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Our air is polluted with particulate matter from our cars, stoves and industry. If we emit that fine...

Researchers from KU Leuven and UHasselt found that residents of a neighbourhood with less particulate matter in the air had ten...

Podcast From University of Flanders Some people really do age biologically faster than others. And this is partly due to the...

In the Limburg birth cohort, the CMK is investigating how exposure to environmental factors very early in our lives determines...

Traces of air pollution can already be found in vital organs of unborn babies. This is according to new research by...

The research team of UHasselt professor Tim Nawrot has received the science award from AstraZeneca Foundation and the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)....

During combustion of fossil fuels such as diesel, soot particles are emitted into the atmosphere, known to be carcinogenic. Al...