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In the sixth and final video of the "Women in Science 2024" campaign, Aurélia Chenu brings up her fascination for the world of quantum physics, her inspirations and how she perceives her roles as professor, team leader and mother.

Supernovas are the spectacular end result of the collapse of stars with a mass greater than 8-10 times that of the sun.

Five Ghent researchers will receive an ERC Starting Grant. This grant will allow them to expand their research group and conduct groundbreaking research.

The VUB-ULB Interuniversity Institute for High Energies (IIHE) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The institute researches the smallest and largest building blocks of our world. Throughout its 50 years of existence, the IIHE has always been at the forefront of the revolution taking place in contemporary physics and therefore in our understanding of everything from the smallest elements of nature to the very largest structures in the universe.

Two young VUB scientists have each received a Frank De Winne fellowship from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO).

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 — Thijs Stuyver will defend his PhD dissertation on the electrical conductivity of molecules at VUB on Wednesday May 30th at 5:00pm.

The museum Ten Duinen in Koksijde (Belgium) was looking for scientific evidence concerning a more accurate dating of two stained glass panels from the 14th century.

Not only is light useful, cosy and beautiful, it is also terrifically interesting and full of unexpected applications! But that is something we will let the visitors to the Ghent Light Festival 2018 discover for themselves in the foyer of the Universiteitsforum Building (Ufo). Smack in the middle of all the spectacular light artworks, dozens of enthusiastic light researchers from Ghent University will amaze you with interactive demos.

Inleiding: A team of researchers from the University of Manchester in collaboration with Prof. Peeters from the CMT group at UAntwerpen, have discovered that the naturally occurring gaps betwe