Health
Machine learning to accelerate discovery of antimalarial properties in plants
31.05.2023
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...
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Chemistry
New antimicrobial coatings for bacteria-free surfaces
26.04.2023
Preventing the transmission of microbial infections is a global challenge, particularly in settings where bacteria can be easily transmitted through contact with contaminated surfa...
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Health
How Do We Perceive Our Own Movements?
13.04.2023
Even with our eyes closed, we are able to lift a bottle of water to our mouth. This feat is made possible thanks to a kind of ?sixth sense? called proprioception that enables us to...
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Islam and society
Teaching Islam in schools promotes tolerance
26.03.2023
The growing religious diversity in Switzerland poses new challenges for schools as well. With this in mind, experts from the Universities of Fribourg and Lucerne have investigated...
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Biology
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 pub...
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Cancer
A Better Model for Understanding Ovarian Cancer
16.03.2023
Unfortunately ovarian and peritoneal cancers are often diagnosed at a stage that is already quite advanced. This greatly reduces the chances of survival for patients battling such...
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Biobanking
The University of Fribourg Joins the Swiss Biobanking Platform
15.03.2023
The collection, storage, management and use of material of human origin used in clinical research is subject to strict regulation and ethical authorisation. The Swiss Biobanking Pl...
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Biodiversity
Extreme dwarfs and giants more likely to go extinct
14.03.2023
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 giant...
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Innovation
A robotic worm
13.03.2023
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute and Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, USA) have developed a soft, worm-like robot that can wriggle itself through tiny spaces,...
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