Recycling
A new approach for plastic recycling?
23.09.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at EPFL have come up with a novel method for tackling plastic pollution by harnessing the inner workings of proteins.
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Outreach
New book promises fun science for kids
02.12.2021
A new collection of fun science experiments for primary-school children has been published by the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials in collaboration with partners from the Universities of Fribourg and Geneva,…
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Award-winning
Chorafas Prize goes to NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researcher
12.11.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials graduate Dr. Subhajit Pal has been awarded the 2021 Chorafas Prize for the best doctoral thesis in natural sciences at the University of Fribourg.
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Equal opportunities
Highlighting women researchers
03.09.2021
To celebrate Women's Day 2021 and the 50th anniversary of women's right to vote in Switzerland, all 22 National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs) across Switzerland have been working together to…
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Repair
Watching polymers heal
28.04.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute have developed a method to monitor the healing process of polymers and discovered that a much thicker interphase is required for…
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Innovation
NCCR start-up Microcaps raises CHF 5 million
26.01.2021
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials start-up Microcaps, a developer of formulation, processes and equipment to generate precision microcapsules, has announced that it has closed a CHF 5 million seed financing…
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Pflanzenschutz
Nanopartikel für die Landwirtschaft: Pflanzen stärken ohne Pestizide
14.12.2020
Forscher des Nationale Forschungsschwerpunkt (NFS) Bio-inspirierte Materialien und des Biologiedepartements der Universität Freiburg haben entdeckt, wie bestimmte Siliziumdioxid-Nanopartikel als spurlose,…
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Composite polymers
Narrowing the gap between natural and synthetic materials
24.11.2020
Skin and cartilage are both strong and flexible - properties that are hard to replicate in artificial materials. But a new fabrication process, developed by NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials scientists at EPFL,…
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Gut instinct
Next-gen organoids grow and function like real tissues
16.09.2020
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at Lausanne's Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) have created miniature intestines in a dish that match up anatomically and functionally to the real thing better…
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