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CGSO receives the Lucia De Brouckère Prize for 53 years of commitment to sexual health, relational well-being, and free thinking through dialogue and education.

Emilie Vandevelde gave a lecture in Lennik on the impact of artificial intelligence on solidarity and democracy, as part of CTRL SHIFT DELETE. She argued for strong citizenship education as an essential safeguard against authoritarianism and digital control.

Innovative method measures the full biological impact of contaminant mixtures Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) have developed a smart and efficient way to detect hard-to-trace pollutants and  to measure their effects on human health and the environment. In her PhD within the AMGC research group, Yiqi Su focused on polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) and xeno-oestrogens (XEs), substances that accumulate in water, soil, and even microplastics, yet often fall

VUB research compares language technology with classical biomedical methods How do small changes in our DNA influence how our bodies function? That is the central question in the PhD research of Konstantina Tzavella at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Within the interdisciplinary TumorScope project and the VUB/ULB (IB)² Interuniversity Institute of Brussels, she explored how artificial intelligence (AI) can help predict which genetic mutations contribute to diseases such

VUB researchers call for greater focus on early detection and prevention Every year, around 1,500 people in Belgium are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The disease is increasingly affecting younger patients and is usually discovered only in an advanced stage. As part of World Pancreatic Cancer Month, researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and doctors from UZ Brussel are urgently calling for greater attention to early detection and prevention. “Pancreatic canc

The global rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is one of the greatest health challenges of our time. At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been working on an innovative solution: using bacteriophages — viruses that specifically infect and destroy bacteria. Bacteriophages, or simply phages, have been known for over a century but are now regaining attention as a promising alternative to

Renowned psychiatrist Dirk De Wachter has been living with metastatic cancer for four years, but he continues to speak about hope, connection, and humanity. In a candid interview, he reflects on digital polarization, loneliness, technology, self-determination, and the finiteness of life. Polarization and digital communication According to De Wachter, social media reinforces rigidity and black-and-white thinking. They create bubbles where nuance disappears. Yet he also sees op