What protects human skin from UV rays could have negative impact for animals. A team led by the marine biologist Peter Schupp is investigating the effects of sunscreen ingredients on coral reefs.

For the first time since whaling was banned, a team of researchers and filmmakers has documented large groups of fin whales in the Southern Ocean. The team now presents the results in the scientific journal Scientific Reports.

Their common goal is hearing for all: the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all and the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics can look back on a successful decade and look to the future with optimism.

Researchers at the University Medicine are developing an app-based assistance system that contributes to healthy living. The challenge: The target group is older adults who often have little experience with technology.

Creating new habitats for rare plants and thus making meadows more species-rich again, for example - this is what vegetation scientist and nature conservation expert Rainer Buchwald and his students are working towards.

Wiebke Middelberg, a doctoral student at the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, was recently awarded third place in the ARD/ZDF "Women + Media Technology" 2022 prize, which is endowed with 2,000 euros.

The question of how to fairly distribute scarce goods is a recurring topic of public debate, currently connected with possible gas shortage. Philosophers provide empirical evidence in a new study - using the example of a different heating material.

What secret is hidden behind the most famous owl lady in film history and what juicy detail is behind the purple loosestrife? Guests to the Botanical Garden can find the answers to these and other questions in two audio guides.

The universities of Groningen and Oldenburg have been cooperating for more than 40 years. On Thursday, representatives of both universities met for a strategic exchange. Among them: the "Mobile Speech Lab" of the Groningen University.

In the complex search for the cause of age-related hearing loss, researchers at the University of Oldenburg have discovered a promising approach. They have deciphered how certain sounds are transmitted from the ear to the brain.

Many schools in Germany have begun teaching children and youths who have fled the war in Ukraine. In Oldenburg, students from the University's Department of Special Needs Education are volunteering to help respond to their needs.

What do a French composer in present-day Haiti, a Flensburg missionary overseas and a Bremen sailor on board a ship captured in the English Channel have in common? The project „Prize Papers” brings their long-ago experiences back to life.

Culture has long been seen as a unifying force among peoples. The war in Ukraine has destroyed this certainty, says Germanist Silke Pasewalck. Here, she talks about how even the great Russian authors are now being reassessed.

Flies, dust and even microplastics - spider webs capture whatever travels through the air. Researchers have now for the first time tested if they can get an overview of plastic particles in urban air by examining cobwebs.

Kathrin Wandscher and Frederik Pohlmann are pioneers. The budding healthcare researchers tell us what it's like to study a subject that was newly created at the university.

Intelligent hearing aids that work even in difficult acoustic environments – that's what researchers at the university are working on in the Collaborative Research Center "Hearing Acoustics". It now receives funding for another four years.

The way families live together has changed over time. A team of researchers led by Oldenburg social scientist Dr Kai Willführ is using historical data to investigate the impact of family structures on the life of individual family members.

Biodiversity – the diversity of ecosystems, organisms and their interactions – is threatened as never before, despite all efforts. In this interview, Helmut Hillebrand talks about 30 years of the Rio Convention and the central role biodiversity plays on our planet.

She has seen many generations of students and knows everyone who has ever completed a doctorate in inorganic chemistry in Oldenburg: Maria Ahrnsen. A walk around campus after almost 43 years of service.

The aim of a pilot project in Hamburg is to provide better support for children and young people with abnormalities, problems and stress. Researchers from Oldenburg are carrying out the evaluation.