Calling on its expertise in battling sleeping sickness, Antwerp’s Institute of Tropical Medicine has played a major role in the development of a rapid diagnostic test for sleeping sickness in West and Central Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Full story
Flemish minister-president Kris Peeters
has announced funding of €3.2 million for
“bridging” projects related to the government’s
action plan for the promotion of STEM subjects –
science, technology, engineering and mathematics.Full story
Researchers connected to the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology identified the protein called FMRP as an important cause of breast cancer spreading to other parts of the body. FMRP’s role in the brain is well known, where its absence leads to Fragile X SyndromeFull story
A consortium of organisations from the film industry have launched a website for streaming and downloading Flemish movies. The site includes popular and art house films, documentaries, shorts and animation dating back to 1945. Full story
The Royal Meteorological Institute has its roots in the national observatory. As technology rapidly improved towards the end of the 19th century, scientists were starting to investigate the lowest part of the skyFull story
In the fifties, the met office became one of the first meteorological institutes in the world to get a weather computer. Today, it does much more than just monitoring the weather.Full story
The federal prosecutor is investigating a break-in into the computer system of telecommunications giant Belgacom, the government has revealed. Prime minister Elio
Di Rupo promised that “the
appropriate steps will be taken if
the break-in turns out to be a case of
cyber-espionage”.Full story
Two dozen farmers recently competed for the title of Belgium’s best ploughman. The competition wants to bring more visibility to ploughing and the technology behind it. Full story
Construction has started on Ecotron+, a series of unique ecosystem chambers that allow scientists to perform environmental and climate research. The new infrastructure should draw the interest of the international scientific community to Flanders. According to the Ecotron+ coordinator, one of Flanders’ strong suits is to create top facilities with an international impact. Full story
