KU Leuven

The order in the THE ranking is based on parameters in four domains: education, research, internationalization and valorization. Education and research together determine the lion's share of the score: 90%. In addition, 7.5% of the final…

75 children from Flanders took part in the study, who were followed up for several years. Each year, they were given some reading and language-related tests, and they went under the MRI scanner at three times: at the end of kindergarten,…

Earlier , Minister of Innovation Hilde Crevits announced that the Flemish government is distributing a total of 120 million euros over new infrastructure projects throughout Flanders. The investment is intended to strengthen Flanders as…

Until the 2019-2020 academic year, it was an annual fixture on Leuven's streets: from mid-August, new students lined up in Naamsestraat to register at KU Leuven. In the University Hall they received a student card and a lot of useful…

Carbon dioxide or CO 2 is not the only culprit that is warming our climate. Methane (better known as natural gas) is also a greenhouse gas. A particularly powerful one, because although it occurs in much smaller concentrations in the…

Researchers at KU Leuven may have found a new weapon in the fight against melanoma: antibiotics that attack the 'energy factories' of cancer cells. These antibiotics take advantage of a weakness that occurs when tumor cells try to survive…

The University of Cape Town was hit hard in April 2021 by the severe forest fires that ravaged Table Mountain. In addition to several student residences, the Jagger Library , where all the unique and precious collections were kept, was…

In 2025, KU Leuven and UZ Leuven will open a new interdisciplinary experience center for the general public on the Hertogen site. The Vesalius project will focus on scientific research, care and society. The university is restoring two…

In a healthy diet, saturated fats are only present to a limited extent. Saturated fats have a negative effect on the cholesterol level in the blood. That's why food companies have been looking for ways to reduce the amount of saturated…

Betelgeuse's luminosity dip, visible even to the naked eye, prompted Miguel Montargès and his team to aim the Very Large Telescope at this immense star in late 2019. Immense in this is no exaggeration: if you put Betelgeuse in the place…