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Flanders leading in photonics innovation
Photonics in Flanders: innovating at the speed of light
Photonics is directly or indirectly tied to 10% of the entire European economy – and that percentage will only increase.
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Nanopore improvement towards DNA sequencing
DNA sequencing provides insight into the blueprint of living cells and individuals and is now used in many aspects of biological sciences, medicine, biotechnology and forensic sciences.
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Nanoscale vibrations pioneering for detection of living organisms
An optical nanomotion detection method developed at Vrije Universiteit Brussel with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland shows that living yeast cells exhibit specific nanometre-scale cell movement.
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15-minute city concept
In January, Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo announced a plan to transform Paris into a 'Ville Du Quart D´Heure' with less traffic and more freedom.
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Invisible light made tangible for the first time
Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Harvard University have succeeded in shaping the optical near-field, which is light that sticks to surfaces. To manipulate near-field light on a surface, the researchers have now developed a component in which light moves through a waveguide.
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Report on palliative care during COVID-19
Researchers of VUB's End-of-Life-Care Research Group wrote a scientific report on palliative care during the COVID-19 crisis. It offers a summary of important scientific findings and their implications for policy and practice.
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eTheRNA in the race for a coronavirus vaccine
More than 1,5 years ago, Steven Powell became the CEO of the VUB spin-off eTheRNA.
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VUB invests in Smart Village Lab
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a partner in the Smart Village Lab project, the first physical realisation of innovative living lab Green Energy Park. The lab will investigate how living can become smart, sustainable and energy efficient in the future and will be inaugurated in autumn 2020.
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Smart materials indicate metal fatigue
Researchers from the Department of Applied Mechanics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel have succeeded in building metal parts that automatically indicate when they are overloaded or are causing damage.
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Healthier workplaces thanks to collaborative robotics
Across Europe, 40 million workers suffer from muscle, joint and nerve pain caused by physically demanding tasks. Moreover, such musculoskeletal disorders are the cause of as many as half of all absences in companies and therefore cost a great deal of money.
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