Ecology
Saving a species but at the expense of others?
16.09.2025
The way to hell is paved with good intentions. In the hope of saving certain endangered species and ecosystems, some conservation projects propose the introduction of large plant-feeding mammals into…
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Human research: new tools and support for submitting your projects to ethics committees
26.08.2025
REDCap@UniFR offers study protocol templates, Swissethics published an AI guide, and the University supports contract drafting for research projects.
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KTT supports you in securing innovation grants
26.08.2025
Advance your innovation project with grants from Unifr and programs supported by Innosuisse.
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Showcase your research at Unifr in just a few clicks
26.08.2025
Link your ORCID to Unifr’s SIR in just minutes and let your publications showcase themselves.
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Food Science
New Professor for AMI
04.08.2025
Prof. Hans Jörg ‘Hanjo’ Limbach has joined the Adolphe Merkle Institute at the University of Fribourg as the new Chair of Food Science and Technology. Limbach has extensive industry experience, having…
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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…
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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 disease that causes the…
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Monitoring
Real-time tracking of diesel exhaust particles deposited on lung cells
17.06.2025
Researchers from the Adolphe Merkle Institute’s BioNanomaterials group have validated a cutting-edge device developed by external partners that could transform how scientists monitor diesel exhaust particles…
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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 Nature Communications,…
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