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May 11, 2017
Antibiotics: What are the effects on baby mice?
Does being treated with antibiotics early in life have an impact in adulthood? That’s the question Sophie Leclercq tried to answer by observing the behaviour of mice exposed in utero to penicillin.
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives. But while they’re a powerful weapon against bacteria...
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May 11, 2017
Unemployment benefits: what happens to the excluded?
Today, when the Belgian authorities determine that an unemployed person isn’t looking hard enough for a job, they can stop paying that person unemployment benefits. What happens then? Does it encourage job-hunting? Not exactly.
As of January 2012, the unemployment benefit payment period was...
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April 11, 2017
The carbon cycle reveals its secrets
Today, thanks to the work of Kristof Van Oost’s team at the UCL Earth and Life Institute, we have a better understanding of the carbon cycle. Specifically, they have discovered a process that offsets carbon emissions caused by deforestation.
When a forest is cut down, the carbon in the...
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April 11, 2017
An anti-adhesive treatment to fight staphylococcus aureus
A team led by Professor Yves Dufrêne of UCL’s Institute of Life Sciences, in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin, recently discovered a molecule that can prevent a huge problem for hospitals and their patients: staph infections acquired during hospital stays. The research that led to the...
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April 07, 2017
Pomegranate for muscle loss?
UCL researchers have discovered that urolithin B, a substance derived from pomegranate peel, slows the loss of muscle mass. The discovery could lead to a new treatment.
Muscle is the most abundant tissue in the human body, making up 45% of a healthy young male and 35 to 40% of a female....
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