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SNSF Starting Grants
15.10.2024
The Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) is happy to consider internal and external candidates who wish to apply to the SNSF Starting Grants funding scheme with AMI as the host institute.
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X-ray nanotomography
Unlocking the secrets of nanoscale networks
23.07.2024
An international team of researchers, including from the Adolphe Merkle Institute, has used advanced imaging techniques to achieve a high-resolution, three-dimensional visualization of topological defects…
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Scholarships
Werner Kurth Donation to support internships at AMI
04.07.2024
The Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) has received a significant donation from the late Werner Kurth. These funds will be used to establish scholarships for international students, allowing them to participate…
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Biomimetic
Breakthrough in membrane technology could impact multiple industries
05.06.2024
Researchers from the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI), together with international collaborators, have pioneered a novel method for creating thin, energy-converting membranes that mimic the structure and…
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Recycling
Plastics soon to be more easily degradable?
15.04.2024
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, in collaboration with the Technical University of Darmstadt, have developed a new type of polymer - the main component of plastics - that is more easily degradable…
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New Fellow
AMI professor honored by international council
19.12.2023
The Adolphe Merkle Institute's Assistant Professor Jovana Milic has been appointed as one of the International Science Council's 100 new Fellows, the highest honor conferred on an individual by the organization.
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New chair
Institute expands its scope
29.11.2023
The Adolphe Merkle Institute is seeking to create a fifth major group in Food Science and Technology with the support of the University of Fribourg and canton Fribourg. The search for a new professor has…
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Fresh ideas
Spark grants for AMI researchers
06.11.2023
Four Adolphe Merkle Institute researchers have been awarded Spark grants by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The grantees will investigate the detection of Huntington's disease, structural color…
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Physics
New grant to create perfectly white materials
13.10.2023
Researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, the University of Fribourg, and New York University are investigating materials that could diffusely reflect all rays of incoming light, with long-term potential…
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