Holidays! You're already looking forward to all the delicious things you'll eat while travelling, but wait ... Can you just eat anything? "There are some foods that you need to be a bit careful with.” Professor Sarah Gabriel tells us how to avoid taking an extra passenger back home
If the Belgian track cyclists win a medal at the upcoming Olympic Games, it will not only be the result of top performances but also of top research. In the Flemish Cycling Centre Eddy Merckx, a stone's throw from the Watersportbaan, a group of researchers from the IDLab of UGent-imec supports our track cyclists with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
Creating new pieces of bone, muscle, skin or fat with a 3D printer to heal injuries. Sounds futuristic? The first steps are already being taken today! We spoke with plastic surgeon and professor Phillip Blondeel about his research into tissue engineering.
Music connects us, moves us and, as recent research suggests, it can affect our brains in ways similar to psychoactive drugs. But how exactly does that work? And can music really be seen as a drug? Musicologist Edith Van Dyck investigated.
Sunshine and holidays equal a tanned skin for many. But we need to adjust our ideas about tanning, according to dermatologists Lieve Brochez and Isabelle Hoorens. Our behavior towards the sun and UV will cause more and more cases of skin cancer in the coming years.
The doping controls at the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games will again have a Ghent connection. The doping control lab of Ghent University, DoCoLab for short, is sending a team of researchers to Paris to help check many thousands of samples. Peter Van Eenoo, head of the lab, professor and cycling fan, will be part of that team: "We won't have lots of free time, but I do hope to catch some of the cycling (laughs)."
Adorable baby photos, your toddler's first day of school or this summer’s holiday pictures with the children. Parents love to share photos of their children. But sharing those photos online is not without risk. Doctoral researcher Elisabeth Van den Abeele offers tips for parents on how best to go about it.
Not got a student job this summer? Then you’d better find one, because it’s not only good for your budget, it also improves your opportunities on the job market.
Imagine if we locked up fewer people, or if there were no longer any prisons at all. Would that lead to more crime or, on the contrary, produce greater equality and security? An intriguing issue criminologist Tom Vander Beken loves to ponder.
Our children are growing up in a world filled with screens. How much should we worry about this? Professor Mariek Vanden Abeele (imec-mict-UGent) analyses the benefits and drawbacks of digital connectedness among young people, and tells us how we can ensure healthy screen time.
Why is one neighbourhood more prone to crime than the next? Can crime be predicted and prevented? Those are the questions that professor Wim Hardyns decided to tackle seventeen years ago.
At last, a feasible solution for sustainable shipping is on its way. The very first tug running on green methanol, developed by researchers at Ghent University in collaboration with the Anglo Belgian Corporation, is ready to conquer and inspire the maritime world.
