 | Bolivian underground
Bolivia is often presented like "a beggars sitting on a golden throne". Eric Pirard traces the history of the exploitation of Bolivia's mineral resources, particulary the lithium. |  | An encounter with Thierry Chantraine
Thierry Chantraine is the new head of the Liège Space Centre. Here he
presents his vision of the future of the Centre and space technology
within the university and the region. |  | The Belgian deadlock 2007 - 2010
Cultural diversity, Community based confrontations and political
compromises in the face of globalisation. An attempt to explain the
Belgian 2007-2010 deadlock, by Pierre Verjans, political scientist.
|  | Timber trade of African woods
Jean-Louis
Doucet, from the Laboratory for Forestry in Tropical and Subtropical Regions at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech talks about the myths that surround the trade of african woods. |  | Europe : from immigration to emigration
The financial and economic crisis and its expression in terms of
precarity and social inequalities has generated multiple uncertainties
and worries amongst the population as to the present and the future. |
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 | Light against cancer
01/27/2012
Even if it only enables small sized and easily accessible tumours to be
treated, researchers and hospitals are becoming more and more interested
in photodynamic therapy. |  | The real face of the "new" economy
01/24/2012 Have the new technologies changed the face of power? Not in the slightest, according to Geoffrey Geuens. His book, The Old Elites of the New Economy,
which has just been published by P.U.F., dismantles the clichés
generally associated with what has been called the digital revolution. |  | A planet as hot as the sun
01/19/2012
The Kepler space telescope has made possible the observation of two
exoplanets orbiting the remains of a red giant. The planets are very
close to their sun and typically the same size as the Earth. |  | The silent enemy
01/17/2012
Although it lurks in the shadows, osteoporosis can be easily diagnosed
and treated. An article takes stock of the non-pharmacological treatment
of the disease. |  | Going mixed 01/12/2012
Is it better to isolate and put young people with similar problems
together or should we choose heterogeneousness by mixing delinquent and
non-delinquent adolescents for certain activities? A question that
relates to the process of influence. |  | Man's worst friend
01/10/2012
What do we know about rabbits and what can they teach us about
humankind? Not an easy question to answer: everyone cheats and everyone
everywhere always tries to impose their rules of the game… |  | The early days of Belgian comic strips
01/04/2012
The oldest album brought forth by francophone Belgian comic strips is Le Déluge
à Bruxelles, an album ‘in the Italian style’ which was published in
1843. A high angle perspective on the origins of an art often termed
national. |
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