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    Voorbeelden van toepassingen SWIR-licht 27 August 2026

    Ghent University researchers develop an ultrafast component that both detects and emits SWIR light

    From helping self-driving vehicles navigate through thick fog to identifying chemical compositions in food or biological samples: short-wave infrared (SWIR) technology enables applications that are not possible with ordinary visible light.

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    9 December 2025 Ghent University hits milestone: 150 ERC grantees with 4 new winners
    13 October 2025 Ghent University scores twice at ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference
    13 October 2025 Ghent University researchers develop world's fastest QD-based SWIR photodetector
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      Symposium 'IIC Ghent Congress 2026'

      Handelsbeurs, Kouter 29, 9000 Ghent

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      FSVM I VIB-UGent, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71, 9052 Ghent

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      Summer school 'Underground Hydrogen Storage'

      Sint-Pietersabdij, Sint-Pietersplein 9, 9000 Ghent

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    PhD defenses

    • Sep 11

      Entanglement and tensor network states for quantum field theories

      Tuybens, Benoît

    • Sep 15

      Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for Solar-to-Chemical Conversion: Structural Engineering, Charge Dynamics, and Photocatalytic Applications

      Wen, Zhongliang

    • Sep 15

      From Phenotype to Mechanism: Pharmacological Modulation of <I>C. elegans</i> health and aging

      Bulterijs, Sven

    • Sep 16

      Nuclear Receptors at the Intersection of Metabolism and Immunity: RXRα and HNF4α as Drivers and Targets in Sepsis Pathophysiology

      Jelínek, Matyáš

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