Health & Environment

Belgium’s horticultural treasure, the Meise Botanic Garden, has taken a pioneering step in safeguarding the country’s biodiversity by opening a new Native Flora Garden. The landscaped space with some 600 indigenous plants focuses on 175 endangered species that are red flagged in Flanders and Wallonia. It was officially inaugurated by [...]

Ministers would be tearing their hair out. Activating long-term sick workers is undoubtedly the main project of the federal government's budget conclave. The number of sick people is exploding, and so is the cost they impose on Social Security. There are more than 520,000 people who are unable to work [...]

The investigation is stirring up political debate, is open to all kinds of interpretations and provides food for thought for right-wing parties who believe that too many sick workers are not actually sick. The survey in question is a "thematic control" carried out by the Inami (health and disability insurance) [...]

Scientists in Belgium have investigated how perovskite absorbers used in solar cell degrade under three different stress test types and have found that the interface between the perovskite layer and the electron transport layer suffers from weak thermomechanical stability, which creates the conditions for performance losses. Researchers from imec, Hasselt University, and Ghent [...]

Liv borrowed her mum's electric car to drive to Switzerland and has advice for when you hit Belgium. A committed football fan drove her electric car 1,602 miles to watch the Lionesses in Basel, Switzerland, and says the lengthy trip taught her a few things about EVs. Liv Cooper says [...]

A fire of exceptional intensity has swept through 16,000 hectares in Aude, leaving one person dead and several injured, including both civilians and firefighters. Several towns had to be partially evacuated, and a large emergency response operation is underway on the ground.