Global warming
Global warming is causing new rivers to form on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.
24.06.2022
By using more than 25,000 satellite images, Andrew Tedstone and Horst Machguth, two researchers from the University of Fribourg, were able to observe that the runoff of water from...
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Genetic
The genetic origins of the world's first farmers clarified
11.05.2022
The genetic origins of the first agriculturalists in the Neolithic period long seemed to lie in the Near East. A new study published in the journal Cell shows that the first farmer...
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Nanomaterials
New director for the Adolphe Merkle Institute
27.04.2022
In agreement with the University of Fribourg, the board of the Adolphe Merkle Foundation has appointed Prof. Ullrich Steiner as the new director of the Adolphe Merkle Institute. He...
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Environment
Biodiversity: using artificial intelligence to better identify areas to protect
16.03.2022
Can more species be saved from extinction by using artificial intelligence? A team of researchers, led by SIB Group Leader Daniele Silvestro of the University of Fribourg and Unive...
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Cryosphere
1.5 million Swiss francs for cryospheric research in Central Asia
25.01.2022
While glaciers are shrinking worldwide, those in the Pamir Mountains in Central Asia show less change. They and the other components of the cryosphere (snow and permafrost) are key...
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European success
Strong idea earns researchers EU funding
18.01.2022
Researchers from the University of Fribourg?s Adolphe Merkle Institute have been awarded a highly competitive European Pathfinder grant, worth a total of ?3 million, to develop nov...
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Ants
Swapping spit helps ants share metabolic labour
10.11.2021
New findings from University of Fribourg show how fluids passed mouth-to-mouth in a colony of ants allow them to divide and share metabolic labour and adapt to the colony's needs.
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COVID-19
Vaccination of under 12-year-olds: a complex decision
10.11.2021
While several countries have started to vaccinate children under the age of 12 against COVID-19, a study conducted by the University of Fribourg and the Murdoch Children's Research...
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Neuroscience
How tactile vibrations create illusions
21.09.2021
Researchers from UNIGE and UNIFR decipher how the amplitude and frequency of tactile vibrations can bias how the brain interprets them.
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