450 news items found
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Scientists discover the largest stellar black hole in the Milky Way 16 April 2024A European team of astronomers has discovered the largest stellar black hole in the Milky Way. It is more than thirty times as massive as our sun and ...
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New Science Library Open 15 April 2024From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library...
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar? ‘To tack...
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Peter Grünwald develops a revolutionary statistical theory with an ERC Advanced Grant 11 April 2024Using mathematics to determine whether scientific results are significant or not. Peter Grünwald, full professor of Statistical Learning at the Mathem...
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Leiden University/LUMC to drop cum laude honour for Master’s in Medicine 10 April 2024As of 1 September 2024, the cum laude honour will no longer be awarded for the Master’s in Medicine. The Executive Board recently decided to grant an ...
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The quantum computer: it doesn't exist yet, but still we understand increasingly better what problems it can solve 09 April 2024How do we know what a quantum computer is good for when it hasn't been built yet? That's what PhD candidate Casper Gyurik investigated by combining tw...
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University elections: these are the student parties you can vote for 09 April 2024The university elections are coming up. Sustainability, inclusion, student well-being: what do you think should get more attention? From 22 to 25 Apri...
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Small fire in Snellius building: no injuries, building reopened on Wednesday 09 April 2024At around noon on Tuesday 9 April, a small fire started in the basement of Leiden University’s Snellius building. The fire brigade was quickly on the ...
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’ 08 April 2024Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants 04 April 2024Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants d...
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De dag van Jasper 04 April 2024Jasper Knoester is de decaan van de Faculteit Wiskunde & Natuurwetenschappen. Hoe gaat het met hem, wat doet hij precies en hoe ziet zijn dag eruit? I...
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Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons 03 April 2024While investigating 16 years of images of young stars from a retired astronomical camera, Leiden master's student Sam de Regt discovered that two of t...
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How cells determine the fate of proteins (and can we do it too?) 02 April 2024Cells in our bodies are often threatened by errors in our own proteins. The FLOW consortium, comprising scientists from various institutions including...
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How can we banish racism from education? 28 March 2024A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...
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The Top 450 is growing: entry number 50 published 27 March 2024We have reached our first milestone: the 50th Top 450 entry has now been published. In the run-up to the university’s 450th anniversary in 2025, we ar...