September 2016

• 27
  Sep

  Arctic glaciers are a source of silica

  Meltwater contains considerable amounts of dissolved silica, an essential nutrient for a healthy coastal food web.
• 26
  Sep

  Scientists sign Antwerp Declaration on ecosystem services

  Last week, UAntwerpen hosted the European Ecosystem Services conference. It resulted in the signature of the new 'Antwerp Declaration' on integrating ecosystem services in policy and business.
• 26
  Sep

  Launch European ADLAB PRO project

  The European ADLAB PRO project (Audio Description: A Laboratory for the Development of a New Professional Profile) is launched.
• 26
  Sep

  Carbon, pinecones and beechnuts: not all years are the same

  New research aimed to uncover why Pinaceae and Fagaceae produce a lot of fruits one year, while spending almost no energy on producing fruits the year after.
• 23
  Sep

  Gouverneur Andries Kinsbergen Building is a real eye-catcher

  University of Antwerp to open two buildings on Campus Drie Eiken at start of academic year.
• 19
  Sep

  Buckling graphene takes a Lévy flight

  In this latest research, Paul Thibado and colleagues at the University of Arkansas, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University and University of Antwerp (Prof. F.M Peeters from the Condensed Matter Theory group) used scanning tunnelling microscopy to study the surface of freestanding graphene at the atomic scale.
• 19
  Sep

  Application round for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree scholarships open

  Scholarship applications for the academic year 2017-2018 can be submitted as from now.
• 16
  Sep

  Antwerp HeArts takes the pain away

  UZA and UAntwerp establish centre of expertise for health problems among artists.
• 16
  Sep

  SDGs: the tyranny of an acronym?

  This piece is authored by, Jan Vandemoortele, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator to Pakistan from 2005-08, and he was Director of the Poverty Group at UNDP in New York from 2001-05.
• 15
  Sep

  Drowning wetlands in Chesapeake Bay

  A new study by Lennert Schepers shows how a coastal marsh area along the Chesapeake Bay (USA) has been converted to open water over the last 80 years.
• 12
  Sep

  Arnon reduces waste to a single bag of biomass

  Kathleen Vinck (UAntwerpen) designs Arnon, a machine for sorting waste in the catering industry.
• 9
  Sep

  New call for calls for LANS-TTS

  Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies invites guest editors to submit proposals for thematic issues.
• 8
  Sep

  Relocation collection Apllied Engineering Sciences

  From September 12 you can find the complete collection of Applied Engineering Sciences at the UAntwerp Library of Campus Groenenborger.
• 8
  Sep

  Relocation Library Campus Zuid

  On September 19, the UAntwerp Library of Campus Zuid will be relocated to Stadscampus.
• 8
  Sep

  Spin-off icometrix obtains clearance from the US

  Icometrix' analysis services, spin-off UAntwerp and KULeuven, help radiologists and physicians worldwide to improve neurological disorders.