Hydrogen fuel cells have great potential, but their breakthrough is still a long time coming. Since July, junior professor Mehtap Özaslan has headed a BMBF junior research group that aims to give the low-emission technology new impetus.

What does it mean to flee your home country? Abdul Abbasi and Allaa Faham have experienced exactly that. The two Syrians talk about their experiences as refugees at the Kulturetage on Tuesday.

How can regional fruit growing be safeguarded? How can innovative organic breeding concepts be developed and how can access to newly developed varieties be kept open? A new research network at the university will be addressing these questions from January.

"Hej! KIBUM meets Sweden" - this is the motto of the 42nd Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Fair, which the University of Oldenburg is organising together with the City of Oldenburg from 5 to 15 November.

He invented the "Schillermobil" for his school - a molecular biology laboratory that can be set up and dismantled at any time. Dr Florian Schaller also knows how to inspire enthusiasm for his subjects of chemistry and biology. On Tuesday, the teacher was awarded the Klaus von Klitzing Prize 2016 for…

High-ranking visitor for the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg: Federal Research Minister Prof Dr Johanna Wanka personally informed herself about the latest successes of Oldenburg's marine research on Tuesday.

Sitting for hours on end and listening intently - everyday lecture life can be quite stressful and tiring. Since the start of the semester, university sports instructors have been providing a new lease of life in the lecture theatre with their "Moving Break".

To strengthen cooperation among hearing researchers worldwide and in this way promote innovation in the field is the goal of a new project at the University of Oldenburg.

The terrorist attacks of 11 September, the NSA wiretapping affair and other events in contemporary history have inspired twelve Oldenburg students to create a wide range of artistic works. The results are currently on display in lecture theatre centre A14.

Explaining his research to a layperson is not so easy: computer mathematician Florian Heß on parallels with car construction, the irony of history - and an unresolved million-dollar question.

Irina Geibel and Anna Dierks have discovered a new chemical reaction - an absolute rarity these days. With their discovery, the two chemists could contribute to the development of new medicines.

They provide us with food and raw materials, influence air quality and the global climate, break down pollutants and serve as places for recreation and tourism - marine ecosystems. A new Helmholtz Institute in Oldenburg is investigating how their biodiversity and thus their function are changing due…

A warm welcome - garnished with fine soul music, improv theatre and useful tips: over 2,200 first-semester students experienced the atmospheric start to their studies at the University of Oldenburg on Monday.

Several intimate, long-standing experts on the life and work of Peter Suhrkamp will be guests at the university in October. The university is dedicating several events to the Kirchhatten-born publisher in the year of his 125th birthday.

"Falkor" expedition: Unmanned aerial vehicles take off from a research vessel for the first time

For several months the historical city of Palmyra was in the hands of terrorists. Ancient sites were destroyed and archaeological excavation areas ravaged. Historian Michael Sommer sees the damage as irreparable.

The founders of the University of Oldenburg had already chosen the publicist Carl von Ossietzky as their namesake in 1974, but met with much resistance. The name has now been official for 25 years.

What does it mean to leave your home country? Setting off to a foreign country to build something new there? The topic of "migration" in all its facets is at the centre of the international exhibition "Kabbo ka Muwala", which originated at the University of Oldenburg and can now be seen in Bremen.

Wroclaw, the current "European Capital of Culture", is connected to Oldenburg and the surrounding region in many ways. What can these two cities achieve today? What prospects do they have for the future?

Helping people to find personal happiness: An alliance of six institutions - including the university - has set itself this goal for young people who have doubts during their studies.