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Research data is the precious raw material of many scientific publications. It often takes a lot of time and money to collect, structure and analyze the data. If scientists share that data more with each other, the benefits are…

Many people think that astronomy is mainly focused on visual observation, but you can also listen to the stars. Certain stars vibrate namely; they reverberate like giant gongs. We cannot hear those sounds directly, but we can trace them…

Today, self-tests (rapid antigen tests with shallow nose swabs) are widely used as one of the tools in the fight against the spread of SARS-CoV-2. They are recommended to anyone showing corona symptoms or for a meeting. An antigen test is…

Researchers from KU Leuven (research group imec-DistriNet) and New York University (Cybersecurity for Democracy) show that Facebook misjudges up to 83 percent of the political advertisements they or the researchers consider political…

On the occasion of its Patron Saint's Day, KU Leuven annually awards people with special achievements in the field of science, society or culture. On Wednesday 2 February 2022, the university will award an honorary doctorate to…

A study by UZ Leuven last year showed that the chances of success of an IVF treatment are overestimated, which can cause great disappointment among intended parents. “The implantation of embryos in the uterus after implantation is very…

KU Leuven is making further efforts to limit the number of physical contacts on campus. Face-to-face teaching remains possible, without established occupation limits, but teachers provide an online alternative for as many lessons and…

As an interfaculty documentation and research center for the interaction between religion, culture and society, KADOC has been an established value at KU Leuven for decades. It is also one of the largest cultural archives in Flanders. The…

In recent years, the charter collection of the archives of the University of Leuven (1425-1797) has been completely restored and digitized. These documents provide a thorough insight into the workings of and life at the early modern…

Society is confronted with new and existing essential challenges to which there is not always an unequivocal answer. Moreover, we are flooded with information, making it difficult to distinguish opinion from reliable knowledge. LIAS wants…