Mixtures of hydrocarbons - such as crude oil or natural gas - are the basis for many products, from painkillers to plastic packaging. How can carbon-hydrogen bonds be brought to direct reactions in a targeted manner? This is what doctoral students in a new Oldenburg research training group will soon…

A team led by biochemists Karl-Wilhelm Koch and Farina Vocke has succeeded in elucidating the molecular basis of a genetic retinal disease. The findings could help to better understand more common forms of retinal degeneration.

On 21 June, the time has come: a team of students and staff from the University of Oldenburg will compete in the "Sportabzeichen Uni Challenge" against universities from Hanover, Vechta, Braunschweig, Darmstadt and Erfurt. The athletes have been preparing for the competition since the beginning of…

When ADHD patients become adults, their disorder is not necessarily over - but treatment often stops, according to scientists at the university. The Oldenburg ADHD outpatient clinic would therefore also like to better dovetail adolescent and adult psychiatry.

Thesis, application, job interview: The eighth Career Day at the University of Oldenburg will focus on the transition from studies to academic appointments. The job and internship fair will take place on Tuesday, 9 May, from 10:00 to 15:00 in the university's lecture hall centre.

From Munich to Helgoland, from Bonn to Berlin: last Saturday, tens of thousands gathered in Germany alone to demonstrate in favour of the value of research and science for democracy.

Campus radio has been telling stories from the University of Oldenburg for three years. The team will be presenting some of them in an interactive podcast tour until 30 April.

On Ardley Island in the Antarctic, a colony of gentoo penguins lives dangerously close to a volcano: the penguins have been brought to the brink of extinction several times over the past 7,000 years by volcanic eruptions. This is shown by a recent study in which Oldenburg researchers were involved.

The final of the international Hyperloop competition will take place in California at the end of August. A team of students from the University of Oldenburg and the Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences is in the race for the fastest vehicle for the means of transport of the future.

It is not a beauty, pale and rather inconspicuous - but in terms of evolutionary biology it is a sensation: the first known cave fish in Europe. Oldenburg genomicist Arne Nolte was also involved in the spectacular discovery north of Lake Constance.

Office hours for cuddly toys at Oldenburg Children's Hospital: medical students at the university organised a "Teddy Bear Hospital" for the fourth time. The aim was to take away the children's fear of visiting the doctor.

15 art students had themselves photographed in everyday places on campus. The speciality: They have painted their bodies in such a way that they virtually merge with the background.

It is wafer-thin, but nevertheless important - the boundary layer between the ocean and the atmosphere. It influences the exchange of gases between water and air - and thus has an impact on the climate. An international team of researchers is now investigating this layer in the Jade Bay.

The university has its own Quidditch team. That's right - the sport known from the magical Harry Potter world and played at lofty heights on flying brooms. But the university athletes stay on the ground.

The European Union is celebrating its 60th birthday - and is in crisis. In this interview, social scientist and Europe expert Martin Heidenreich talks about the successes and failures of European integration, cross-border solidarity and social division.

Back at university after 30 years: in mid-March, the first-year physics students from the winter semester 86/87 came to Oldenburg for a reunion.

Is the agricultural industry producing the right seeds for sustainable agriculture? Can common property rights to varieties change plant cultivation socially and ecologically? The "Right Seeds" research group is focussing on these questions.

How can the horror of the Holocaust be made comprehensible to children and young people today? One answer is provided by the "Heimatsucher" project, which is aimed at schools nationwide - and is now being incorporated into teacher training programmes in Oldenburg.

During his visit to the European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil paid tribute to the medical training programme. He was given exclusive insights into the degree programme and modern hearing research in the NeSSy research building.

A group of students at Oldenburg University and Hochschule Emden/Leer has a vision: to help design a brand new mode of eco-friendly transport. Their goal is to win the international Hyperloop Pod Competition.