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Admire the unique 'fully cocooned' house
Recent Belgian architects have designed and built a unique home.
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The deepest swimming pool in the world
33 m deep and designed by a Belgian architect John Beernaerts, Nemo33 has officially become the deepest swimming pool in the world.
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Scientist discovered Ebola virus
Nearly 40 years ago, the young Belgian scientist began his research journey in the remote part of Congo, with a mission to find out why many people died of a dangerous d…
Medicine - Health
Discover the cause of schizophrenia and autism
Belgian scientists have discovered the gene NOTCH2NL appears in humans due to genetic mutations, and this is also the cause of schizophrenia and autism.
Medicine - Health
The new invention turns fat into bone
The tissue and cell center of the University of Saint-Luc (ULB) Hospital in Brussels has developed a technique to allow bone regeneration from a patient's stem cell fat…
Medicine - Health
New parts discovered in the human knee
Two surgeons in Belgium have discovered a new body part: a previously unknown ligament in the human knee.
Medicine - Health
Detection of gene variants causing hearing loss
Belgian scientists have found a gene variant that causes hearing loss. They hope this discovery will open new therapies, instead of the current surgery. Hearing loss is…
Cancer
New tests help diagnose liver cancer early
With a simple blood test, Belgian scientists can detect liver cancer early. This new technique accurately detected early cancer at a rate of more than 50% of all tests,…
Flu epidemic
The influenza A / H1N1 virus has reappeared in England and Belgium
Influenza A / H1N1 has killed 8 people in the UK since the beginning of September, while Belgian patients with symptoms of the disease have been discovered.
Computer science
First country comprehensive payment via SMS
Nearly 10 million Belgian mobile phone subscribers will use instant messaging to pay for all goods and services, from pizza to taxi fare.
Computer science
Electronic paper newspaper - new information channel
This April, De Tijd, a Belgian financial newspaper, began releasing a version
New technology
Equipment for air purification and energy generation from air pollution
Belgian scientists have succeeded in developing equipment that both filters air and produces energy when placed under natural light.
New technology
Contact lenses are capable of receiving messages
When you wear contact lenses from a Belgian university, your eyes can receive text messages and images from your mobile phone.
New technology
The 3D printer
A 83-year-old Belgian grandmother has just been announced as the first patient in the world to be