De ziekte van Alzheimer, frontotemporale dementie en ALS zijn verwoestende neurodegeneratieve ziekten zonder uitzicht op herstel. UGent-professor Bart Dermaut, klinisch geneticus en arts, realiseert met zijn wetenschappelijk onderzoek een doorbraak die toekomstige therapieën een nieuwe richting kan uitsturen. Mede dankzij schenkingen en erfenissen van patiënten.
Our homes need to become a lot more sustainable. Besides insulation, the heat pump is the latest ‘big’ thing when it comes to new construction and renovation projects. But is the heat pump worth the hype?
Eline Pottie is addicted to drugs, well to researching them anyway. As a postdoc, she is investigating how psychedelics work and where the effects come from. “I find it fascinating that we still don’t know why these drugs make us hallucinate,” she says.
De komst van de lente betekent ook de terugkeer van heel wat trekvogels na hun overwintering in warmere landen. Maar hoe vinden die vogels, in tochten die vaak duizenden kilometers lang zijn, hun weg? Niet met Waze of Google Maps, maar wel dankzij de zon, een soort ingebouwd kompas én snelwegen.
Elk kind aan het coderen krijgen, dat is de gedeelde missie van enkele UGent-onderzoekers en het leerplatform FTRPRF. Samen ontwikkelden ze met de steun van VLAIO een digitale co-teacher voor de populaire programmeertaal Scratch.
Deep in the Congolese rainforest stands a tower 57 metres high that is helping in the fight against climate change. Since October 2020, the Ghent University climate tower has been measuring both the amount of CO2 captured and stored by the tropical rainforest and the levels of water exchange between the forest and the atmosphere.
Cancer researcher Celine Everaert is currently developing an important test that should help to improve treatment for cancer patients. This is possible because of a scholarship, funded by donations and bequests.
Seventy per cent of the earth is covered with water, and yet we know only a fraction of what all that water can actually do for us. The blue economy continues to discover amazing resources and solutions that lie hidden underneath the surface of the sea.
From now on, Professor Dominique Van Der Straeten can call herself a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This international recognition honours researchers who are making an invaluable contribution to science and its application. In the case of professor Van Der Straeten, it recognises her research, which aims to reduce ‘hidden’ hunger and the consequences of climate change.
Worldwide we are experiencing a real platformania: video-streaming platforms are popping up everywhere. But which platform is your best choice these days? And is it time to get rid of that traditional TV subscription?
We are bombarded with news about energy measures. Even so, there is a yawning gap between the paths defined and what people actually do.
Nearly 30 years ago, Rwanda went through a particularly brutal genocide perpetrated against Tutsis. The perpetrators were mainly regular citizens: colleagues, neighbours, family members… Today, both perpetrators and victims live side-by-side peacefully. But in a post-genocide society, can intergroup biases be ever reduced between individuals?
