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Preview: VUB Study: Amplifying Feedbacks Could Lead to the Near-Complete Disappearance of the Greenland Ice Sheet

VUB Study: Amplifying Feedbacks Could Lead to the Near-Complete Disappearance of the Greenland Ice Sheet

No ice left by the year 3000, with a potential contribution of more than 7 metres to sea-level rise

VUB Research Provides New Insights into Molecular Properties under High Pressure

VUB Research Provides New Insights into Molecular Properties under High Pressure

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ANTICIPATE prepares hospitals for pandemics using artificial intelligence

ANTICIPATE prepares hospitals for pandemics using artificial intelligence

Interdisciplinary project brings together expertise in AI, epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, and molecular diagnostics

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Warming winters and storm-driven dispersal facilitate northward mangrove expansion along the U.S. Atlantic coast

Warming winters and storm-driven dispersal facilitate northward mangrove expansion along the U.S. Atlantic coast

VUB research reveals how climate change enables mangroves to colonize new coastal regions

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Record-breaking wildfires in summer 2025 in Spain and Portugal caused by extreme weather and highly flammable vegetation 

Record-breaking wildfires in summer 2025 in Spain and Portugal caused by extreme weather and highly flammable vegetation 

New study highlights the urgent need for climate action and proactive land management.

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Finer wine with less alcohol: VUB PhD on yeasts offers winemakers new tools

Finer wine with less alcohol: VUB PhD on yeasts offers winemakers new tools

Snails turn out to be important for the transport of wild yeasts

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VUB spin-off AILOS Robotics introduces groundbreaking drive technology that makes robots lighter, more agile and safer

VUB spin-off AILOS Robotics introduces groundbreaking drive technology that makes robots lighter, more agile and safer

New type of gearbox ushers in a new era for humanoids, cobots and wearable robotics

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From kidney stones to new materials

From kidney stones to new materials

VUB chemists ready to deploy Sofia, the new Tier-1 supercomputer

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Press release: VUB inaugurates new Flemish Tier-1 supercomputer 'Sofia'

Press release: VUB inaugurates new Flemish Tier-1 supercomputer 'Sofia'

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Could Polymer beads power your pacemaker or smart watches?

Could Polymer beads power your pacemaker or smart watches?

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How patients and their caregivers can better cope together with a cancer diagnosis

How patients and their caregivers can better cope together with a cancer diagnosis

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AI helps better understand how genetic mutations affect our health

As language models learn to interpret words in a sentence, protein Language Models learn how amino acids work together within a protein

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Press invitation: Dinosaurs on Campus II – Back from Extinction

Press invitation: Dinosaurs on Campus II – Back from Extinction

An inspiring mix of science, debate and entertainment exploring the limits of evolution

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel is an internationally oriented university in Brussels, the heart of Europe. By providing excellent research and education on a human scale, VUB wants to make an active and committed contribution to a better society.

The World Needs You

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel assumes its scientific and social responsibility with love and decisiveness. That’s why VUB launched the platform De Wereld Heeft Je Nodig – The World Needs You, which brings together ideas, actions and projects based on six Ps. The first P stands for People, because that’s what it’s all about: giving people equal opportunities, prosperity, welfare, respect. Peace is about fighting injustice, big and small, in the world. Prosperity combats poverty and inequality. Planet stands for actions on biodiversity, climate, air quality, animal rights... With Partnership, VUB is looking for joint actions to make the world a better place. The sixth and last P is for Poincaré, the French philosopher Henri Poincaré, from whom VUB derives its motto that thinking should submit to nothing except the facts themselves. VUB is an ‘urban engaged university’, strongly anchored in Brussels and Europe and working according to the principles of free research.

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