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Preview: Groundbreaking Research in Molecular Biology by Professor Jan Steyaert

Groundbreaking Research in Molecular Biology by Professor Jan Steyaert

VUB Professor Receives the Prestigious Christian B. Anfinsen Award

VUB Professor Rose Njemini: "Exercise is the most powerful medicine for healthy aging"

VUB Professor Rose Njemini: "Exercise is the most powerful medicine for healthy aging"

Professor Dr. Rose Njemini, expert in biological aging at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, joins the Royal Academy of Medicine

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Who is responsible for overshooting the 1.5°C climate limit?

Who is responsible for overshooting the 1.5°C climate limit?

New study tracks net-zero carbon debt.

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How a catastrophe rewrote the history of Earth: VUB research premieres at Docville

How a catastrophe rewrote the history of Earth: VUB research premieres at Docville

Screening of ‘De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen’ during opening night of ScienceVille

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VUB research: early prediction of wind turbine failures

VUB research: early prediction of wind turbine failures

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Lesley De Cruz becomes new Brussels WATS ambassador and an inspiration for girls in STEM

Lesley De Cruz becomes new Brussels WATS ambassador and an inspiration for girls in STEM

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Glacier melt accelerating sea-level rise and affecting water availability

Glacier melt accelerating sea-level rise and affecting water availability

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VUB Research on the Long-Term Development of Earthquake-Related Faults in Central Italy

VUB Research on the Long-Term Development of Earthquake-Related Faults in Central Italy

Literal groundbreaking research by Dr. Giorgio Arriga, conducted as part of a joint PhD program between Roma TRE University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), enhances our understanding of the long-term evolution of seismogenic (earthquake-related) faults in the Apennines of Central Italy. Arriga’s study examines the development of fault systems over millions of years and their impact on present-day seismic hazards. His research included an investigation of faults in the L’Aquila Basin, a region severely affected by a major earthquake in 2009 that claimed over 300 lives, leading to a significant discovery.

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New Research Highlights the Governance and Ecological Challenges of Mangroves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

New Research Highlights the Governance and Ecological Challenges of Mangroves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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VUB research group receives prestigious FWO funding of €1.5 million for chronic pain research

VUB research group receives prestigious FWO funding of €1.5 million for chronic pain research

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VUB researcher discovers hand axes that may go back 1,5 million years ago in Iraqi desert

VUB researcher discovers hand axes that may go back 1,5 million years ago in Iraqi desert

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Towards a New Generation of Human-Inspired Language Models

Towards a New Generation of Human-Inspired Language Models

Can a computer learn a language the way a child does? A recent study published in the leading journal Computational Linguistics by professors Katrien Beuls (University of Namur) and Paul Van Eecke (AI Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) sheds new light on this question. The researchers advocate for a fundamental revision of how artificial intelligence acquires and processes language.

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In Search for Million-Year-Old Ice, Belgian Scientists Return from Antarctica with First Clues 

In Search for Million-Year-Old Ice, Belgian Scientists Return from Antarctica with First Clues 

 Belgian scientists from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have returned from Antarctica with samples and data that could help them determine where to find million-year old ice, which in turn can provide information about Earth’s climate in the past. 

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