Scientists from Oldenburg and Bremen have shown that the associations of marine plankton in the present are markedly different from those of pre-industrial times. The study underlines how climate change effects biodiversity.

Hardly any other school subject is taught as often as politics. Yet this discipline contributes to the continued existence of democracy. Political didactics expert Tonio Oeftering on the value of political education - also with a view to the European elections.

Urologists from the Klinikum Oldenburg and scientists from the Faculty of Medicine are conducting joint research in the field of prostate cancer – with visible international success.

Significantly improved acoustics, new technology, more space for instruments: Over the past ten months, the Chamber Music Hall at the Institute of Music has been completely refurbished.

Sport is seen as the engine of integration. But is that even true? Two young Oldenburg academics take a critical look at the claims behind this theory - and put forward their own concept to counter it.

Special physical laws apply to distances of less than a hair's breadth. The physicist Svend-Age Biehs explores these amazing phenomena. He recently received the Gustav Hertz Prize from the German Physical Society.

On 11 May, Oldenburg Master's students will open the self-organised exhibition "HOW WE KNOW - Interfaces between research and everyday life". Pieces from the university's collections will be placed in an unusual context.

Yesterday, the World Biodiversity Council IPBES published its first report on the state of biodiversity. Dr Ute Jacob from the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) was present in Paris.

How did tobacco, tea, caffeine, sugar, chocolate and opium transform life in northern Europe's port cities from the 17th century onwards? Historians from the universities of Oldenburg, Sheffield, Utrecht and Stockholm will investigate this impact.

Minimalism, cubic shapes and right angles: students at the University of Oldenburg were inspired by the works of various Bauhaus artists. Their project work can now be seen at the State Museum of Art and Cultural History.

An image, a thought or a text - composer Violeta Dinescu is inspired by a wide variety of things. Above all, the university lecturer wants to teach her students how to compose authentic music. An interview.

In the REENEA project, scientists led by sociologist Jannika Mattes are researching the regional energy transition as a social process. The initial results from Oldenburg are now available - and generated discussion at a stakeholder workshop.

Writing a seminar paper, bachelor's or master's thesis can be quite challenging. Students of the humanities and social sciences can find support with the "Writing support for term papers and theses".

Voting with a cigarette butt? On the Haarentor campus, smokers can now use so-called ballot bins - bright yellow ashtrays that students regularly use to "choke off".

Medical physicists at the University of Oldenburg are investigating not only terrestrial but also cosmic radiation - a connection that only appears unusual at first glance.

More than 300 speakers from 36 countries will be coming to the university at the end of May to present and discuss their findings and network at the World Congress for Student Research.

What can be done to fight multidrug-resistant germs in German hospitals? A Dutch-German team led by medical microbiologist Alexander Friedrichs is looking for solutions.

Participation of members of the public in a citizen science project helped uncover unusual current conditions in spring 2018.

Sometimes small things have great power. Even grains of rice can trigger social, political and ecological change. Researchers in Oldenburg were recently able to see this for themselves.

Lower Saxony is intensifying its research activities in the fields of digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI): The current branch of the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Osnabrück is being expanded into the DFKI Laboratory Lower Saxony with branches in Oldenburg…