New mathematics professor at Unifr
21.01.2021
We welcome a new professor at the Science Faculty, Enrico Le Donne in the Mathematics Department.
Here is a feature about his arrival in Fribourg and his research in the Alma & Georges magazine (in…
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Photonics: a technology of the future at Unifr
15.01.2021
Professor Frank Scheffold's group in the Department of Physics have recently published two major papers on the manipulation of light by materials, in the prestigious journals Physical Review Letters and…
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Three new PRIMA grants for female researchers at Unifr
29.10.2020
Three researchers have been awarded the prestigious PRIMA funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation at Unifr. The PRIMA programme is aimed at woman researchers with high potential to become professors.…
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Milk tolerance has increased rapidly
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…
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Unifr researchers in Horizonte, the magazine of the SNSF
02.07.2020
Three research programmes at Unifr have been the topic of articles in the Horizonte magazine of the Swiss National Science Foundation
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Predatory dinosaur Spinosaurus: Not just a pretty face
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…
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A beetle against allergies
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…
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European research project - predicting tomorrow's fashion
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…
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New SINERGIA projects at Unifr
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,…
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