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Pollutants in the Wadden Sea: researchers develop analysis tool

Pollutant levels in fish in the Wadden Sea are increasing. Researchers aim to gain a better understanding of the interactions between fish and…

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How fruit bats navigate in the wild

On a remote island in the Indian Ocean, an international team has observed the activity of compass neurons in the wild for the first time. Their study…

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Algae and water fleas in lakes: Light colour influences food webs

Phytoplankton is the basic food source for many aquatic organisms. A new study shows that the light spectrum is more important for these microalgae…

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Northwest Alliance promotes research collaborations

With the “NoW – Northwest Alliance Research Fund,” the partnership between the universities of Bremen and Oldenburg aims to intensify scientific…

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Getting kids moving

Many sports activities for adolescents were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. This had a noticeable impact on their development. Sports…

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Northwest Alliance presents itself in Boston

As part of the Northwest Alliance, the University of Oldenburg has just presented itself at the annual conference of the German Academic International…

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Molecular vibrations initiate electron movement

Whether in solar cells or in the eye: when molecules absorb light, they trigger complex processes. An international research team led by the Ultrafast…

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How populists undermine trust in the judiciary

Judiciaries in a number of countries are increasingly under attack from populist parties. Political scientist Philipp Köker explains the strategy…

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"Global policy is catching up with science"

The global biodiversity targets adopted in 2022 are aligned with science and represent a major advance on the Aichi Targets adopted in 2010, an…

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Moths use stars and Earth’s magnetic field as a compass

Australian bogong moths are famous for their long-distance migrations. An international team including Oldenburg researchers has discovered that the…

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Research from different perspectives

Unusual research approaches in which disciplines that at first glance have little in common join forces is a defining feature of the new "booster…

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Buying time for threatened coral reefs

A new paper published in Science by a team including ecologist Iliana Baums urges regulatory reform to accelerate coral restoration using assisted…

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"You need to improvise at sea"

A team led by marine researcher Oliver Wurl is travelling the Atlantic on the research vessel Meteor. Four team members talk about life on board, the…

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Research on sandy beaches is being expanded internationally

The German Research Foundation is funding the „DynaDeep” project by Oldenburg hydrogeologist Gudrun Massmann with around five million euros for a…

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Living with climate change

More rain in the winter, droughts in the summer: the climate is changing in the north-west of Lower Saxony. In the WAKOS project, environmental and…

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Does the birth of a child change parents' environmental concerns?

A new study shows: The birth of a child has little overall influence on parents' concerns about environmental and climate issues – however, mothers…

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Excellence Strategy: University celebrates sensational success

All three top research projects that applied in the Excellence Competition have been approved. The Clusters of Excellence Hearing4all, NaviSense and…

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Why so many microbes fail to grow in the lab

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

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Needs and justice

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

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New fish species discovered in the Gulf of Mexico

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

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