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Faced with the ecological crisis and soaring energy prices, the energy transition has become an undeniable emergency. Every day, at UNamur, researchers from a wide range of fields - geology, chemistry, physics, computer science - are thinking about innovative ways of dealing with this perilous future.

Professors, lecturers, assistants and pedagogical experts from UNamur took part in a workshop to evaluate and critique the use of ChatGPT in university courses. Numerous examples of practices including AI in teaching were carried out in the courses offered at UNamur this term. A survey was also carried out among Block 1 students on their use and knowledge of artificial intelligence.

On January 23 and 24, 2025, UNamur experts were present at the SETT (School Education Transformation Technology) trade show for its sixth edition. A must-attend event for digital education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, dedicated to principals, teachers and technical-pedagogical advisors.

An international team of physicists led by Dr Michaël Lobet, lecturer at UNamur, re-examines the foundations of quantum physics from the point of view of momentum in the prestigious journal Nature Light Science & Applications. The researchers investigated what happens when this momentum is reduced to zero. Some interesting things happen! Explanations.

Let's go and discover the qualified researchers of UNamur, winners of the funding granted by the FNRS in 2022. Today, we meet Michaël Lobet, currently a lecturer at UNamur, who will begin his new mandate as a qualified FNRS researcher at the NISM Institute next fall. The subject of his research: twisted optics for the manipulation of slow photons or how to create light traps. Explanations.

What is a perfect fluid? It is a theoretical model of a fluid that allows us to assume that the fluid is not viscous, that it does not conduct heat, that it is incompressible and does not create vortices. It is therefore an approximation of reality that simplifies theoretical predictions of fluid flows. For the first time, an international team has experimentally demonstrated this same behaviour for light immersed in a medium of low refractive index.

On 21 and 22 September 2023, for the 4th year running, Belgian researchers came together for the bePOM conference. The format was original, with a virtual day and a hybrid day combining virtual and face-to-face sessions. A great success, and a Belgian network that is growing from strength to strength.

Two researchers from the University of Namur's Department of Physics, Professor Michaël Lobet and his PhD student Adrien Debacq, are taking a close look at a subject that fascinates the scientific community : superradiance in media with a refractive index close to zero. In an article published this summer in Nature's prestigious journal Light: science & applications, in collaboration with Harvard University (USA), Michigan Technological University (MTU) and Sparrow Quantum, they contribute to the development of quantum computing.

During the Japanese Emperor’s state visit to Belgium, two professors from the University of Namur had the opportunity to represent their institution at two highlights of the official program. Isabelle Parmentier and Alexandre Mauroy reflect on an experience they won’t soon forget.