Microbial ecosystems have tipping points where even small perturbations are enough to cause a collapse, according to a new study. Tom Clegg and Thilo…

Philosopher Alexander Max Bauer investigates to what extent people's needs must be covered in order for the society to perceive a distribution of…

Dörte Dannemann is "University of Excellence Coordination Officer " in the Structural Planning and Development Unit, where she is coordinating the…

Researchers led by Oscar Puebla have described a new species of fish in the Gulf of Mexico. The brightly patterned creature, Hypoplectrus espinosai,…

Dr Daniel Kristanto wants to know what goes on in the human brain – not brains in general, but each individual brain. The University is now funding…

The University does many things to make settling in easier for international students in Oldenburg. Intercultural facilitators listen to their…

For the first time, the most prestigious award for early-career researchers goes to an Oldenburg scientist: geoscientist Sinikka Lennartz receives the…

Two projects in the fields of hearing research and political science have received funding from the state of Lower Saxony. The focus is on the…

Time plays an important role in medical decisions at different stages of life. The German Research Foundation is funding research into these…

The first coronavirus lockdown was imposed five years ago. A new study by sociologist Gundula Zoch shows that political trust has changed…

Museum researcher Christopher Sommer studies how museums represent wars and how this is perceived by visitors. His research reveals that there is…

The metabolic strategies of certain sulfur bacteria have been decoded for the first time. A study in the journal Science Advances reports that the…

The rapid movements of electrons in solids or molecules can be analysed much more easily than before thanks to a development by researchers in…

Governments are guided by ethical principles when it comes to climate protection, while cost-benefit considerations take priority for their citizens,…

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…

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…

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

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

Would people be more honest about paying their taxes if they had to publish their income? Economist Johannes Lorenz investigated and found out that…

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…