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April 14, 2021
Marine mammals: pollutants caught in the act!
Observing the effect of pollutants on animals in their natural environment is not easy. And it’s even more complicated when they live in the ocean. The method developed by Cathy Debier’s team to collect and store living tissue for a few days will enable scientists to assess the...
Click to know more April 12, 2021
Add a key to the anti-virus key ring
To enter cells, viruses can rely on the complicity of proteins on the surface of our cells. The technique of one of these accomplices has just been unmasked by UCLouvain researchers, offering new prospects for blocking the entry of reoviruses, as well as similar viruses such as...
Click to know more April 07, 2021
Symposium
Water: what are the challenges for the 21st century?
On 26 April, UCLouvain will host a multidisciplinary symposium on water organised by the Louvain4water consortium. Scientists from the seven partner universities of the Circle U. Alliance will present their research.
Water-related challenges are multidimensional and closely...
Click to know more March 31, 2021
Denis-Gabriel Caprace wins NCTAM Award
The Belgian National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics was impressed by the quality of the research conducted by Deni-Gabriel Caprace as part of his UCLouvain PhD thesis on fluid mechanics. He is the winner of the 2020 NCTAM Award.
Dr Caprace’s thesis focused...
Click to know more March 22, 2021
Aircraft wake surfing to reduce consumption
Like migratory birds, aircraft should be able to benefit from the wake of other aircraft to reduce their energy consumption. This could soon become a reality, thanks to an onboard intelligence system that allows the aircraft to locate itself relative to a predecessor’s wake.
Some birds...
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