Physics
Physicists Create Smart Material for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Electronics
23.07.2025
We are constantly surrounded by a background of electromagnetic noise – from mobile phones, Wi-Fi routers, power lines, or natural sources – that is commonly perceived as useless perturbation or even as dangerous. A research team involving the University of Fribourg has discovered a material that allows one to convert this noise rather efficiently into electric signals and currents that can power electronic devices, without any battery, light so...
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Psychology
How Former Refugees Can Close the Treatment Gap
21.08.2025
A new study with the involvement of the University of Fribourg shows how refugees trained as mental health helpers can offer vital psychological support to others in their communit...
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Health
The hidden gene doping our blood
02.07.2025
An international consortium of scientists, including five researchers from the University of Fribourg, has located the genetic mutations behind certain forms of erythrocytosis, a d...
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Islam and Society
Chaplaincy as a site of social transformation
27.06.2025
Chaplaincy in secular institutions such as hospitals, prisons and asylum centres is proving to be a dynamic form of expression for religion and spirituality. This was the conclusio...
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05.06.2025
In class, teachers regularly assess their students’ speaking skills. But how exactly is this done – and how do students experience these types of exams? A new study from the Univer...
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Climate
Melting of Greenland’s ice sheet: how ice slabs regulate meltwater runoff into the sea
27.05.2025
Scientists working at the universities of Fribourg and Lausanne have developed a model for the way Greenland’s meltwater drains into the sea. Their study, published in the journal...
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Sport
Everybody’s a top scorer thanks to virtual reality?
06.05.2025
In just 15 minutes, training with a simulator allowed professional hockey players to significantly improve their perceptual abilities in front of the opposing team’s net. Developed...
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Psychology
Do children work better alone or when supervised by an unknown?
12.03.2025
The presence of an unfamiliar person significantly slows down the time children take to complete tests. That is the conclusion of a recent study carried out on 123 children and it...
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Health
Stage win in fight against antibiotic resistance
05.03.2025
University of Fribourg researchers have managed to demonstrate both the effectiveness and the limits of a new molecule (xeruborbactam) in treating certain antibiotic-resistant bact...
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Health
Cyanide: a toxic gas and indispensable element in our cells
03.03.2025
All things are poison, and nothing is without poison. It is the dose that does in, the quantity that makes the poison! A team of scientists headed by Prof. Csaba Szabo of the Unive...
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