In space, astronauts’ aging hearts accelerate

BRUSSELS 03/03/2026 - An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and UZ Brussel, has made a major breakthrough in the study of how our bodies maintain healthy blood sugar levels.

"We want our models to understand the underlying structure of tables, just like humans do". The growing volume of reports, invoices, scientific publications and other business documents increasingly challenges companies and institutions to process information quickly and reliably.

An international team of scientists has just demonstrated that major Himalayan earthquakes occur randomly over the long term, with no predictable pattern. Published in Science Advances, the study is based on the analysis of sediment cores taken from the bottom of Nepalese lakes, reconstructing 6,000 years of seismic activity. For the 50 million inhabitants of the Himalayan arc and, more broadly, for all the world's seismic regions, the results call for a rethink of risk management.

A new international study highlights the major influence of the melting of the Antarctic ice cap in the past evolution of ocean circulation. The results show how this process has profoundly influenced the Earth's climate, and suggest that it could play a decisive role in the ocean's future capacity to absorb man-made carbon dioxide and excess heat linked to global warming.

Not just milk, season or processing conditions, but also microbial dynamics in the factory and bacterial cultures determine the flavour of Gouda cheese.

How can we better understand and measure the quality of life of children living with life-limiting or life-saving conditions? While research on this topic exists, it too often excludes the very individuals most affected: the children themselves, a group frequently considered "too vulnerable" to participate ( Namisango et al.

VUB research shows that targeted protection makes mangroves more resilient to climate change. A new study by an international team of researchers shows how climate change can be better considered when protecting mangrove forests.

For many people, cancer treatment still means surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. But today, for a growing number of patients, treatment can involve something very different: their own immune cells.

An international team has described Foskeia pelendonum , a tiny Early Cretaceous ornithopod from Vegagete (Burgos, Spain), measuring barely half a meter long.