In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Leuven.IRD (Institute for Rare Diseases), LIGAS (Institute for Genetics and Society) and LIVO (Educational Research Institute). These institutes carry out interdisciplinary research with a societal ...

Researchers at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research have revealed a mechanism involving protein aggregation that allows bacteria to ...

A Belgium-based energy research team led by the KU Leuven has developed an agrivoltaic pilot project in Bierbeek, Flanders. They specifically designed the system for orchard crops. The pilot plant ...

Meeting the European Union’s Green Deal goal of climate neutrality by 2050 will require 35 times more lithium and 7 to 26 times the amount of increasingly scarce rare earth metals compared to ...

The study: Ben Vermaercke and his colleagues at KU Leuven gave two cognitive-learning tasks to lab rats and students. With both tasks, the subjects were trained to distinguish between “good ...

Europe is believed to possess significant yet unexploited lithium resources in Germany, Czechia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal and Austria.  However, mining projects in these countries have faced strong ...

Belgian university hospitals UZ Leuven and KU Leuven are investing €14 million in a new facility for the production of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). It’s expected to be ...