Electrosmog Disrupts Orientation in Migratory Birds
For the first time, a research team led by Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen, a biologist and Lichtenberg Professor at the University of Oldenburg, has been…
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"Hölderlin More Relevant than Ever Today"
Sabine Doering, literary scholar and President of the Hölderlin Society, has been awarded a renowned fellowship at the Notre Dame Institute for…
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Emissions transfers
Paths to a global climate policy
Global CO2 emissions hit a new high in 2013. One solution for lowering these emissions is emissions transfers. Oldenburg University researcher Marco…
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Message in the Strongbox
Cryptography may not guarantee absolute security for communications but it creates very high hurdles for spying programmes. Oldenburg mathematicians…
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The Fascination with Wagner
Two hundred years of Wagner and no end in sight: festivals and ceremonies, productions, concerts, interpretations, documentations and tributes abound.…
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Ultrafast switches for nano light could enable the computers of the future
German/Italian team of physicists discovers novel nanostructured metallic optical switches.
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Border carbon adjustment
A recent study by the Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) investigates the role of border carbon adjustment in unilateral climate policy design.
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The Recycling of Cells
Why do neurodegenerative diseases develop and what role does "autophagy", a cellular self-cleaning process, play in the brain? An interview with…
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Researchers in audiology nominated for the German Future Prize
Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier, Prof. Dr. Volker Hohmann (both members of the University of Oldenburg's "Hearing4all" Cluster of Excellence) and Dr.…
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The Smell of the Reef
The larvae of coral reef fishes swimming in the ocean are just a few millimetres long. And yet they are able to find their way back to their native…
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"Nothing can Replace Dialogue"
The Founding Dean of the European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, Prof. Dr. Eckhart Hahn, in an interview about the sense of community among those…
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Improve University Access!
Germany suffers from a lack of university graduates. One reason why Germany is lagging behind in this respect compared to other countries is that…
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Ants, Bees and “Smart Grids“
How can small energy sources be integrated to form stable power grids? To answer this question the scientists working on the "SmartNord" project are…
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Campus Life
"Just about to Hand in My Paper"
They disappear for hours into their work rooms at the University library. Their faces are sometimes serious, sometimes cheerful. They're loaded down…
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New Building for Research
The University of Oldenburg is expanding: At the Wechloy campus a new building which will house the Neurosensorics and Safety-Critical Systems…
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How Boxers and Bishops "Educated" Themselves
Nils Baratella and Ines Weber are researching subjectivisation practices in their graduate programme/research group
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Clicking into Science
The University will use the Audience Response Systems for the first time in the winter semester. The general public is familiar with these devices…
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