12.08.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have modified bacteria with UV light to produce more cellulose. The basis for this is a new approach, which generates thousands of bacterial variants and helps select the most productive.
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Fun and games
"Zisch!" brings science experiments to a wider audience
17.10.2023
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials has published a German translation of its collection of fun science experiments for primary-school children in collaboration with its partners from the Universities of Fribourg…
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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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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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Hot off the press
A special NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials issue of CHIMIA
28.02.2019
The Swiss Chemical Society’s journal CHIMIA has released a special issue dedicated to the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, providing an overview of the research and other activities carried out by Center staff.
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