346 search results for “plants and media” in the Student website
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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ISGA researchers in international media
Terrorism, crisis, violence, intelligence, diplomacy, war and peace are topics that are broadly covered in ISGA's research activities. Regularly, ISGA researchers appear in international media to discuss their research expertise. This item offers an overview of non-Dutch and non-English articles and…
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What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz
Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.
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Robert ChesalFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Lenny van Rosmalen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Yasco HorsmanFaculty of Humanities
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Ellen CieraadScience
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Laura Julia ZantisScience
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Report: Dutch media insufficiently prepared for psychological intimidation by China
China is actively attempting to silence critical voices about the country, including in the Netherlands. This is the main conclusion of a report on Chinese interference and intimidation within the Dutch media landscape. The media are often not well prepared for this.
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Tressia ChikodzaScience
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Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus
Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…
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Willem van RooijenFaculty of Humanities
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Janine PrinsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Peter BurgerFaculty of Humanities
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Chris FlintermanFaculty of Humanities
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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours
Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.
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Daisy SmeetsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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Sticky insects: plants protected with biological glue
Drained leaves and plants stripped bare. Insects can completely destroy crops. Soon, these situations may be behind us, with the new pesticide developed by Leiden and Wageningen researchers. With their plant-based ‘insect glue’, insects are incapacitated.
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Kiki SpaninksScience
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Barbara GravendeelScience
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Kevin BretscherScience
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Marieke ElfferichScience
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Sofia Fernandes GomesScience
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Peng SunScience
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Martijn BezemerScience
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Oude UB exhibition shows the beauty of ‘pavement plants’
For a few years now, Leiden’s Hortus botanicus has been mounting a campaign to cherish wild plants in the city – for the biodiversity and beauty of this spontaneous vegetation. Botanical artists reveal this beauty in an exhibition at Oude UB in Leiden.
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Giant penis plant is blooming at Hortus botanicus
The ‘Amorphophallus titanum’ at the Hortus botanicus Leiden is blooming. This Titan Arum, also known as the ‘giant penis plant’, last flowered in 2009.
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Plant stress increases: New research with bacteria offers hope
Soil that is too wet, or too dry. Or with a lot or few nutrients. Due to climate change, the differences are becoming bigger, and plants must increasingly be able to adapt to survive. How do you make plants more stress-resistant? For this purpose, researchers from Leiden, along with other universities,…
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Twan Huys lecturer Journalism and New Media
Television presenter and journalist Twan Huys will be a lecturer in Journalism and New Media at Leiden University from 1 September 2024.
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Yasmin IsmailFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Martijn Manders and the media fascination with “Klein Hollandia“
Recently, we have witnessed an increased interest of the public and media in the hidden world of underwater archaeology sparked by the identification of a shipwreck as "Klein Hollandia". The research was a joint effort of a team of British and Dutch maritime archaeologists with one familiar face from…
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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique'
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lecturer Sara Polak has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate this.
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Emily StrangeScience
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Jiaxin ZhangScience
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Grant for research on politics and play: ‘In both cases, a world is created’
How do politics and play relate to each other? Six Leiden academics hope to find an answer to that question over the coming years. They have received an NWO grant of 750,000 euros. Professor Sybille Lammes and University Lecturer Bram tell us how they plan to spend the money.
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants
Plants 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 do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…
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Discover plant-based food at the university during Meat- and Dairy-Free Week
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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John BoyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fitri MurfiantiFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Surya SuryadiFaculty of Humanities
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Victor PosthumaFaculty Governance and Global Affairs