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Recherche Posted on 20 March 2023
Biodiversity - History - Veterinary medicine

The wolf is back in Wallonia: deciphering its past and present presence in our forests and countryside

The wolf, a majestic animal that has had many tumultuous adventures with man. Respected in ancient Rome, then demonised from the Middle Ages onwards, the wolf is now gaining ground in Belgium after having disappeared from our lands since the end of…
Recherche Posted on 13 March 2023
Physics - ILEE - NISM

Fluorescence: shedding light on transparent wings of insects

In a new study published in February 2023 in the Journal of Luminescence, an international group of scientists led by Sébastien Mouchet from UNamur, reported the previously unknown fluorescence properties of transparent insect wings. This research…
Recherche Posted on 01 March 2023
Philosophy - ESPHIN - NaDI

NHNAI project: when democracy meets artificial intelligence

Increasingly sophisticated technologies are invading our spheres of activity without our prior consultation as citizens. Shouldn't the new digital tools, artificial intelligence or technologies resulting from progress in neuroscience, which are…
Recherche Posted on 27 February 2023
Biology - Narilis

New clues to break through Brucella's armour

A team of microbiology researchers from UNamur has just published in the journal Nature Communications. The work focuses on the Brucella bacterium that causes Brucellosis, a disease that infects livestock and can be transmitted to humans. This…
Recherche Posted on 10 February 2023
Geography - Awards - ILEE

Women in science: a UNamur PhD student in geography wins award

Jelena Luyts has been awarded a prize for her research on climate migration in Senegal.
Recherche Posted on 10 February 2023
Philosophy - ESPHIN

Spiritualities, sciences and societies in dialogue

Success for the interfaith and interdisciplinary colloquium organised by the University Chair Our Lady of Peace and the eponymous research centre, in collaboration with the Abbey of Maredsous.
Recherche Posted on 10 February 2023
History - PaTHs - Faculty of arts

The PraME Centre contributes to the restitution of a charter from 1176

At the end of January 2023, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) returned a real treasure to Belgium: a medieval charter bearing the seal of the Count of Flanders Philippe d'Alsace, formerly kept in the abbey of Messines (West Flanders), which…
Recherche Posted on 26 January 2023
Biodiversity - ILEE - naXys

A quality research environment through the Namur Research College

At the beginning of each academic year, the Board of Trustees grants Namur Research College (NARC) Fellowship status to researchers who demonstrate a high level of research achievement and who have recently received a prestigious award or funding. A…
Recherche Posted on 22 December 2022
Biology - AI - naXys

BABots: a European bio-robotics project led by UNamur researchers

The design and analysis of the individual and collective behaviour of small biological vermiform robots: this is the objective of BABots, an ambitious interdisciplinary research project led by the University of Namur and conducted by a consortium of…
Recherche Posted on 22 December 2022
Chemistry - NISM

A publication on non-linear optics in the prestigious "Accounts of Chemical Research" (ACS) journal

An international team of researchers, including Professor Benoît Champagne from UNamur, has just published a paper in the prestigious journal "Accounts of Chemical Research" (ACS). They have demonstrated the role of dynamic fluctuations in the…
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