Neurosciences
Tickled in the name of research
13.10.2022
Laughter is a form of vocal communication that sometimes gets in the way of speaking. How many of us have been in the situation where we simply cannot speak anymore because we are...
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Evolution
How turtles help to trace evolutionary changes
29.09.2022
Ever since Darwin, we know that as a consequence of evolutional adaptation, species may change their appearances and body functions as the environment changes. A common question of...
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Islam and Society
Customised continuing education for imams
26.09.2022
Imams play an important role as bridge builders between the mosque and society. With its customised continuing education programs, the MOGA project aims to offer targeted support t...
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Research
Breast Cancer: Major Discovery for Treating Cerebral Complications
06.09.2022
A late complication of breast cancer, brain metastases significantly reduce life expectancy of women suffering from the disease. Thanks to a new preclinical model, scientists at...
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Biodiversity
Alien species: unloved but not necessarily harmful
11.08.2022
Alien (that is, nonnative or exotic) plant and animal species are frequently deemed harmful to local biodiversity by conservationists. But viewing all alien species as harmful woul...
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Cancer research
Fewer animal experiments thanks to artificial models
04.08.2022
How can methods and tools be developed to ensure that the number of animal experiments and the number of animals used in research are significantly reduced? A research team from th...
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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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Politics and society
Elections influence social norms
09.06.2022
The results of a recent study involving a researcher from the University of Fribourg have shown that elections can change people's perceptions of what is ethically right and wrong...
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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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