03.09.2020

Only a few of the bones from remains found on the oldest known battlefield in Europe show evidence of milk tolerance. Some 120 generations later, almost all people living in the same area are now able…

02.07.2020

Three research programmes at Unifr have been the topic of articles in the Horizonte magazine of the Swiss National Science Foundation

15.06.2020

A primeval giant with a low, elongated skull? That doesn't quite correspond to our typical image of a predatory dinosaur. However, a preliminary examination of the inner structures of a Spinosaur skull…

22.04.2020

Hardly any other plant is as allergenic as Ambrosia. But now there is a glimmer of hope - thanks to an accidentally introduced beetle. A study, in which the University of Fribourg was a participant, has…

07.04.2020

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…

25.03.2020

Four researchers from the University of Fribourg have obtained "Sinergia" funding from the Swiss National Fund. Sinergia supports ambitious collaborative projects between two to four professors in Switzerland,…

23.03.2020

A good spell for research at the Department of Physics: the result of a massive 20-year-long experiment, and 2 publications in the prestigious journal Nature Communications.

10.03.2020

It is estimated that every 17 minutes in Switzerland someone receives a diagnosis of some form of dementia. A team of researchers at the University of Fribourg has shown that an analysis of the microbial…

05.03.2020

Two post-doctoral researchers have been awarded prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships at Unifr. Philip Scholten and Samet Kocabey will investigate degradable plastics and cancer biomarkers.