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Can cannabis clean up Europe’s soils?

It is estimated that approximately 137,000 km²* of agricultural land in Europe is contaminated to varying degrees by heavy metals. This means that the land can only be used for non-food production. UCLouvain researchers are exploring the promising use of cannabis to meet the problem’s...
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Tumours poisoned by omega-3

  Tumours that explode under the effect of a polyunsaturated fatty acid, DHA: this is what researchers from UCLouvain have observed and explained. Their results are published in the journal Cell Metabolism and create possibilities for prevention and combined treatment in fighting...
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A new bacteria, made in Belgium (and UCLouvain)

  A research team from University of Louvain (UCLouvain) has discovered a new bacterium in the human intestine. Therefore, they were allowed to give it a name, which is now used all over the world: Dysosmobacter welbionis. The next step? The UCLouvain scientists have discovered...
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Green energy: managing surpluses!

  The European FEVER project targets an electricity market that is being transformed by green energy . UCLouvain researchers are contributing to the ambitious project. Say you live in a sunny country and have installed solar panels on the roof of your house. Sometimes you...
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Nuclear spent fuel pools: beware of evaporation!

  Spent fuel from nuclear power plants spends a certain amount of time in storage pools. Fukushima’s pools contained almost four times as much radioactive material as did the six reactors on site. During the accident, the pools came close to releasing the material into the air....
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