In the media
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Documentary Plastic Soup Surfer on National Geographic04 June 2018Biologist, artist, activist and Leiden alumnus Merijn Tinga supped the river Rijn in 28 days, to gain attention for plastic waste. His journey of more...
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Lucia Bossoni in Newsweek17 May 2018Newsweek has published a story on Leiden Alzheimer research led by physicist Lucia Bossoni.
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Newest book Menno Schilthuizen popular in international media07 May 2018The new book of Professor of Character evolution and biodiversity Menno Schilthuizen gained a lot of media attention. ‘Darwin comes to town – how the ...
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LIACS scientists in Dutch media on impact Cambridge Analytica storm27 March 2018This week Dutch newspapers NRC and de Volkskrant consulted scientists from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) about the impact ...
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Radio broadcast on Leiden wall formulas on BNR26 February 2018BNR Radio has broadcast an item on the physics formulas that are painted on walls across the Leiden historic city center. The wall formulas are initia...
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Media Technology lecturers in NVON's magazine Terugkoppeling22 February 2018Maarten Lamers and Peter van der Putten were guest editors of magazine Terugkoppeling, the publication of the NVON (Dutch Association for Education in...
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Distinguished South African Minister visits Leiden as Honorary Professor20 February 2018On 26th and 27th February, the South African Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor will visit Leiden University as honorary Oort Visiting ...
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René Kleijn about low-carbon energy16 February 2018How will we generate energy without further contributing to global warming? Industrial ecologist René Kleijn tells about low-carbon energy in tv and r...
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Physics ice skating experiment in De Volkskrant12 February 2018Experimental physicist Tjerk Oosterkamp and theoretician Hans van Leeuwen conduct research on the exact mechanism behind ice skating. De Volkskrant pu...
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Fons Verbeek on computational bio-imaging at SleutelstadFM25 January 2018Professor Fons Verbeek of the computer science and biology institutes at Leiden University has the fascination to visualize everything we can not see ...
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Aske Plaat and Catholijn Jonker at BNR De Nieuwe Wereld23 January 2018In the BNR Newsradioprogram De Nieuwe Wereld, professors Aske Plaat (Data Science) and Catholijn Jonker (Explainable AI) of the computer science insti...
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Aske Plaat in NRC on AlphaZero's success22 January 2018Thanks to deep learning, computer program AlphaZero plays better chess than the best person. The computer wins because it can predict further ahead th...
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Joost Kok in Trouw on operation and future of smartwatches08 January 2018In Dutch newspaper Trouw, Joost Kok describes the operation and accuracy of smartphones, smart bracelets and watches.
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Media on environmental impact of food research by Paul Behrens07 December 2017The environment also benefits when people follow national nutritional guidelines, Paul Behrens demonstrated in research published in PNAS. The publica...
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Opening Edwin van der Heide's artwork Whispering Wind30 November 2017Alderman Robert Strijk from the Leiden municipality officially opened the artwork Whispering Wind by Edwin van der Heide on Wednesday November 29.