

Neuroscientist Martin Bleichner investigates brain processes - outside the laboratory. The German Research Foundation has now accepted him and his research into the renowned Heisenberg Programme.

Anyone who went to university will remember certain faculty members whose way of teaching made a particular impact on them. The University just presented this year’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching to eleven such lecturers.

Many animals can perceive the Earth’s magnetic field, but corresponding sensory cells haven’t been located yet. Using sophisticated experiments and technology, several research groups are hot on the trail of this mysterious sense.

Millions of different organic compounds are dissolved in the world's oceans. These substances bind large amounts of carbon – sometimes for thousands of years. Does this affect the carbon cycle on Earth – and our climate? A multimedia story. 

Philipp Staudt, information systems researcher with a focus on environmental protection und sustainability, receives an ‘Impulse Professorship’. His aim is to enable people to assess their own energy requirements – and to act accordingly.

Stephan Baur from Geretsried gets his pupils interested in science through an exchange programme with a Nepalese school. He has now received the Klaus von Klitzing Prize 2024 for his special commitment.

An AI-based assistance system for cars and lorries that recognises cyclists could make cycling safer. A research project at the university is gradually developing a prototype for such a system.

Only 359 genes and the amino acid arginine as its sole energy source: The metabolism of the bacterial family Oceanoplasmataceae, newly discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, is a mystery to the German-American research team that identified it. 

An exhibition by the artist Klaus Beilstein, which focuses on portraits of 15 members of the university, offers an unusual approach to the history of the university in the library foyer until 22 November.

Three Oldenburg students set off for their semester abroad in an unusual way – by bike. Carmen Sroweleit, Jil Gagelmann and Jasper Laschinger report on their trip to Cádiz respectively Sogndal.

Project launch: The University of Oldenburg coordinates the project “Posters in Brussels” with four European partners, bringing student research to national parliaments as well as the European Parliament in Brussels.