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Three Leiden scientists receive NWO ENW-KLEIN grant for innovative researchThe origins of Surinamese rice, a digital twin of the Earth and a large big-data project in the Chilean sky: three Leiden scientists receive an ENW-KL...
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Correcting each other’s mistakes - why cells stuck together in early evolutionThe transition from single cells to multicellular organisms was a key step in evolution. Researchers from Leiden and Amsterdam developed a mathematica...
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Using the placebo effect for your healthEven if you have a healthy lifestyle, there's a lot to experience and learn during the Healthy University Week, from 26 to 30 October. Health psycholo...
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Global citizenship research launched in cooperation with NCDOAt the initiative of the National Commission for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO), Leiden University started a research in...
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Rescuing ancient rock art in Pakistan with a Prince Claus Heritage Emergency GrantPakistani archaeologist Abdul Ghani Khan (MPhil) and Dr Marike van Aerde (Leiden University) have been awarded the Prince Claus Heritage Emergency Gra...
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Steven Truxal appointed Professor of Air and Space Law in LeidenSteven Truxal joins Leiden University as Professor of Air and Space Law on 1 December 2020. Truxal holds a BA in International Affairs with concentrat...
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First Dutch field trials with exotic insect to combat invasive plantFor the first time in the Netherlands, an exotic insect species is released into the wild to combat a harmful plant species. The Japanese knotweed psy...
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Urgent research projects funded by LUFMisleading graphs, the erosion of democracy and the weakening of bones as a side-effect of medication. Researchers are starting work on these very top...
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Sports Centre celebrates 50 yearsOnline competitions, online sports, dietary advice for staff and students and 'What do they eat for lunch?' The first 'volunteer' is Vice-Rector Heste...
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Unravelling prehistoric fire use: ‘Variation in fire conditions equals variation in human behaviour’Building a fire involves many variables, such as size, choice of fuel, temperature, and burn time, that affect the way the generated heat can be used,...
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3D printed microboatFrom prow to stern, this little boat measures 30 micrometers, about a third of the thickness of a hair. It has been 3D-printed by Leiden physicists Ra...
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New investigation of South African rock shelter sheds light into Middle and Later Stone Age modern human behaviourIn the eighties the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, was excavated. Results from this excavation led to an understanding when...
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An overall picture: the environmental impacts of a new solar cell technologyA more efficient solar panel sounds great. But what if these new panels consume more toxic materials, or their production consumes a lot of energy? Le...
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Jeanine De Roy van Zuijdewijn Discusses the Beheading of Samuel Paty in Dutch Newspaper NRCDe Roy van Zuijdewijn, researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, wrote an opinion piece on the ongoing threat still bei...
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Putting life into Neolithic houses with an NWO subsidy: ‘We will bring detail in our image of past domestic activities’Archaeologist Annelou van Gijn received an NWO Archeologie Telt grant to investigate domestic craft and subsistence activities of late Neolithic peopl...