News A selection of news from Leiden University. News Larger pupils? You might just have gained someone’s trust 02 March 2021 Synchrony in heart rate, skin conductance and pupil diameter plays a big role in human social interactions, such as gaining trust or being attracted t... Annetje Ottow back in Leiden 02 March 2021 Annetje Ottow is the first female president of the Executive Board of Leiden University, which means a return to her Alma mater. Shift in scientific consensus about demise of Neanderthals 01 March 2021 It is still unclear how the Neanderthals died out. For long, one theory seemed most likely: the emergence of the highly intelligent Homo sapiens, or m... New master’s in Population Health Management 26 February 2021 Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Leiden University will start a new two-year English-taught master’s programme in Population Health Managem... Computational tools reveal secrets of 17th-century sealed letter 25 February 2021 In a world first, an international team of researchers has read an unopened letter from Renaissance Europe – without breaking its seal or damaging it ... In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner 22 February 2021 The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too... Open science means better science 19 February 2021 Leiden University has an active open science community. Open science means transparency in all phases of research by precisely documenting every step ... Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines 18 February 2021 The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help e... The quest for the magic angle 18 February 2021 Stack two layers of graphene, twisted at slightly different angles to each other, and the material spontaneously becomes a superconductor. Science sti... A thousand participants in Dies for alumni 16 February 2021 The Dies Natalis for alumni on 11 February was an online event. Almost 1,000 alumni tuned in to Bastiaan Rijpkema’s interview with Annetje Ottow, who ... All news items
