Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Universities of Oldenburg and Potsdam have succeeded in identifying a new species of amphipod in the North Sea. To characterise the new species, they used genetic information that is otherwise used in other areas of genetics. This approach could…

A research team led by psychologist Christoph Herrmann wants to improve speech comprehension with a special form of electrical brain stimulation. The Oldenburg researchers and their partners want to develop a new hearing aid as part of a BMBF joint project.

A career in academia? The "Fem4Scholar" mentoring programme offers seminars and workshops to support female students who are considering a career in the humanities.

What do astrophysicists do? How does a scanning electron microscope work? And what does the everyday life of bookbinders look like? This year's "Future Day for Girls and Boys" provided exciting insights into study and training opportunities at the university: a series of pictures.

Starting signal for a historical research project that is one of the largest in Germany: The "Prize Papers" academy project was opened in Oldenburg Castle on Wednesday in front of around 130 guests from the worlds of science, politics and culture.

Amongst donkeys prancing, turtles dancing in slow motion and clucking chickens, Oldenburg students are learning what makes artistic work in an inclusive group so special. They are currently rehearsing "Carnival of the Animals". The play premieres on 5 May.

Chemist Jannika Lauth was awarded a Carl von Ossietzky Young Researchers' Fellowship this year. She is investigating two-dimensional nanoparticles using innovative laser processes. Possible applications include ultra-thin solar cells, fast transistors and energy-saving LEDs.

For the first time, a team of researchers led by Oldenburg has been able to scientifically describe a bacterium isolated from oil-contaminated samples from the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010. It belongs to the Roseobacter group and is therefore one of the most important groups of marine…

Since summer 2016, the university has had its own student body for students on cooperative degree programmes. After all, studying at two universities at the same time brings its own challenges.

Deafness is one of the most common congenital diseases of the sensory organs in newborns. Cochlear implants can compensate for hearing loss in a good two thirds of those affected. However, the hearing prostheses do not help a third. Oldenburg scientists are on the trail of this phenomenon.

What does everyday life look like for people with and without disabilities? Are many things the same or do they live in separate worlds? Ten students at the university set out to find out - and designed an interactive exhibition.

Individual and online-supported - this is how Anke Hanft, Academic Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning (C3L) at the University of Oldenburg, sees the future of academic teaching and further education. In this interview, she explains why the changing world of work is also affecting…

Students can have competences acquired outside the university credited towards their studies. Staff from PLAR Services and the University's Examinations Office will support them in this process.

Scientists from Oldenburg are currently travelling to the Antarctic on the research vessel Polarstern. Led by marine biologist Bettina Meyer, they are investigating, among other things, how climate change is affecting krill stocks in the Atlantic part of the Southern Ocean.

The more electricity comes from renewable sources, the more complex the electricity grid becomes. Energy computer scientists at the University of Oldenburg are researching the transformation to a flexible and intelligent system as part of a DFG Priority Programme.

In a joint project, scientists led by biology education specialist Corinna Hößle are investigating what pupils know about genome editing and how they evaluate it ethically. The researchers want to sensitise adolescents and their teachers to the topic.

How can the integration of refugee children be promoted? Special education students accompany 18 boys and girls for nine months and investigate which activities the children particularly benefit from.

Paul Bekker was one of the most influential music critics of the early 20th century. One of his studies on Ludwig van Beethoven was considered lost for over 80 years - until the musicologist Anna Langenbruch discovered it.

Why did the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere suddenly rise after the end of the last ice age? Processes at the bottom of the Southern Ocean could be responsible, report researchers led by geochemist Dr Katharina Pahnke in the journal Science.

A new teaching laboratory on the Wechloy campus will improve training in degree programmes such as Biology, Environmental Sciences, Medicine and Chemistry from March. Microbiologist Prof Dr Ralf Rabus is delighted with the new facilities, which will be used exclusively for block practicals.