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Portrait of Hanin Karawani with Humboldt scarf.
Hearing Research Top News

Research goal: good hearing for longer

Hanin Karawani Khoury normally conducts her research at the University of Haifa in Israel.. Now the hearing scientist is spending a year at the…

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Transfer Top News

Start-up support with international appeal

The aim of the "Lighthouse Northwest – Shining across Borders" project is to connect the existing start-up support in Lower Saxony and Brement and to…

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Jubiläum Campus Life

International Summer Fest 2024

An intercultural marketplace, delicious food, music, dance, theatre and open-air performances on the festival stage - that was the International…

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Image of a boulder in the Atlantic at a depth of 560 metres. On the rocks are brittle stars and crinoids, important organisms in the deep-sea ecosystem.
Excellence Strategy Top News Marine Sciences

"One feels like a true explorer"

The oceans are home to much of the planet's biodiversity. They have a major influence on our climate and provide food for billions of people. To mark…

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View into the sky, in the foreground a computer cabinet hangs from a crane, in the background trees and the A1 building with a dove of peace, on the right the round wall of the lecture theatre centre still protrudes into the picture.
Buildings Sustainability Campus Life

Sustainable heating for the campus

The university is using heat energy more efficiently: It recovers waste heat from its computer centre, saving 100 tonnes of CO2 per year, making it…

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Top News Music

Music is always political

Pop music can normalise populism, says musicologist Mario Dunkel. In the following interview he explains how this happens and what it means – for…

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Excellence Strategy Top News Marine Sciences

A tale of change

Thousand-year-old sediments from the Atlantic Ocean show how biodiversity in the oceans could develop with climate change. A team from Bremen and…

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Top News Music English and American Studies

Election campaign bluster and jazz

What does the US sound like? This intriguing question and its many facets will soon be the subject of a conference at the university. Americanist…

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Research Top News Marine Sciences

Marine bacteria team up to produce a vital vitamin

Two species of marine bacteria from the North Sea have established an unusual and sometimes destructive relationship to produce the important vitamin…

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Top News Physics

Automatically predicting the properties of crystal surfaces

The properties of complex crystal surfaces can be calculated automatically using a new method. This could speed up the search for suitable materials…

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The picture shows Ineke Hess. She is sitting opposite the interviewer and looks at him. She is smiling slightly. Both are sitting at a desk. Behind Hess, a flipchart for planning can be recognised in a blur.
Excellence Strategy Campus Life

Manager and mediator

As Consultant for Strategic Projects at the Department for Research and Transfer, Dr Ineke Hess is responsible for the Excellence Strategy. The…

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Research Top News Chemistry

Turning carbon dioxide into useful chemicals

Artificial photosynthesis is the subject of a new research group at the Institute of Chemistry. The team aims to develop precious-metal-free catalyst…

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The picture shows a monument to Immanuel Kant. Kant is standing on a pedestal and looking into the distance. A park and buildings can be seen in the background.
Top News Philosophy

Revolution in the realm of ideas

Today marks the 300th anniversary of Immanuel Kant's birth. Anyone thinking about war and peace, responsibility or objectivity will find plenty of…

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The picture shows the marine bristle worm Platynereis dumerilii in a blue water basin.
Excellence Strategy Research Top News Marine Sciences

No two worms are alike

In the animal kingdom, too, there are different personalities, each with their own lifestyle: even simple marine worms live their daily lives to their…

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The picture shows a stony coral (Acropora millepora). It is greenish in colour. On its surface are numerous small individual polyps, also greenish in colour.
Transfer Campus Life Marine Sciences Marine Science

Coral researchers awarded EXIST start-up funding

Coral farming based on sexual propagation, leading to a more sustainable coral trade and helping to protect coral reefs – this is the goal of SciReef,…

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Top News Higher Education Policy

Listening, exchanging, developing

One hundred days in office: chemist Katharina Al-Shamery, theologian Andrea Strübind and literary scholar Ralf Grüttemeier joined the Presidential…

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Excellence Strategy Research Top News

Highly relevant research

During visits to the university, the Minister of Science in Lower Saxony, Falko Mohrs, learned about the three Clusters of Excellence initiatives and…

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Robot arm places battery pack on a conveyor belt.
Research Top News Computing Science

Improving battery production

Digital models of battery factories could help increase the production of lithium-ion batteries in Europe significantly in the coming years. Computer…

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Astronomy Campus Life

Spacewatch in Wechloy

A telescope on the roof of the physics building scans the sky for newly discovered near-Earth asteroids. Using a sophisticated automated observation…

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Campus Life International affairs

Researchers from around the world

The University of Oldenburg is international. Here we introduce people from all over the world who have chosen to come to Oldenburg. The following…

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