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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize 06 December 2021
No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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Students work with local community 06 December 2021
Problems cannot always be solved from a desk. Students on the Master’s in Governance of Sustainability therefore went to various Leiden neighbourhoods...
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Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day 01 December 2021
Whales in the vicinity of the city of Auckland, New Zealand consume large amounts of microplastics every day. A team of international researchers reac...
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National Bee Count by Koos Biesmeijer receives Communication Initiative Award 30 November 2021
The National Bee Count initiative of Professor Koos Biesmeijer (Naturalis/Leiden) and Vincent Kalkman (Naturalis) has received the NWO Communication I...
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Quantifying the need of phosphorus of smallholder farms in tropical regions 25 November 2021
Smallholder farms in tropical regions can double their crop production by 2030 compared to 2015, a study finds to which José Mogollón (Institute of En...
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Ecologist Emilia Hannula receives Gold Medal in Teylers Museum 23 November 2021
Soil ecologists Emilia Hannula (Leiden) and Elly Morriën (UvA) received the Golden Medal of Teylers Tweede Genootschap on 5 November. They received th...
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These eleven Leiden Science researchers are among the most highly cited 19 November 2021
Eleven researchers of the Faculty of Science are on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics. Only 0.1 per cent of researchers ar...
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Paul Behrens’ book on climate change launched in the US 08 November 2021
The book ‘The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science’ by Paul Behrens has been launched in the US, a year af...
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'Better to take action today, than to deal with the damage tomorrow' 05 November 2021
It’s better to cut our nitrogen emissions now than to solve the consequences later at great expense. That’s the lesson we can learn from the Dutch nit...
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CO2-reduction and economic growth: can they go hand-in-hand? 27 October 2021
Fearing a trade-off with economic growth, countries feel discouraged to cut their CO2 emissions. But do the two really not go together? Environmental ...
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Common insecticide linked to extreme decline in freshwater insects 26 October 2021
The widely used pesticide thiacloprid can cause a large-scale decline in freshwater insects. This was discovered by researchers from the Living Lab in...
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Building materials drive carbon emissions, and they’re set to grow 21 October 2021
A new study from Leiden researchers shows that the carbon emissions of building materials are set to grow if we do not act rapidly. Even with known in...
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First graduates of Master’s Programme Governance of Sustainability 07 October 2021
The first generation of Governance of Sustainability master's students has graduated. They received their diplomas during a festive ceremony at Wijnha...
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Back to the Faculty with lecturer Alexander van Oudenhoven 05 October 2021
Last year he became Teacher of the Year because of his innovative and online teaching, now Alexander van Oudenhoven has to change course again and tea...
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Leiden Mayor Lenferink gets his feet dirty for opening Polderlab Oud Ade 10 September 2021
On Thursday 9 September, the mayor of Leiden officially launched a unique ten-year research project in the polder near Oud Ade. During a festive openi...