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Last July, Sophie Keymolen visited four UCLouvain expertise and service platforms active in very different fields: LEMSC (Laboratory for Mechanical Testing, Structures and Civil Engineering), OpenHub, which turns ideas into innovations, the university greenhouses (SEFY), and the university farms (FERM). These four visits provided four opportunities to highlight the key role UCLouvain plays in driving the dynamism of Walloon Brabant, a region renowned for its excellence in research and innovation.

Recognizing a face seems obvious, yet it is actually an extraordinary achievement of the human brain. A study by UCLouvain and the University of Clermont Auvergne shows that the brain relies on a “visual signature” composed of just a few stable landmarks to identify faces.

Organized by OpenHub, in collaboration with Louvain Transfer and the LLN Science Park , this evening marks the official closing of the 2026 edition of the StudentLabs program, an initiative that brings together Belgian and international students around concrete innovation projects proposed by partner companies.

Thanks to funding from the F.R.S.-FNRS, P2C has acquired an ARES‑G2 rheometer, which allows independent measurement of the imposed deformation and the material’s response. This significantly reduces errors related to system inertia and greatly improves measurement accuracy. This instrument will enable more precise characterization of complex materials such as polymers, gels, inks, paints, suspensions, biomaterials, composites, food products, and more.

The Lemaitre4 cluster is welcoming five new servers featuring cutting-edge scientific computing technology, boosting its total computing capacity by a factor of five.