Our childhood years largely determine how we will fare later in life. In the first two decades of our life, our brain is still developing, which is cl...

American philanthropist Dr Raymond Sackler has died at the age of 97. Dr Sackler was a psychiatrist and developer of medicines, with which he made his...

Islamic State may be losing ground rapidly, but Syrian President Assad's position is gaining strength. His torture chambers and the battlefield are s...

Happy students and proud families, friends and lecturers; on 13 July the first fifteen refugee students graduated from the Preparatory Year for teachi...

Minute nanoparticles are bringing about a completely new industrial revolution. But little is known about the possible dangers to the food chain. An ...

Two researchers at Leiden University who have recently received their doctorates have been awarded Rubicon grants to carry out research abroad. Both w...

In 2022 Leiden will host the Euroscience Open Forum, Europe's biggest multidisciplinary scientific meeting. Leiden University, the Municipality of Le...

Eight major scientific consortia are to receive research investment funding from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO. Leiden Uni...

In the last five years the Dutch children’s ombudsman has developed into a full-fledged supervisory body monitoring compliance with children’s rights ...

English student Anna Carey has won the Student and City film competition. Her promotional film for Leiden as a student city was the best of the 12 ent...