24.10.2023
Le Jardin botanique crée une carte interactive pour localiser ses plantes
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A University of Fribourg study challenges a rule of evolution
23.08.2023
According to Cope's rule, today's species are on average larger than their distant ancestors. A broad study by a researcher at the University of Fribourg has just shown that that is not the case among…
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Machine learning to accelerate discovery of antimalarial properties in plants
21.06.2023
A new study finds that machine learning could speed up the discovery of plants with potential antimalarial properties. Researchers, supported by ML models developed by SIB's (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics)…
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Comment les plantes arbitrent entre croissance et défense
10.05.2023
En tant qu'organismes interdépendants, les plantes se livrent à un arbitrage permanent: choisir d'investir leurs ressources dans la croissance ou dans la défense. Dans une récente étude, une équipe de…
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Is It Possible to Learn without a Brain?
21.03.2023
Certain animals have no need of a brain for learning things. This is the surprising discovery that Prof. Simon Sprecher of the University of Fribourg has laid out in a recently published study. With his…
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Extreme dwarfs and giants more likely to go extinct
21.03.2023
Islands are biodiversity hotspots and home to animal species with unique features, including dwarfs that evolved to very small sizes compared to their mainland relatives, and giants. An international study…
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08.02.2023
Discover 5 articles featuring our researchers in the latest edition of "Universitas", University of Fribourg's scientific magazine. "Der Countdown läuft", "Wieso Ameisen anders altern", "Warum altern wir?",…
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Human activity, the driving force of destruction in the Amazon.
31.01.2023
In a matter of decades, human activity has had a greater impact on the Amazon's ecosystems than millions of years of natural evolution. That is the conclusion reached in a study recently published in the…
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Supporting an urgent call to protect Madagascar's biodiversity with AI
03.01.2023
A major review of Madagascar's unique biodiversity has just taken place, involving over 50 organisations worldwide. Madagascar is one of the world's foremost biodiversity hotspots with 82% of its plants…
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