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VUB research shows that digitalization widens the news gap: socially vulnerable groups disengage and are more likely to believe misinformation.

The new Tier-1 supercomputer Sofia accelerates weather and climate research and enables faster, local predictions of extreme weather events.

VUB spin-off AILOS Robotics raises €3.5 million for a new drive technology that makes robots lighter, safer, and more agile.

One technological breakthrough follows another at lightning speed. Science and innovation have greatly improved our standard of living over the past decades, but that doesn’t automatically mean that progress also strengthens our humanity. In a recent opinion piece, deMens.nu chair Raymonda Verdyck calls for a freethinking humanist perspective on the digital revolution: it’s not technology that determines our future, but what we choose to do with it. She reminds us that the s

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 researcher Michaël Hinderdael coordinates large-scale GRADΞD project on innovative material combinations At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the ambitious GRADΞD project officially launched on October 1, 2025, under the leadership of researcher Michaël Hinderdael. With a €2.8 million grant from the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), the four-year project aims to make 3D printing technology smarter and more versatile by combining multiple materials within a single

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