This week, the renowned particle physicist Mary K Gaillard is giving the opening speech at the 22nd German Conference of Women in Physics in…

For more than 15 years Henrik Mouritsen has been conducting research on magnetoreception in birds. Now, he has summarised the current scientific…

Doctor of chemistry Jannika Lauth was awarded a Carl von Ossietzky Young Researchers' Fellowship earlier this year. In her research Lauth produces…

A team led by geochemist Dr. Katharina Pahnke from Oldenburg has discovered important evidence that the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at…

What happens at the molecular level when we smell, see and hear? At the University of Oldenburg the Research Training Group "Molecular basis of…

The skin, our largest sensory organ, is the subject of dermatologist Ulrike Raap‘s research

and medical care. She describes it as an “architectural…

Religion has become a huge social topic once more since the start of the millennium. How can we coexist peacefully in a religiously diverse world?…

As of 2018 Oldenburg University will take over the academic implementation of a project that has been included in Germany's largest research programme…

Following a test phase, German rail company Deutsche Bahn has announced plans to equip train station security personnel at trouble spots with body…

Migratory birds find their way to their destination with astonishing accuracy. For a long time it was unclear how they determined their east-west…

Assessing the state of an ecosystem solely on the basis of short-term changes in the number of different species it contains can lead to false…

The Antarctic Krill, a small crustacean, is one of the world's most abundant species and the central diet of a number of animals in the Southern…

Addressing research gaps and providing the scientific basis for marine conservation – these are the aims of the Helmholtz Institute for Functional…

It may not be a beauty – pale and rather inconspicuous – but in terms of evolutionary biology this fish is a sensation: the first known European cave…

Space for more than 130 scientists, a 30-metre-long measurement section and wind speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour: the inauguration of the…

Around the globe, an increasing number of plant and animal species are introduced into new regions through human activity. Researchers at the…

Scientists at Oldenburg University can now use a "digitizing robotic microscope" for biological and medical research. Oldenburg University is one of…

Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor returned with a diverse crew of scientists who have newly found characteristics of the ocean’s “skin”…

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…

Ute Koglin uses a toy dolphin and snail shell when she applies her scientific concepts. A portrait of an expert in educational psychology.