Research
Plastics soon to be more easily degradable?
12.04.2024
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, in collaboration with the Technical University of Darmstadt, have developed a new type of polymer - the main component of plastics - that is more easily degradable than conventional materials. Mechanical treatments, such as grinding, combined with alkaline water, are all that is needed to facilitate degradation and reduce their environmental impact.
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Cancer
Cancer and inflammation: end of a dangerous connection soon?
19.02.2024
Researchers at the University of Fribourg have discovered a mechanism in the body that can have serious consequences for women with breast cancer. Granulocytes, a type of white blo...
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Biology
Scientists at the University of Fribourg have revealed a mechanism that can reduce age-related neuroinflammation
09.02.2024
The more we age, the less our cells are capable of "cleaning out" the waste they produce. The consequences of this degeneration are serious since it can cause inflammation and dysf...
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Carbon emissions: do the ends justify the means?
30.01.2024
They are both the problem and the solution. While emitting vast quantities of carbon, oil companies also happen to be technically in the best position to artificially extract CO2 f...
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Climate
Global warming: glacial records lost forever
23.01.2024
It took no more than two years for the Corbassière Glacier in Valais to become practically useless for studying climate change. This has been made clear by core sampling done as pa...
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Paleontology
A long-known fossil site yields new secrets
21.12.2023
For paleontologists, there is a shortage of fossils for tracing the evolutionary history of the Amazon region, a place that boasts unparalleled biodiversity. By drawing on new data...
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Optogenetics
Successful step towards artificial vision
12.10.2023
A group of researchers from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, China and the USA has made a discovery which could form the basis of a new generation of visual prostheses. T...
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Research
Healthy and sustainable food made in Fribourg
31.08.2023
Imagine foods rich in nutrients and able to provide a long-lasting feeling of fullness. That is the dream of anyone who has ever had to follow a strict diet. The team headed by Pro...
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Paleontology
A University of Fribourg study challenges a rule of evolution
10.08.2023
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 i...
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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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