04.02.2021

Flowering plants are much more ancient than indicated by their fossil record, according to a study lead by the University of Fribourg.

21.01.2021

Professor Frank Scheffold's group in the Department of Physics have recently published two major papers on the manipulation of light by materials, in the prestigious journals Physical Review Letters and…

10.12.2020

This new status gives the "green oasis" of Pérolles a better basis for its missions of teaching and research, plant conservation and mediation towards the general public.

24.11.2020

More than forty-five laboratories using optogenetics, a technique combining optics and genetics, have joined forces to create a shared database. Several scientists, including Michael Schmid at Unifr, are…

10.09.2020

Plastic nanoparticles can be absorbed by plants in a similar manner to inert metal or metal oxide particles, suggesting that defense mechanisms that could protect them evolved in plants long before the…

10.06.2020

A highlight of a publication by the Salentinig group in Diamond.

14.04.2020

Imagine a clever computer which could explore the internet, then predict next year's fashion in clothing. Who would be interested in such a software? For one, Zalando, the largest online European clothing…

02.04.2020

L'environnement est au cœur de votre recherche? Vous avez ou vous allez déposer votre travail auprès de l'Unifr? Alors ce prix est peut-être pour vous! Tous les deux ans, l'Université de Fribourg récompense…

11.03.2020

Depuis plus de septante ans, les physiciens essaient de percer ce mystère. Un groupe de recherche mené par Antoine Weis, professeur émérite du Département de physique de l'Université de Fribourg, vient…