Belgium Science & Technology News

Ron Houben's poignant words after being locked for 23 years inside his paralyzed body may not be his own, according to some skeptical experts. They believe the Belgian, misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state, is definitely sentient. But they...

Rom Houben was 20 when he was involved in a gruesome car crash following which he was presumed brain dead by doctors. Today he is 46 and has dealt with the misfortune of spending more than half his life in...

is streamlining its core business and fulfilling its mandate for innovation. IBM – which had itself attempted to by Sun but balked at the hefty price tag – has been spared the regulatory scrutiny that comes with trying to merge...

Fifty-nine U.S. senators, led by John Kerry and Orrin Hatch, have urged European antitrust regulators to conclude their investigation of the Oracle and Sun Microsystems merger and justify any further delay in making a decision on the deal. "The EC...

Yet for all their technological prowess, there's one practical question that unsettles the green dreamers and entrepreneurs alike: Where, oh, where, can you plug them in? While most electric cars are expected to be recharged at home, the predicament of...

Early Thursday morning the European Parliament and EU member states finally reached a deal over a long-delayed telecoms package when MEPs dropped their opposition to French-style internet �three-strikes' laws aimed at illegal internet downloaders, ending for now the Brussels debate...

Since pie can only carry a person so far, I'm always on the look-out for interesting things to do with pumpkin. Pumpkin is a member of the gourd family and full of the antioxidant lutein and alpha and beta carotene,...