University of Freiburg

In diabetics, wounds tend to progress quickly and heal slowly. Researchers have used electricity to heal diabetic wounds three times faster, which offers great potential for treating those with diseases that lead to reduced wound healing.

A research team has demonstrated how using light to target specific brain cells, a technique called optogenetics, might work to tackle epilepsy, by using the approach to prevent seizures in mouse models of the disease.

While a gigantic asteroid slamming into the Earth is never a sign of good luck, a new study has shown that the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit the planet at the deadliest possible angle, maximizing the devastating climate change that followed.

​Eagles are known for their sharp vision, but that really applies to the middle of their visual field. This means that while things in the periphery of their vision are of average clarity, the subject that they're watching is in sharp focus. Scientists have now applied that same concept to a camera.

For approximately 35 percent of patients, medication for high blood pressure doesn't work in the long run. That's why a team of researchers are developing an implantable electronic cuff, that may one day control peoples' blood pressure via electrical pulses within the neck.

A team of researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Germany’s University of Freiburg have developed a micro-engine that burns oxygen and hydrogen, but there’s a small problem; they’re not sure how the thing works.

Even though a mature pomelo fruit can weigh up to 2 kg, they remain intact after falling from heights of over 10 meters. The secret lies in the structure of their peel. Scientists have copied that structure, to produce a new type of aluminum composite that's stronger than straight aluminum.

In order to keep cockroaches out of air conditioner pipes – along with keeping other insects out of other places – scientists from Germany's University of Freiburg have developed new bio-inspired surface coatings that even sticky-footed bugs can't cling to.

Researchers at the University of Freiburg have developed a technique for making foam from a compound found in tree bark.