Follow all the latest news from the University of Liège! #ULiège · www.uliege.be https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mlkujgq6k22iThe Einstein Telescope will produce gigabytes of data every second. The ETCETERA consortium (14 universities and companies from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany) is building the AI and computing infrastructure needed to handle it. @einsteintelescope.bsky.social https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_20665612/en/etcetera-preparing-the-einstein-telescope-for-the-era-of-gravitational-waves11 May 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkujgq6k22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mlda7yebos2kMetamorphosis has a direct cost : newts that transform lose significant body weight, while those that stay aquatic do not. Females pay more than males. New study in BMC Biology. https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13678968/en/the-cost-of-metamorphosis-in-amphibians08 May 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlda7yebos2khttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mlbdykadas2sDes tablettes d'argile, en passant par les hiéroglyphes, les papyrus ou encore les écrits arabes, venez découvrir comment les scientifiques font parler les écritures du passé. #LABO4 #ULiège https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjk6b1sYKhY07 May 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbdykadas2shttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mlavqyfxts2jSoil bacteria can prime plant immunity, and a new study explains how. The surfactin doesn't bind a protein receptor: it physically reshapes the plant cell membrane, activating mechanosensitive ion channels that trigger defense responses throughout the plant. https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_20664411/en/how-soil-bacteria-help-plants-defend-themselves-against-disease07 May 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlavqyfxts2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mjjj7rimd224New research shows that integrating livestock into crop rotations builds climate resilience, sequesters soil carbon, and cuts nitrate leaching, while keeping food systems aligned with healthy diets. https://www.gembloux.uliege.be/cms/c_13674325/en/rethinking-crop-rotations-in-light-of-food-requirements-and-climate-change15 Apr 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjj7rimd224https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mj27y7ilo22hFive years of university research just became a product. MyPlan, developed by the Inter'Act team, is a platform that brings architects and clients together around a shared project space : budgets, documents, timelines, all in one place. https://www.uee.uliege.be/cms/c_12903622/en/myplan-a-platform-designed-to-facilitate-communication-between-homeowners-and-architects09 Apr 2026 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj27y7ilo22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mil5wzzpl22mOne protein. Two opposite effects on colon cancer. Depending on the genetic context, Stard7 can either suppress or accelerate tumor growth. A finding that reshapes how we think about personalized cancer treatment ! #ULiège #Cancer https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_20652541/en/stard7-a-key-yet-ambiguous-player-in-colorectal-cancer03 Apr 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mil5wzzpl22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3midolkdc4k2dA 2,000-year-old papyrus found in Cairo has revealed thirty unknown verses by the ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles, never quoted by any author in Antiquity. #ULiège @ulbruxelles.bsky.social @lmu.de https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_20650757/en/thirty-previously-unpublished-verses-by-empedocles-discovered-on-a-papyrus-from-cairo31 Mar 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3midolkdc4k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mhs63vjnb22xA 50-year-old stellar mystery solved ! Gamma Cass puzzled astronomers with unexplained X-rays. A team has now found the culprit: a magnetic white dwarf orbiting the star, pulling in its matter and heating it to 100 million degrees. @esa.int https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13667355/en/the-origin-of-the-mysterious-x-rays-from-gamma-cas-identified?preview=true24 Mar 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhs63vjnb22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mhqabg4kh22wCongrats to Alessio Franci on receiving the IEEE CSS George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. His work on collective decision-making opens new perspectives for robotics, neuroscience, and social dynamics. https://www.neuroengineering.uliege.be/cms/c_12897245/en/alessio-franci-honoured-by-the-ieee-for-his-work-on-collective-decision-making23 Mar 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqabg4kh22whttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mgwnm3fh2k2aOrdering reagents, exporting samples, publishing results ... routine lab activities now carry real legal implications under European law. Researchers have published a practical guide in to help organic chemists navigate this complex regulatory landscape. https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13665044/en/when-organic-chemistry-meets-the-law-what-scientists-need-to-know-about-the-european-legal-framework13 Mar 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwnm3fh2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mgrja4moas2kWhy do reef fish from different oceans end up looking so alike? A new ULiège study shows it's not chance ! Shared biological constraints drive evolutionary convergence in colour patterns across 918 species worldwide. https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13662531/en/how-evolution-shapes-colour-diversity-in-coral-reef-fish11 Mar 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrja4moas2khttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mgajgj2w2s25Nouvel épisode de l'émission LABO4 🧠 Des scientifiques de l'Université de Liège vous ouvrent les portes de leurs laboratoires pour explorer ce qui se passe vraiment dans notre tête. 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7ShhXXaGU 📺 Tous les épisodes : https://www.podcasts.uliege.be/cms/c_20506198/fr/uliege-labo404 Mar 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgajgj2w2s25https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mgaj3kssv225New study reveals deep-sea vent shrimps evolved chemosymbiosis independently, at least twice! 🦐🦠 Rather than a clear split between symbiotic & non-symbiotic species, we found a continuum of strategies. @ifremer.bsky.social https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13655719/en/the-bacterial-symbiosis-of-deep-sea-shrimp-is-the-result-of-gradual-evolution04 Mar 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaj3kssv225https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mel73qg6uk2gBoxfish can't flex their armoured bodies to swim ... so evolution turned their useless muscles into a voice box 🐠🔊 New research reveals how silent fish became acoustic communicators. @ifremer.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social https://www.morfonct.uliege.be/cms/c_13653191/en/acoustics-a-neglected-driver-of-evolution-in-fishes11 Feb 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mel73qg6uk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3meiu6pncic26Does language influence our conscious experience? These questions, which are central to understanding the human mind, have been shed new light on with a new study that shows the complex links between language and consciousness. @oliviagosseries.bsky.social #ULiège https://www.giga.uliege.be/cms/c_13653579/en/language-and-consciousness-an-essential-dialogue-at-the-heart-of-our-mind10 Feb 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3meiu6pncic26https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3me4jcbbbk225By analyzing DNA extracted from the inner ear of a skeleton, applying modern clinical genetics tools, researchers identified acromesomelic dysplasia (dwarfism) in a teenage girl from the Palaeolithic era. @nejm.org @ucoimbra.bsky.social @univie.ac.at https://www.facmed.uliege.be/cms/c_12882624/en/scientists-establish-the-oldest-genetic-diagnosis-in-human-history?preview=true05 Feb 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4jcbbbk225https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mdzk44qjlc25At 62 cm, the Japanese giant salamander undergoes a radical change in its diet, which also drastically alters its position in the food chain, moving it from the intermediate level to the top ! @hokkaidouniv.bsky.social #ULiège https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13650677/en/when-gigantism-shapes-the-diet-of-a-superpredator04 Feb 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzk44qjlc25https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mddeohnnpk26A team of scientists has completed an exceptional mission in Luxor, analyzing the tombs of Tutankhamun, Thutmose IV, and Nefertari using a non-invasive mobile lab revealing the art of ancient Egyptian painters. #ULiège @sorbonne-universite.fr @cnrs.fr @belspo.be https://www.aap.uliege.be/cms/c_13585193/en/revealing-the-art-of-ancient-egyptian-painters-using-non-invasive-methods26 Jan 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddeohnnpk26https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mcwtaov5fk2tCongrats to Athina Demertzi, Jean Claude Twizere, and Frédéric Baron awarded a FNRS Audacious Medical Grants for bold projects in neuroscience and oncology. 👏👏 https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_20566930/en/athina-demertzi-jean-claude-twizere-and-frederic-baron-awarded-an-audacious-medical-grant-for-innovative-projects21 Jan 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwtaov5fk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mbxxyl3x7s2dFélicitations à Marine Banse (biologie marine), Gaël Buldgen (astrérosismologie), Lionel Clermont (imagerie spatiale) et Manuel Cardosa Gutierrez (chimie), lauréats de prix décernés par l'Académie Royale de Belgique pour la qualité de leurs recherches 👏 https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13584248/fr/quatre-scientifiques-de-l-uliege-laureats-de-prix-de-l-academie-royale-de-belgique-2025?preview=true09 Jan 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbxxyl3x7s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3mbtxsesrrs27ÉMISSION 📺 LABO4 - De la cathédrale Saint-Paul à Liège jusqu'à la Vallée des Rois en Egypte, des experts de l'ULiège développent des techniques innovantes pour percer les secrets de notre patrimoine culturel et bâti.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKNSkerp61w07 Jan 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtxsesrrs27https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3manhbufai22pLumpy Skin Disease (LSD) : understanding the 2025 bovine health crisis deciphered by epidemiologists from ULiège. #Lumpyskindisease #ULiège https://www.fmv.uliege.be/cms/c_13568014/en/what-is-lumpy-skin-disease-lsd?preview=true&stateChanged=true23 Dec 2025 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3manhbufai22phttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3m7mlxlmocc22Ocean warming could make 60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves non-viable by 2300 if greenhouse gas emissions remain high. Losing these natural “brakes” would allow the Antarctic ice shelves to flow much faster into the ocean. #sealevelrise @cnrs.fr @nature.com https://www.sciences.uliege.be/cms/c_13563593/en/antarctic-ice-shelves-threatened-by-ocean-warming10 Dec 2025 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7mlxlmocc22https://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3m762roeep22yUNIC Day 2025 🇪🇺 brought together international students, UNIC representatives, Master REPIC students and representatives from @mau.se and @gemeenterotterdam.bsky.social to imagine an inclusive, connected university in 2040. https://www.unic.uliege.be/cms/c_13563320/en/unic-day-2025-students-imagine-the-inclusive-university-of-204004 Dec 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m762roeep22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3m73odffxdk2gIt was a real honour to host Prof. Philipp Herzog from RPTU for a visit in the PsyNCog laboratory. Prof. Herzog exchanged extensively with our researchers about his work in clinical cognitive and behavioural psychology. 🇧🇪🇩🇪 @rptu.bsky.social @unigr.bsky.social https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_20535158/fr/retour-sur-le-sejour-du-professeur-philipp-herzog-rptu-a-l-uliege?preview=true&stateChanged=true03 Dec 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73odffxdk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/universitedeliege.bsky.social/post/3m736i4gpxc2kFélicitations à Pierre Ozer et François Verheggen qui comptent parmi les lauréats du Fonds Wernaers pour la recherche et la diffusion des connaissances décerné par le FNRS 👏 @sciencebestiale.bsky.social https://www.news.uliege.be/cms/c_20534277/fr/pierre-ozer-et-francois-verheggen-laureats-d-un-prix-et-d-une-subvention-du-fonds-wernaers03 Dec 2025 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:nd45korwr2nypjmfmd7tx2dh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m736i4gpxc2k