Biology
Comprehensive Method Developed for More Accurate Disease Monitoring
02.05.2024
Researchers at the University of Freiburg have achieved a breakthrough that enables a more precise understanding and potentially more effective treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes.…
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Climate
Global warming: glacial records lost forever
23.01.2024
It took no more than two years for the Corbassière Glacier in Valais to become practically useless for studying climate change. This has been made clear by core sampling done as part of the Ice Memory…
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Paleontology
A University of Fribourg study challenges a rule of evolution
10.08.2023
According to Cope's rule, today's species are on average larger than their distant ancestors. A broad study by a researcher at the University of Fribourg has just shown that that is not the case among…
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Health
Machine learning to accelerate discovery of antimalarial properties in plants
31.05.2023
A new study finds that machine learning could speed up the discovery of plants with potential antimalarial properties. Researchers, supported by ML models developed by SIB's (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics)…
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Chemistry
New antimicrobial coatings for bacteria-free surfaces
26.04.2023
Preventing the transmission of microbial infections is a global challenge, particularly in settings where bacteria can be easily transmitted through contact with contaminated surfaces. A nationwide research…
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Health
How Do We Perceive Our Own Movements?
13.04.2023
Even with our eyes closed, we are able to lift a bottle of water to our mouth. This feat is made possible thanks to a kind of ?sixth sense? called proprioception that enables us to perceive the position…
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Islam and society
Teaching Islam in schools promotes tolerance
26.03.2023
The growing religious diversity in Switzerland poses new challenges for schools as well. With this in mind, experts from the Universities of Fribourg and Lucerne have investigated various school teaching…
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Biology
Is It Possible to Learn without a Brain?
21.03.2023
Certain animals have no need of a brain for learning things. This is the surprising discovery that Prof. Simon Sprecher of the University of Fribourg has laid out in a recently published study. With his…
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Biodiversity
Extreme dwarfs and giants more likely to go extinct
14.03.2023
Islands are biodiversity hotspots and home to animal species with unique features, including dwarfs that evolved to very small sizes compared to their mainland relatives, and giants. An international study…
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