Getting a taste of research processes and gaining academic appointments - these are the opportunities offered by a Voluntary Scientific Year (FWJ) at the university. The volunteers recently presented their final theses.

How do networks with a high degree of cooperation form? A study by team led by Oldenburg network researcher Thilo Gross in the journal PNAS gives a surprising answer. The power to quit turns out to be an important piece of the puzzle.

Many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for orientation. But exactly how they do this remains for the most part a mystery. In the Collaborative Research Centre "Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates", researchers are solving the puzzle.

Wilhelmshaven is home to a part of the university: the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) has a location near the southern beach, which has now been extended. A unique infrastructure.

Anchoring special needs and inclusive education in teacher training programmes at Iraqi universities: this is the goal of a cooperation project led by Oldenburg special needs education expert Clemens Hillenbrand.

Over the next few years, urgently needed buildings for University Medicine Oldenburg will be constructed in the Technology Park. The state of Lower Saxony has now purchased the site - an important milestone for the upcoming construction.

A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on natural matter. A special instrument from Oldenburg was involved in the analysis.

Few students have a flat with a balcony, terrace or even a green space. Nevertheless, they can now plant their own vegetables, herbs and insect-friendly flowers: in the CampusGarden.

The Oldenburg University Society (UGO) was founded 50 years ago - two years before the university. A look at the history of the association shows the close ties between the university and its supporters.

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.