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Three VUB scientists win prestigious VLIZ Awards for sea-related research

Eastern Pacific is an important area for migrating humpback whales

Eastern Pacific is an important area for migrating humpback whales

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Climate change threatens Lake Tanganyika in East Africa

Climate change threatens Lake Tanganyika in East Africa

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Researchers discover unknown mangrove forest

Researchers discover unknown mangrove forest

Study is first to predict impact of climate change on mangrove distribution in South Africa

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COP27: African and Western researchers call for Africa’s energy transition to be studied country by country in relation to climate goals

COP27: African and Western researchers call for Africa’s energy transition to be studied country by country in relation to climate goals

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VUB master’s students develop biological water softener using bacteria

VUB master’s students develop biological water softener using bacteria

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VUB study maps how brain reacts to infections

VUB study maps how brain reacts to infections

Infections can have long-term consequences

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VUB in international pioneering research on living materials

VUB in international pioneering research on living materials

Fungi and bacteria as radically sustainable materials of the future

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50 years of VUB-ULB Interuniversity Institute for High Energies

50 years of VUB-ULB Interuniversity Institute for High Energies

Brussels physics on the world stage

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Climate change in oceanwater may impact mangrove dispersal

Climate change in oceanwater may impact mangrove dispersal

VUB-publication in Nature Climate Change considers for the first time effects of climate-driven changes in seawater on mangrove forests

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Coral reefs and the importance of ecosystem engineers

Coral reefs and the importance of ecosystem engineers

Sunday 22 May is Biodiversity Day

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Mycorrhizal fungi: heroes of a hidden biodiversity

Mycorrhizal fungi: heroes of a hidden biodiversity

22 May is Biodiversity Day

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VUB Children’s University returns!

VUB Children’s University returns!

120 pupils from 5th and 6th grade in Brussels take part in unique child-sized workshops on the VUB campus

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