News for p2
January 24, 2022
UCLouvain team discovers link between sugar metabolism...
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, but we still do not understand why this disease occurs. Scientists from the UCLouvain de Duve Institute have discovered a new type of molecular damage that is linked to the metabolism of sugar (glycolysis). They also...
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December 02, 2021
Monitoring crops on La Palma
The crops at the foot of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, 90% of which are banana plantations, have been exposed to volcanic ash fallout for over two months. What economic losses will this cause farmers on the island of La Palma and how will they recover and adapt to this long eruption? Pierre...
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November 30, 2021
Covid-19: from press stud virus to Velcro variant
At a time when the question of a third dose of vaccine for all is on the table, research using an atomic force microscope has revealed more stable—and therefore more difficult to break—bindings of SARS-CoV-2 variants to receptors in our cells. Combined with the loss of affinity of some...
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November 10, 2021
Vincent Baeten and infrared spectroscopy
Vincent Baeten, a visiting professor at UCLouvain, received the prestigious Tomas Hirschfeld Award from the International Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS) during a ceremony organised by China on 21 October as part of the 20th ICNIRS conference. The award recognises his work...
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November 10, 2021
Ion man: diving into the depths of plasmas
It had seemed impossible but he did it! Matthieu Génévriez observed Rydberg states within molecular ions, the charged particles that are one of the components of plasma. This provides a better understanding of the behaviour of this fourth state of matter, present in the outer layers of...
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