Special blend
Magnetic tunable colors inspired by nature
19.12.2025
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have developed a simple method to create dazzling hues using polymers, mimicking the behaviour of cuttlefish and octopuses. Potential applications include adaptive…
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Innovation
Microscope imaging gets a smartphone boost
26.11.2025
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers from the University of Fribourg have developed a groundbreaking iteration of the fluorescence microscope utilizing smartphone technology. Both highly affordable…
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Organoid-on-a-chip
New model to help fight stomach infections
25.03.2025
An innovative laboratory model that mimics the human stomach lining could help better understand how common bacteria cause infections that can lead to serious conditions such as gastric cancer. Researchers…
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X-ray nanotomography
Unlocking the secrets of nanoscale networks
23.07.2024
An international team of researchers, including from the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, has used advanced imaging techniques to achieve a high-resolution three-dimensional visualization of topological defects…
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Recycling
Gibt es bald leichter abbaubare Kunststoffe?
15.04.2024
Forschende des Adolphe Merkle Instituts haben in Zusammenarbeit mit der Technischen Universität Darmstadt eine neue Art von Kunststoffen entwickelt, die leichter abbaubar sind als die sonst üblichen. In…
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Emulating nature
Synthesizing artificial cells
04.12.2023
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have published a groundbreaking study in the journal Nature Chemistry on the development of artificial cells using synthetic materials. These cells could represent…
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