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What if your balcony suddenly collapses? It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but accidents like this happen regularly. The main culprit: concrete rot. Professor Bart Craeye is researching ways to save our bridges, tunnels, and buildings from corrosion and collapse. One promising approach is to apply a slight electrical current to the concrete.

Did you know that preschoolers have a surprisingly good understanding of exponential growth? Hilde Rabaut investigated how picture books and board games can be used to stimulate mathematical thinking in preschool. And that is necessary, because the math results of Flemish schoolchildren have been declining alarmingly for years.
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Almost 1 in 3 teenagers still struggle with urinary complaints, but they carry on without seeking medical help, often out of shame. Urologist Mauro Van den Ende (UGent) wants to break this taboo with his research and thus help teenagers.

Niké Guilbert (UGent) discovered mysterious bacterial packets in the blood of some patients. Danger or medical breakthrough? Find out in this 2-minute video.

In more than 1 in 10 colon cancer patients, metastases emerge to a barely known body part: the peritoneum. Such peritoneal metastases are extremely deadly and difficult to treat. Cancer researcher Jesse Demuytere reveals how the peritoneum is not only a victim, but also possibly a henchman of the cancer cells. Watch the video.

In Belgium, one in nine women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. With radiation, the disease can be treated. Although that radiation can also be harmful to the heart. Fortunately, there is a simple solution: hold your breath! Renée De Noyette (UGent) explains how this works.

For decades in science, brain research was done primarily on men. As a result, we know surprisingly little about the female brain. Patricia Clement (UGent - UZ Gent) wants to change that.

Every year, thousands of people die waiting for an organ transplant. 3D-bioprinted organs could help solve the global donor shortage - and save millions of lives. But there’s still one major hurdle: creating blood vessel networks inside lab-grown organs. Researcher Florian Vanlauwe (UGhent) is working on a new, promising technology to help foster this blood vessel growth.

Playing sports with an allergy? Just ask Remco Evenepoel - that's no fun. But before you reach for your allergy medication, you might want to think twice, says ALexia Van de Loock. She studied how allergy medication affects athletic performance, and it's no fun either.

In her doctorate at UGent, scientist Ruth Van Hecke studied how balance problems affect children's development, not only physically, but also cognitively. She explains why we should pay much more attention to balance problems in children.

In 2024, Belgium installed a record-breaking 4.5 million solar panels—but many of them shut down during peak sunlight due to grid overload. Why does this happen, and what can we do about it? ​​​​​​​Researcher Lionel Delchambre takes us into his work modeling the electricity grid using real data to help keep our solar panels connected.

Mats Van Delen is working on an innovative approach for multiple sclerosis: a treatment that uses the body's own messenger vesicles - extracellular vesicles - to reprogram the immune system.