 | Coma and disorders of consciousness
For more than ten years, the Coma Science Group’s researchers have been
wending their way through the twists and turns of disorders of
consciousness. They have recorded their findings in a work that already
promises an excellent international future. |  | 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. |
Archives of the deciphering page
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 | Fossil sponges
02/20/2012
Once upon a time, more than 300 million years ago, Wallonia had no
reason to envy the Bahamas. Fossil sponges tell us more about this
period!. |  | Oceanic islands, a reservoir of biodiversity
02/14/2012
Plants (re)colonise the European continent from the Azores, the Canaries
and Madeira. Islands should not, therefore, be considered as
evolutionary cul-de-sacs. |  | The piranhas are bigmouths
02/08/2012
Whether it is to find a sexual partner or to see off an enemy, certain
fish produce sounds. For their part piranhas sometimes start to grunt to
warn that they are about to attack. |  | Passion of the antioxidant kind
02/06/2012
Research has demonstrated the antioxidant properties of passion fruits.
These are properties which could prove effective against excessive
inflammatory reactions. | 
| The false extinction of ichthyosaurs
02/02/2012
Whilst everyone had thought that they had – for the greater part –
disappeared at the end of the Jurassic era, the ichthyosaurs actually
had a much longer life. |  | 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. |
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