Science

KU Leuven is the saviour of coconut production

24 September 2021

Faced with a constantly increasing demand for coconuts and their by-products, KU Leuven is proposing a fast, efficient, and inexpensive technique for producing thousands of new coconut trees with a ve

New advances in cancer detection

23 September 2021

A new technique for diagnosing cancers will be developed thanks to UCLouvain. An exclusive partnership agreement has just been concluded with an American pharmaceutical company for this purpose.

ISS space station has Belgian magnetometer OSCAR-QUBE on board

08 September 2021

Students from Hasselt University were elated and proud when they heard that French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet had successfully installed their diamond-based quantum magnetometer OSCAR-QUBE on the IS

A bacterium that combats obesity soon to be marketed

08 September 2021

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has authorised the launch of the bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila as a food supplement.

Human and octopus brains are remarkably similar

02 September 2021

Playing, dreaming, handling objects or planning: these things apparently come as naturally to an octopus as they do to a human being.

Science is in our DNA

A true Belgian tradition, scientific and technical research has always been promoted throughout the country, with many researchers involved in a wide range of international scientific programmes. Medicine, chemistry, statistics and astronomy can be counted among Belgium's strengths, fields where Belgian researchers have received prestigious scientific awards.

Today, Belgian proficiency can be seen in many other fields such as nanotechnology, biotechnology and even vaccinations. The universities are the primary pool for this Belgian scientific expertise and, through the creation of spin-offs, have taken the important step of enhancing invaluable skills. The treatment of cancer by proton therapy is probably one of the best economic and scientific successes worldwide.

Belgium is also actively involved in space research, research in the North Sea and climate research in Antarctica with the Princess Elisabeth station. Currently, ambitious research projects focused on sustainable development are also being funded.

To date, many Belgian scientists have been received into prestigious universities abroad; just like Belgium itself welcomes various foreign students and researchers attracted by the high scientific level of its universities together with the quality of life in Belgium.

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