A new Assistant Professor for the Adolphe Merkle Institute
10.05.2021
Dr. Jovana Milic, a group leader in the Adolphe Merkle Institute's Soft Matter Physics group, has been promoted to Assistant Professor at the University of Fribourg, where she is investigating hybrid materials…
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10.05.2021
Adolphe Merkle Institute researchers have developed a method to monitor the healing process of polymers and discovered that a much thicker interphase is required for these materials to recover their original…
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Ce n'est pas pour vous mettre la pression, mais... (part 3)
10.05.2021
Pour cette expérience, il te faudra 2 verres, 4 pailles, du film alimentaire, du scotch et de l eau
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Ce n'est pas pour vous mettre la pression, mais... (part 2)
26.04.2021
Pour cette expérience, il te faudra: la vigilance acérée de tes parents, 1 bouteille en pet assez rigide, 1 ballon (ou plusieurs mêmes!), des ciseaux ou alors 1 couteau, du scotch
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Dormice may have hibernated as early as 34 million years ago
26.04.2021
In analysing rodent fossils, scientists from the Jurassica Museum in Porrentruy and the University of Fribourg funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation have come up with a novel hypothesis: hibernation…
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Mass extinction gave rise to modern tropical rainforests
26.04.2021
Plant fossils reveal the devastating effect of the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, on tropical rainforests.
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21st Swiss Global Change Day
07.04.2021
Focus on Climate, Science and Politics Switzerland
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Exploring tomorrow's quantum materials
07.04.2021
A team from the physics department of the University of Fribourg has measured surprising properties in a new type of material, properties that pave the way for promising applications in tomorrow's electronics.
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How do our cells store fat?
06.04.2021
A study from the University of Fribourg sheds some light on how our cells store fat. These results are an important step towards a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying obesity, one of today's…
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