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October 11, 2018
Rhythm on the brain
Professor Sylvie Nozaradan has received an ERC Starting Grant. This prestigious European funding will help her continue her research on the brain’s perception and production of rhythms. Here’s a portrait of an atypical researcher who studied medicine and music...at the same time. ...
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September 20, 2018
The approach fundamental research has been waiting for
The Excellence of Science (EOS) programme, created by the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) and the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek-Vlaanderen (FWO), supports fundamental research projects jointly conducted by researchers from the Flemish and Francophone communities. Four of the...
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September 05, 2018
Technology
The Planck legacy
Simulation performed by Christophe Ringeval, representing cosmic strings, which are possible traces of the unification of forces in the primordial universe. The Planck mission found no such traces in the CMB.
The Planck satellite mission has delivered its final results, confirming the...
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August 29, 2018
Ingrid Falque
On 1 October 2018, Ingrid Falque, a researcher at the Institute for the Study of Civilisation, Arts and Letters (INCAL), will officially join the family of FNRS research associates. Passionate about Flemish primitive art since her first hours at the University of Liège, this art historian...
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August 29, 2018
Benoît Desguin
Cofactors are to enzymes what tools are to workers. Benoît Desguin has discovered a new ‘tool’, a cofactor containing nickel, and intends to identify the family of enzymes that use it to accomplish their tasks.
Covering a lot of ground on bike or in the lab doesn’t scare Dr Desguin. He...
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