Literature
Masterpieces of Baroque literature finally available online
01.10.2024
17th-century Swiss literature is often regarded as boring, though this opinion is not justified. Now, the Humanistica Helvetica II project at the University of Fribourg is uncovering forgotten works from this time, some of which were indeed spectacular. A research team is currently translating the texts from the original Latin to make them accessible to a broader audience. Researchers will be presenting this rediscovered literature from the 17th...
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Food
Inauguration of the Interfaculty Food Research and Innovation Center (FRIC)
27.09.2024
The new Interfaculty Food Research & Innovation Center (FRIC) was created in 2023 under the impulse of a working group led by Professor Stefan Salentinig. All faculties at the Univ...
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Neurosciences
Breathing and heartbeat influence perception
20.09.2024
A study funded by the SNSF highlights previously unknown links between the body and the brain. The findings of this research carried out at the University of Fribourg show how our...
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Sleep research
Why do we sleep poorly in new places?
19.09.2024
Why do we often struggle to sleep well the first time we stay in a new place? This is called the First-Night Effect, a common experience where the first night in an unfamiliar sett...
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Award
Outstanding psycholinguist receives Swiss Science Prize
05.09.2024
The psycholinguist Pascal Gygax receives the Marcel Benoist Swiss Science Prize for his excellent work on the influence of language on the perception of reality. He is the fourth r...
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Geology
No, there will be no sixth ocean!
28.08.2024
An earthquake low on the Richter scale has shaken geologists. Contrary to what that scientific community widely thought, the Central Afar region in Ethiopia will probably never bec...
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Ageing
Older people are living longer and feeling younger
26.08.2024
The Swiss population is ageing. Life expectancy is rising and after retirement people can look forward to making active use of a number of years in good health. Older people believ...
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Health
A newly discovered natural compound protects against macular degeneration
04.07.2024
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness among seniors. Researchers from the University of Fribourg, part of a team led by Professor Patricia Boya,...
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Economy
Fair Pension Policies with Occupation-Specific Ageing
02.07.2024
The average remaining life expectancy at the age of 65 varies greatly depending on the occupation. So how does a fair pension policy look like? What would an increase in the statut...
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Biomedicine
Refined methods for conducting cognitive tests on laboratory monkeys
11.06.2024
Researchers at the Swiss Non-Human Primate Competence Center for Research at the University of Fribourg have developed a method that significantly improves the well-being of the ma...
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