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April 30, 2024
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Dragon's breath
Spraying lycopod powder onto a flame during the Spring Science Festival.
© Hervé Delafontaine
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The iron nest
This image was captured using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The general context of the research was to study the use of iron as an efficient, CO2-free energy carrier, and in particular sintering of iron powders after combustion. In this image you can see an iron oxide particle.
© Maxime...
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The complexity of human locomotion
Snapshots of an amputee walking while wearing the ELSA prosthesis developed in iMMC.
© François Heremans
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Birth of a mechanism
Here is a picture of an external hip prosthesis utilizing a double parallelogram mechanism designed for hip disarticulation amputees. This prosthesis was entirely designed, machined, and assembled here at UCLouvain.
© Devillez Louis
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Ethiopian H2O-Pyramid
This image is the result of SEM analysis conducted on crystal composed of mixed salts. The crystal is recovered from groundwater sources of Ethiopia using reverse osmosis and membrane crystallization techniques. Fluoride is a major health problem for communities using groundwater sources in the...
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