Independent navigation of microrobots in complex flows demonstrated for the first time

VUB Data Analytics Lab solves mathematicians Ran and Teng's 2024 conjecture with commercial language model. VUB's Data Analytics Lab publishes new results showing that it is possible to develop original mathematical proofs using commercial language models.

Two-year-olds already have a surprisingly good sense of when it is someone's turn to speak. This is shown by new research conducted by linguist Imme Lammertink from the Baby & Child Research Centre at Radboud University, together with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute and the University of Chicago. That's impressive, because it requires detailed knowledge of language and sentence structure - skills we know children do not fully possess at this age.

In the fight against the climate crisis, countries are pinning great hope in reforestation projects. In a new study, researchers show that the location in which reforestation is taking place is usually more important than the number of trees planted. If forests are strategically positioned, the same cooling effect could be achieved using half the area of land. 

A four-year study in the Dutch part of the North Sea shows that a small-scale offshore solar farm did not cause measurable changes in currents and water mixing. At the same time, multiple species settled on the floating installations within a short period of time, including mussels, barnacles and other small marine animals.

This weekend we will be switching to a new system for handling student queries. From 16 March you can track the status of your question or request in your portal. Click to read the news article. Better insulation and ventilation in social housing means that children need less medication for asthma or allergies.

Working memory is a cognitive function that is essential for carrying out everyday activities and temporarily retaining information. This process enables us to understand information, learn and manage responses in a controlled manner - abilities that are often impaired in certain neurodegenerative diseases. Now, a study published in Cell Reports has identified a molecular pathway in the brain that is crucial for the proper functioning of working memory.

A team from the University of Geneva shows that early alterations in the brain's clearance system could contribute to vulnerability to psychosis.

Exhaled breath can provide a treasure trove of health information, offering a noninvasive window to both respiratory microenvironments and systemic physiological states.

Research published in Science Advances has uncovered new insights into why the most aggressive oesophageal cancers are so difficult to treat and how the body's own defence systems are helping them to thrive.

The new experimental compound works through an epigenetic mechanism that acts not only on the symptoms of the disease, but directly on the molecular mechanisms that contribute to its progression.