450 news items found
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New spinoff company to solve major roadblock in the quantum revolution 06 December 2023Physicist Kaveh Lahabi’s research on quantum materials led to the launch of a new company: QuantaMap. With his colleagues, he developed a sensor that ...
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First detailed picture of ice in planet-forming disk 06 December 2023An international team of astronomers led by Ardjan Sturm of the Observatory has made the first two-dimensional inventory of ice in a planet-forming di...
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Green roofs and tile flipping: research in The Hague on the best approach to climate and species diversity 05 December 2023Does a communal garden provide cool air and warm neighbourly relations? Does an additional row of trees increase biodiversity? These kinds of question...
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From a fossil to an animal skin: as a museum, do you let the original pass through the hands of your visitors, or a replica? 05 December 2023Educators in European science museums sometimes think rather differently about the definition of an 'authentic' object. They think carefully about how...
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Which MPs have Leiden roots? 05 December 2023Twenty-two of the 150 newly elected members of the Dutch House of Representatives studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research here. But who...
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Fifteen years of Dual PhD Centre: ‘The programme is solid as a rock’ 05 December 2023December marks the 15th anniversary of the Dual PhD Centre (DPC). Director Johannes Tromp and associate professor Mark Dechesne look back and ahead. D...
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Singing parrots wanted: is our musicality unique? 04 December 2023Is our musicality unique? That’s what the Bird Singalong project aims to find out. And for that, they need the help of feathered friends from all arou...
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Rozita Abdolrahimi Raeni wins KNMP Student Award 04 December 2023Student Rozita Abdolrahimi Raeni is one of this year's winners of the KNMP Student Award. The Royal Dutch Society for the Advancement of Pharmacy (KNM...
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Jeroen Touwen joins Campus The Hague Board 01 December 2023Jeroen Touwen officially joined the Campus The Hague Board on 28 November. Together with Jan Crijns, he has been responsible for the education portfol...
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New protein inhibitors against cancer? Unilever Research Prize for Aukje Beers 01 December 2023Aukje Beers combined theory and practice, as well as chemistry, biology, and computer models. In this way, she discovered two protein inhibitors durin...
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Planet found too big for its parent star 01 December 2023The discovery of a planet far too large for its sun defies models about the formation of solar systems and planets. In a paper in Science, researchers...
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Student mental health problems still common but less so than in covid year 2021 30 November 2023The number of students suffering from stress and anxiety has decreased slightly compared with 2021. But around half still suffer from mental health pr...
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too 30 November 2023Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at th...
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Keuzegids consumer guide: six top programmes at Leiden University 30 November 2023Leiden University has six top bachelor’s programmes, according to Keuzegids universiteiten 2024 consumer guide to universities published on 30 Novembe...
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KHMW graduation prize for research on superconducting qubits 28 November 2023Matthias Flór receives the KHMW Graduation Prize in Theoretical Physics for his master's thesis. His research on exotic superconductors at Leiden Univ...