The oceans are home to much of the planet's biodiversity. They have a major influence on our climate and provide food for billions of people. To mark World Oceans Day, researchers from Oldenburg and Bremen report on why their research is important.

For the third time in a row, Team UNIted won the challenge cup for the largest company team. The runners were also fast: they took several first and third places - as well as second place in the overall standings.

The university is using heat energy more efficiently: It recovers waste heat from its computer centre, saving 100 tonnes of CO₂ per year, making it one of the few universities in Germany to do so.

Pop music can normalise populism, says musicologist Mario Dunkel. In the following interview he explains how this happens and what it means – for music lessons in schools and for the upcoming European elections.

A 200-year-old knitted sweater from the Faroe Islands discovered in the Prize Papers Project has made headlines around the world. How come? And what else did the researchers discover when they opened four parcels for the first time?

The focus of this year's Diversity Day at the university is the entrance examination as an alternative route to university entrance qualification.

With a staged lecture, the School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences has drawn attention to the impending lack of space. Despite rising student numbers in medicine, the green light for a teaching building has not been given.

The Basic Law was promulgated on 23 May 1949. 75 years later, what is the status of human dignity, which is enshrined as a fundamental norm in the very first article? A guest article by political scientist Tonio Oeftering.

Our democracy is under pressure and must defend itself against its opponents. The Basic Law plays a central role in this, writes political scientist Christina-Marie Juen in her guest article on the 75th anniversary of the constitution.

Thousand-year-old sediments from the Atlantic Ocean show how biodiversity in the oceans could develop with climate change. A team from Bremen and Oldenburg is conducting joint research - also to better assess how to protect marine life in the future.

What does the US sound like? This intriguing question and its many facets will soon be the subject of a conference at the university. Americanist Martin Butler and musicologist Mario Dunkel share their observations.

Two-factor authentication will soon be introduced at the university - a necessary step to protect computer systems from unwanted intruders.

The University of Oldenburg is leading a new research training group on the further development of hearing aids and is involved in another research training group in the field of Computing Science. The University of Bremen is a research partner in both programmes.

Two species of marine bacteria from the North Sea have established an unusual and sometimes destructive relationship to produce the important vitamin B₁₂. This is reported by researchers from Oldenburg and San Diego in the journal Nature.

The properties of complex crystal surfaces can be calculated automatically using a new method. This could speed up the search for suitable materials for solar cells or batteries, report physicists Caterina Cocchi and Holger-Dietrich Saßnick.

The university has been selected to lead a collaborative project on provenance and collection research as part of the Wissenschaftsräume programme of the state of Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation, and is also involved in five other projects.

As Consultant for Strategic Projects at the Department for Research and Transfer, Dr Ineke Hess is responsible for the Excellence Strategy. The relaxed atmosphere and team spirit are the things she likes most about the university.

From today, the pop-up store will offer a colourful programme of exhibitions, lectures, hands-on activities and much more for four weeks. The programme starts with an exhibition on climate protection at the university.

Polish literary historian Lena Magnone is researching the role of women writers in the Slavic-speaking countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. She found peace and inspiration for writing her work in Oldenburg.

Artificial photosynthesis is the subject of a new research group at the Institute of Chemistry. The team aims to develop precious-metal-free catalyst materials to convert carbon dioxide using sunlight.