University of Fribourg

The University of Fribourg is a place where learning, research, employment and events all happen at the same time. Its innovative force makes it an important mover in the commercial and cultural life of the region. Since it attracts students and researchers from every part of Switzerland and from all over the world it has shaped life in the bilingual city of Fribourg since it was founded in 1889.

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PHYSICS

Physicists Create Smart Material for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Electronics

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

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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ISLAM AND SOCIETY

Chaplaincy as a site of social transformation

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 conclusions of the international…

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