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Coronavirus : research

Better COVID-19 prevention, detection and treatment

Over just a few weeks, COVID-19 has been ‘invited’ into several research projects at UCLouvain, particularly at the Centre for Applied Molecular Technologies (CTMA), where half a dozen preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic studies are already underway. Unknown six months ago, the now...
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Coronavirus: research

COVID-19: detection and (de)contamination

COVID-19 has been ‘invited’ into several research projects at UCLouvain, particularly at the Centre for Applied Molecular Technologies (CTMA), where several studies or programmes related to environmental and operational research and logistics are underway. UCLouvain researchers are...
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Environment

Trade: tomorrow’s sustainable sectors?

How can we make global trade more sustainable? By measuring the stability and intensity of the relationships between actors in raw material supply chains and production areas. Patrick Meyfroidt’s team (ELI) offers a specific methodology for analysing these business relationships. It’s an...
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Environment

Radioactive fallout contamination in Europe

A high-resolution spatial map reveals the distribution of soil contamination in Europe by Caesium 137 from nuclear tests and the Chernobyl accident. It’s a radio-element harmful to health but also useful for geological tracing. Nuclear, radioactivity … words that produce chills in the...
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Environment

Under Taal volcano’s ash

Volcanic ash and agriculture don’t mix. In early January, the Philippines’s Taal volcano, one of the world’s most dangerous, suddenly erupted, causing significant damage to crops and brutally depriving local people of their livelihood. Pierre Delmelle and Noa Ligot (Earth and Life Institute)...
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