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While everyone is watching COVID-19, another lung infection continues to take its toll: tuberculosis. Dr Anandi Martin, a visiting researcher at UCLouvain, is interested in bacteriocins. These bacterial ‘soldiers’ could act in place of or in addition to the antibiotics to which tuberculosis...

Between their parasitic activity and ability to mutate, viruses are difficult to target effectively with antivirals. But scientists aren’t giving up. The team of Thomas Michiels (de Duve Institute) is on a promising track to develop a broad-spectrum antiviral. When a bacteria infects us...

Green energy, yes, but on the condition that we can use it when we need it! Current research in the field is all about green energy storage and delivery. At UCLouvain, Francesco Contino is exploring the possibility of storing electricity in the form of ammonia. ‘To meet climate and...

Conventional batteries aren’t a sustainable solution for our planet. Prof. Alexandru Vlad is currently working on an alternative for storing energy: all-organic batteries. Today’s all-electronic devices use lithium-ion batteries. Their production consumes a lot of energy owing to their...