research & discover
University of Freiburg researchers transcend the traditional boundaries between the disciplines, working together to advance scientific knowledge and work out solutions to the great challenges of the future.
Green Hydrogen
Severin Vierrath and his team develop a new process of electrolysis as well as new materials for fuel cells
Hearing thanks to light stimulation
Freiburg researchers develop new cochlear implant that processes acoustic stimuli using micro-LEDs in the cochlea
Lifelike artificial organs
Enhanced superheroes inspire a Freiburg researcher to develop biomimetic soft robotics
A Kaleidoscopic View of Corona
In a new series of video podcasts Freiburg researchers offer their perspectives on the effects of the pandemic
Dictatorship and Historical Justice
The Chinese Studies professor Daniel Leese has written a book about coming to terms with the Cultural Revolution in China
Tune in to uni'hören
The new series of audio podcasts focuses on questions about current and future developments from the point of view of researchers at the University of Freiburg
Crisp and Young, Like the Queen
Evolutionary biologist Judith Korb is using termites to research how social factors influence aging
Network of Silk Roads
The historian Sitta von Reden explores trade and commerce in antiquity
Secret Recipe in the Genome
Asifa Akhtar demonstrates how epigenetics works: starting from the X chromosome of fruit flies, her results apply to humans as wells
Who ya gonna call?
Anna Lux has studied how public media presented Hans Bender and the highly-controversial subject of parapsychology