Antwerp researchers make anticancer medicines from wood

Environment - Apr 16

New process makes the production of pharmaceuticals more efficient and sustainable. In the near future, fossil raw materials can be replaced in the production of two important anticancer drugs. An interuniversity team with researchers from UAntwerp and KU Leuven developed a process that starts from … wood.

Environment - Apr 15

Back from Antarctica on a sailing ship: a successful expedition!

A team of Belgian and French researchers is back from a 6-week mission studying Antarctica on a sailing ship.

Physics - Apr 8

KU Leuven engineers calculate where microplastics will end up

What is the impact of weathering processes on microplastics, and how do the particles spread across seas and oceans' Computer models developed by hydraulics engineers from KU Leuven may help to find the answers.

Life Sciences - Apr 10

Monkeys use different part of the brain for depth perception than human beings

Our brain relies on 2D information to create a 3D image of the world.

Environment - Apr 2

Forests protect animals and plants against warming

The impacts of climate warming are buffered inside forests due to the thermal insulation of forest canopies. These results are based on an international study led by Ghent University researchers. Temperature difference of 4 degrees - Scientists of eight universities have quantified the temperature difference between sites within forests and outside, for the first time across the globe.

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