In the media
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Topological Metamaterials in the media31 January 2020Press coverage for the Nature Physics-paper about topological materials by Anne Meeussen, Erdal Oğuz, Yair Shokef and Martin van Hecke
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Huub de Groot breaks down artificial photosynthesis12 December 2019In a promotional video for the SUNRISE initiative, prof. Huub de Groot explains the impact and ideas behind artificial photosynthesis.
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More accurate estimation of cross-border internet purchases05 December 2019How can cross-border internet purchases be accurately estimated? Researchers Quinten Meertens, Cees Diks, Jaap van den Herik and Frank Takes of the Le...
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Importing goods from sustainable countries could lower EU’s environmental footprint28 November 2019A recent study in Ecological Economics, led by Leiden environmental scientist Bertram de Boer, states that the European Union could lower its environm...
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Computer program AlphaStar reaches professional level in video game StarCraft II21 November 2019For the first time, a computer can compete with the very best human players in StarCraft II, a video game played by tens of thousands at a professiona...
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‘Nothing is so special about human intelligence, that it cannot be replicated in a machine’07 November 2019Is the possibility of computers making decisions for us in the future realistic? Holger Hoos, professor of Machine Learning, gives his opinion about t...
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Puzzlegami: Martin van Hecke Lab in the media17 October 2019The Van Hecke group published in Nature Physics about programmable origami, which was covered in the following media.
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Chris Smiet wins Christiaan Huygens prize07 October 2019Christopher Berg Smiet, who defended his thesis at LION with Dirk Bouwmeester, won the Christiaan Huygens prize for his thesis '‘Knots in Plasma’. On...
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Leiden Observatory comet research goes viral19 September 2019From Mexico and Indonesia to China and Italy: people from all over the world read about the Leiden Observatory publication on the birthplace of comets...
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Birds around airports may be deaf and more aggressive27 August 2019Birds around airports are more aggressive and sing as if they have hearing loss. Collaboration between researchers of Manchester Metropolitan Universi...
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Ten years later: what about Erik Verlinde and his theory?09 August 2019Ten years after its introduction, the controversial idea of Erik Verlinde on gravity is still a hotly debated topic, and is still surrounded by a clou...
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Carel ten Cate in international media about a dancing cockatoo10 July 2019Snowball the cockatoo gained world fame on social media. Millions of people saw him dance to Queen and The Backstreet Boys. In the journal Current Bio...
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Rene Kleijn on BNR radio about critical materials21 June 2019The recent trade dispute between the U.S. and China has renewed the attention for the dependency of the U.S. and many other developed countries on the...
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Daniela Kraft about freezing soap bubbles20 June 2019Physicists at Virginia Tech in the US investigated how a soap bubble freezes to become a beautiful ice dome. This only happens when the surrounding ai...
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Nienke Beets wins prize for connecting nature and art14 June 2019Nienke Beets of the Leiden Hortus botanicus has won the brand new Joke 't Hart Prize for connecting nature and art. For the botanical garden in Leiden...