The metabolic strategies of certain sulfur bacteria have been decoded for the first time. A study in the journal Science Advances reports that the bacteria are found worldwide and have a complex metabolism with modular features.

The rapid movements of electrons in solids or molecules can be analysed much more easily than before thanks to a development by researchers in Oldenburg. The team presents the new method in the journal Optica.

The federal and state governments recognise the university's gender equality concept by including it in the programme for female professors. This is about academic appointments - but also much more.

Governments are guided by ethical principles when it comes to climate protection, while cost-benefit considerations take priority for their citizens, according to a new Oldenburg study. This poses a dilemma for ambitious climate politics.

After ten years in Berlin, Ann Kathrin Schubert has moved back to the village where she grew up near Bremen in Lower Saxony. Since last September she has been reorganising the university's central Alumni Office.

If you dial 112 for the emergency medical services in the Oldenburg area, the dispatchers won’t always send an ambulance. Since the pilot project Gemeindenotfallsanitäter was launched, they may decide to send a specially trained paramedic instead. 

The first international symposium of the Collaborative Research Centre "Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates" attracted many international guests. The programme ranged from how moths navigate to exotic quantum materials and robots that fly like birds.

Henrik Mouritsen was on the US podcast Radiolab, chatting with host Annie McEwen about the idea that birds use a quantum compass to navigate and how they might visualize the magnetic field. 

Carolin Becklas is the winner of the Oldenburg University Society's Open Science Award. For her, there is more to the topic than just the freely accessible publication of scientific texts and research data.

Five Oldenburg researchers take a look into the future – from cancer research to social media, regional languages, digital education and sustainable product cycles.

A new piece of large equipment was recently put into operation at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment – offering unique possibilities for climate research.

Would people be more honest about paying their taxes if they had to publish their income? Economist Johannes Lorenz investigated and found out that maximum transparency doesn’t necessarily translate into maximum tax revenues.

First-generation solar modules built back in the 1970s are still generating electricity today. In a new study, the output of some of the modules was measured.

Producing green hydrogen by electrolysis is an energy-intensive provess. A team led by chemist Michael Wark is working on ways to boost the efficiency of the chemical reaction using powerful catalysts made from inexpensive materials.

The University of Oldenburg is receiving 22.5 million from the state of Lower Saxony for its "Programme for Excellence". Among other things, the university wants to use this to strengthen the dialogue between the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

The university band "Funkystition" and the school band at Graf-Anton-Günther-Schule will soon be performing together. The collaboration is a lot of fun - and should inspire talented pupils to study music.

The University and the University Society celebrated their New Year's reception with a musical and scenic evening at the Oldenburg State Theatre.

Modern working conditions for marine biodiversity research – that's what the new building of the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity provides. The facility is an eye-catcher both inside and out.

The universities of Oldenburg and Bremen are jointly establishing the “Northwest Alliance.” A memorandum of understanding was signed by the university administrations and the heads of the Bremen and Lower Saxony science departments in Berlin.

A total of 72 particularly talented and committed students at the University of Oldenburg are receiving a Deutschlandstipendium this academic year. Among the recipients are a particularly large number of first-time graduates and volunteers.