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Plane trees store particulate matter in their bark. That is why the University of Antwerp, UCLouvain and Scivil are launching the Plane Tree Check. Thanks to members of the public collecting bark from plane trees in their neighbourhoods, researchers can map the levels of particulate matter in Belgium.

Scivil is joining forces with the imec-UGent research group WAVES for CitizenELF. High-voltage power lines generate extremely low-frequency (ELF) magnetic radiation. The strength of this radiation depends on the amount of electricity being transmitted and the distance from the source. With high-voltage power lines, the radiation is therefore strongest directly beneath the line. And it is this radiation that we now want to measure.

The project 'amai!' (Flemish exclamation for 'wow!') aims to involve citizens in the development of new artificial intelligence applications, by bringing together citizens, civil society organisations and AI-experts around 4 main themes (climate, mobility, health and work) and with an overarching theme of digital inclusion.

Did you know that the average life expectancy in Belgium in 1830 was 40 years? In 1950 that increased to 67 years, and now it is even 80 years! In 1830 there were many deaths from infectious diseases such as smallpox, cholera and tuberculosis. Today these are much less common, with the majority of deaths caused by age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. S.O.S. Antwerp (Social Inequality in Mortality) analyses the causes of death of Antwerp residents and maps out diseases, causes of death and social inequality.

Using retinal scans, citizen scientists can detect early signs of disease of the eye. These analysis are used to train an intelligent computer model of Eye for Diabetes, which will eventually learn to detect early signs of diabetic retinopathy on its own.