A team of astronomers used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the nearby exoplanet WASP-107 b. Peering…
A major study published in JAMA led by experts from the Karolinska Institute indicates that spontaneous brain hemorrhage might be transferrable through blood transfusion. However, the…
The new model cells aid in the study of early embryonic development. Professor Vincent Pasque and his colleagues at KU Leuven have used stem cells to…
During the pollen season, many people with allergies tend to avoid nature. That isn’t entirely justified, a new KU Leuven study into biodiversity and health…
A new study shows that several disagreements between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt around Africa’s largest hydropower plant, the new Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), could…
New research has identified various flaws in the security of Wi-Fi connections. Attackers could take advantage of these weaknesses to get access to private data….
Until now, Europe has had two major collaborative networks for ground-based astronomy, one in the optical wavelength domain and the other in the radio-wave domain….
Researchers uncovered for the first time what happens in animals’ brains when they learn from subconscious, visual stimuli. In time, this knowledge can lead to…
Virologists at the Rega Institute at KU Leuven (Belgium) have developed a vaccine candidate against COVID-19 based on the yellow fever vaccine, which as a…
New research has shown that the antidepressant sertraline helps to inhibit the growth of cancer cells. The substance acts on a metabolic addiction that allows…
Virologists at the Rega Institute have shown that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does not limit SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus replication in hamsters. A high dose of the…
Astronomers present an explanation for the mesmerizing shapes of planetary nebulae. The discovery is based on an extraordinary set of observations of stellar winds around…
At the European nuclear and particle physics laboratory CERN, physicists can produce extremely rare short-lived atoms and molecules. Researchers from KU Leuven have shown that…
The measles virus may have emerged as early as the 6th century BCE, an international team of researchers reports. The finding is based on a…
Black holes are among the most enigmatic objects in our universe. These mysterious celestial bodies do not emit any light of their own and are…
Computer scientists at KU Leuven have once again exposed a security flaw in Intel processors. Jo Van Bulck, Frank Piessens, and their colleagues in Austria,…
Clusters composed of a few atoms tend to be spherical. They are usually organized in shells of atoms around a central atom. This is the…
Researchers in Belgium present new findings on X chromosome reactivation. Vincent Pasque and his team have unraveled parts of a mechanism that may one day…