News
-
The peculiar effect of a small errorMetamaterials have properties that depend on their shape and architecture. Researchers at AMOLF, Leiden University and Tel Aviv University have found ...
-
Sign language processing needs interdisciplinary approachComputer scientist Tessa Verhoef received a Best Paper Award during the ‘ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility’. The paper emphasise...
-
The roughening of a platinum electrodeSmooth platinum electrodes roughen and wear when subejcted to repeated cycles of oxidation and reduction, which causes nanometer scale mounds to grow....
-
Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam about extreme shynessJanna Marie Bas-Hoogendam is a neuroscientist at the Institute of Psychology and conducts research on the brains of families suffering from social anx...
-
Grotius Centre contributes to media reporting on The Gambia v Myanmar case at the ICJCecily Rose, Assistant Professor at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has been involved in informing media reports about the recent ...
-
Karin Aalderink: ‘It is very satisfying to help students on their way’Her love for China made her study Chinese and go on an exchange trip in her third year of studies. As an Outbound Student Coordinator at the Humanitie...
-
Understanding the building blocks of life betterWith a grant from NWO, Thomas Hankemeier will develop new methods to better understand the dynamics of the building blocks of life, such as cells, enz...
-
Join the Humans of Humanities film premiere in Trianon!The humanities consist of various academic fields. But what is the common ground of all these different academics and students? And why does their wor...
-
Field school in Kenya gives students experience of collaborative linguistic fieldworkDescriptions of different languages help us understand what speakers of different languages share worldwide. At the same time, having descriptions of ...
-
Snake venom glands grown in labFor the first time, researchers were able to grow organoids from snake venom glands. The lab-grown 3-D structures can produce snake venom molecules. T...
-
Christa Tobler Participates in a panel on the topic "Framework Agreement CH-EU: What happens after the termination initiative?On 18 January 2020 Christa Tobler took part in a fireside talk on the above-mentioned topic, together with European Parliamentarian Andreas Schwab, Sw...
-
From energy transition to green infrastructure in The Hague: students and municipalities join forcesCan students help make our cities more sustainable and resilient? The Resilient Cities Hub thinks so: during its knowledge café on 16 January, passion...
-
LUCDH awards Small Grant research funds for 2020The Leiden University Centre for the Digital Humanities (LUCDH) is delighted to announce this year's recipients of a Small Grant award. These awards t...
-
Orpheus Instituut acquires prestigious library Ton KoopmanThe Orpheus Instituut acquires the prestigious library of Ton Koopman. The focus of the collection is 17th- and 18th-century music, its cultural conte...
-
How the Dutch Press brought foreign suffering close in the Seventeenth CenturyThe big European wars of religion ended with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, but still religious minorities were persecuted in Europe....