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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge 29 January 2024
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent s...
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This board game helps navigate the dilemmas of academic life 29 January 2024
How did you get to where you are now? This is a key question in the Academic Life Course board game, developed by and for academics. ‘In a normal work...
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Simona Demkova speaks at conference 'Artificial Intelligence, between Ethics and Law' 29 January 2024
On Monday 22 January 2024, the University of Florence hosted the conference 'Artificial Intelligence, between Ethics and Law'. Organised by the Depart...
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The ICJ's interim ruling in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what now? 27 January 2024
Israel was ordered to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Giulia Pinzauti, an expert on state conflicts and humanitarian law, explains the...
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Technology alone won't save us from the climate crisis 26 January 2024
If European countries rely solely on technological advances, they won't be able to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. Households will also need to c...
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections 26 January 2024
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with rese...
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Dutch Cancer Society allocates funds to a mathematician: for treating Ewing sarcoma with the help of an app 26 January 2024
If doctors could better estimate a patient's chances of survival, this would help in choosing a specific treatment. It would be particularly beneficia...
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Four Leiden Scientists: 'Environmental risks of new pesticides with nanoparticles insufficiently examined' 25 January 2024
The environmental risks of new pesticides containing nanoparticles are inadequately researched, according to four Leiden scientists in the scientific ...
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Meet Dr. Lital Abazon, LJSA Member 25 January 2024
Prior to arriving to Leiden, Dr. Abazon completed her Ph.D. at Yale University's Department of Comparative Literature, where she also taught courses r...
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'We are going to make the world's best eye radiation line' 25 January 2024
Annually, approximately 60.000 people in the Netherlands undergo radiation therapy for cancer, with proton therapy being a specialized treatment metho...
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From bubbles to fuel: could this special soap film soon enable artificial photosynthesis? 25 January 2024
A soap film with chemically distinct sides: it's the latest breakthrough in the research led by chemist Sylvestre Bonnet. This unique soap film, along...
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Towards the Hinduisation of India? 25 January 2024
The recent consecration of India’s Ayodhya temple by Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party figurehead Narendra Modi raises important questions. Is...
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Esteban Szmulewicz speaks at online seminar organised by International IDEA and CED (Chile) 25 January 2024
On 18 January, Esteban Szmulewicz, a PhD candidate at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, spoke on the following theme at an onli...
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Mismatched timing: how climate change challenges bird migration 25 January 2024
How does climate change affect the migration routes of birds? Mainly negatively, according to a new study from Yali Si from the CML. ‘It changes the t...
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Online hate speech undermines society 24 January 2024
International Day of Education 2024 is dedicated to the role of education in countering hate speech. Assistant Professor Michael Klos says, 'When peop...