In the media
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The launch of a new era: Leiden and the James Webb telescope (part II) 23 December 2021
After 25 years, December will finally see the launch of the long-awaited James Webb space telescope. Leiden astronomers are watching with great excite...
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PhD candidate from Leiden presents international student event 01 December 2021
From pipetting in the lab to shining in front of the camera at a global student event. With 8.000 viewers watching the livestream, Marjolein Crooijman...
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Leiden research into corona waste ends up in New York Times 18 November 2021
Face masks and plastic gloves are supposed to protect us from corona, but they are becoming an increasing problem for the environment. In a special se...
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Peter van der Putten on Robo Rabbi and a robot that performs funeral rituals 16 November 2021
Can a robot rekindle the waning interest in Buddhism in Japan? University lecturer Peter van der Putten researches the philosophical and social questi...
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Martin van Hecke in Atlas 04 November 2021
Metamaterials researcher Martin van Hecke was featured in the Dutch science tv show Atlas.
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Astronomer Joe Callingham testifies against killer stars in new show on Discovery Channel 17 September 2021
On Friday evening 17 September, Leiden astronomer Joe Callingham can be seen in a new series on Discovery channel. Killers of the Cosmos is about diff...
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Most detailed galaxy photos yet are world news 23 August 2021
Media all around the world reported about it: the most detailed images yet seen of galaxies, shot by radio telescope LOFAR. The international team beh...
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Football is simple. What is difficult is playing simple football. 16 June 2021
And that is what scientist Rens Meerhoff of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) explains in the NPO Radio 1 programme Focus. He ...
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Random walks: wandering the streets like a group of drunk students 01 June 2021
Mathematician Oliver Nagy still vividly remembers the first time he learned about a random walk. ‘The lecturer told us to imagine a company of drunken...
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Capturing polarised light in the search for alien plants 18 May 2021
A new way to decipher the light from distant worlds could give us unmistakable evidence of extraterrestrial photosynthesis, and maybe alien plants, fi...
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‘Food is the elephant in the room for human water use’ 11 May 2021
From treatment plants to hot showers, emissions from water use in the U.S. are equal to 50 million cars driving around for a year. In The Washington P...
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Yamila Miguel on Universiteit van Nederland 16 March 2021
In a new video lecture (in English) on Universiteit van Nederland, astrophycisist Yamila Miguel tells us about the discovery of the most bizarre plane...
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Julia Cramer in Atlas 24 February 2021
Tonight 20:25, Julia Cramer, expert in quantum information and communication science, is a guest in the television science programma Atlas
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Data science helps in speed skating race for gold 15 February 2021
Winning gold in speed skating at the Olympic Games is not just a matter of training hard; data science can also lend a hand. Jeroen van der Eb of the ...
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BBC Science Focus names Ewine van Dishoeck as one of the six women who are changing chemistry 12 February 2021
On the occasion of the Women & Girls in Science Day, BBC Science Focus Magazine highlighted 6 prominent female chemists. Among them is Leiden professo...