Cancer Cell Research
Give fighters the freedom to control crises
20.02.2020
To win a battle against a crisis, it is important that central command gives the fighters on the battlefield the freedom to control the crisis. A research group led by Prof. Zhihon...
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Asbestos research
A synthetic plant hormone as a new strategy for the treatment of malignant tumours
20.02.2020
Mesothelioma are tumours, which are mainly caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibres, and are as yet incurable. However, there is a molecule, which has a strong inhibiting effect...
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Press release
Nanomaterial analysis for consumer goods
23.01.2020
Fribourg, January 23, 2020 - As of 2021, the food industry and cosmetics manufacturers will have to officially declare the presence of nanomaterials in any of their products sold i...
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Equality
Women perform less well than men: at the core of an illusion
18.11.2019
For the same level of performance, a woman is still judged to be less competent than a man, notably in areas which are stereotypically masculine. The University of Fribourg has tak...
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Global warming
In Greenland, global warming is intensifying the runoff of meltwater towards the ocean
17.09.2019
An international team of researchers, including Horst Machguth of the University of Fribourg, has shown that global warming promotes the formation and expansion of of ice slabs emb...
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Cancer
Two types of stem cells as the root cause of breast cancer
10.09.2019
A research team of the Faculty of Science and Medicine of the University of Fribourg has shown that breast cancers comprise not one, but two distinct groups of stem cells - an impo...
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Down Syndrome
Step towards a medical treatment of the deleterious effects of Down syndrome
05.09.2019
A team of researchers at the University of Fribourg has found evidence for a mechanism that contributes to the impaired metabolism of individuals with Down syndrome. Their organism...
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Biologie
Vaccinating the microbiota of plants, a new approach to biological control
09.05.2019
During the next three years, the research groups of Prof. Weisskopf and Dr Falquet of the Department of Biology of the University of Fribourg will be working hand in hand on a very...
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Adolphe Merkle Institute
Polymers to give early warning signs
29.04.2019
Researchers at the University of Fribourg's Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a method to tailor the properties of stress-indicating mo...
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