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Preview: VUB research premieres at DOCVILLE film festival

VUB research premieres at DOCVILLE film festival

Documentaries Testerep and Coral City to be screened at opening night of ScienceVillee

VUB makes research into light technology accessible

VUB makes research into light technology accessible

Young and old invited to discover how light can contribute to solving global challenges

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VUB organises symposium on sleep and sleep medicine

VUB organises symposium on sleep and sleep medicine

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VUB hosts lecture by Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa

VUB hosts lecture by Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa

The Art of Building Small

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VUB’s House of Sustainable Transitions takes interdisciplinary approach to sustainability challenges

VUB’s House of Sustainable Transitions takes interdisciplinary approach to sustainability challenges

More than 200 VUB researchers join forces for fundamental approach to sustainability

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VUB hosts lecture by Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa

VUB hosts lecture by Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa

The Art of Building Small

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VUB researchers design medicine of the future

VUB researchers design medicine of the future

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James Webb Space Telescope research team, with the cooperation of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, detects radiation from nebula-concealed neutron star in the iconic supernova SN 1987A

James Webb Space Telescope research team, with the cooperation of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, detects radiation from nebula-concealed neutron star in the iconic supernova SN 1987A

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VUB researchers assemble patterns of micro- and nanoparticles

VUB researchers assemble patterns of micro- and nanoparticles

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Climate change contributes to rise of West Nile virus in Europe

Climate change contributes to rise of West Nile virus in Europe

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VUB climate scientists honoured for research

VUB climate scientists honoured for research

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VUB professor investigates adaptability of fungus and pines from Fukushima nuclear site

VUB professor investigates adaptability of fungus and pines from Fukushima nuclear site

Professor in plant genetics and microbiology Joske Ruytinx from the Department of Bio-Engineering at the VUB has received a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI). She will investigate the effect of radionuclides (radioactive particles) on ectomycorrhiza, a symbiosis between a fungus and a plant, in this case pines. Ruytinx is receiving support from the JGI on sophisticated research infrastructure to sequence RNA and DNA from a variety of fungal samples.

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VUB hosts exclusive lecture and debate with leading American scientist Jan Golinski

VUB hosts exclusive lecture and debate with leading American scientist Jan Golinski

The role of science and history in our understanding of the climate

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