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How often are parents close to their child? This new method captures it live 30 April 2024
Using an innovative method, psychologist Loes Janssen and colleagues measure how long and how often parent and child are close in daily life, and how ...
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Green light to build revolutionary new experiment at CERN to search for unknown particles 30 April 2024
After many years of preparations, CERN has approved a groundbreaking new experiment: the Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP). Physicist Alexey Boyarsky...
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How language reveals what you're really saying: 'Interesting if it's language-independent' 30 April 2024
In a conversation, you provide all sorts of information to the listener. For example, you can indicate that you're certain about something, or that yo...
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Niels Blokker and Brian McGarry organise INTERPOL centenary conference 30 April 2024
Professor Niels Blokker, Schermers Chair and Professor of International Institutional Law, and Dr Brian McGarry, Assistant Professor of Public Interna...
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Ying Zhang looks for the person behind the history 30 April 2024
The Chinese History chair has a long, rich history within Leiden University. Since 1 February, this position has been held by Ying Zhang. ‘Leiden Univ...
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Surprise: No methane on the night side of exoplanet WASP-43b 30 April 2024
The night side of exoplanet WASP-43b, to the surprise of astronomers, does not appear to contain methane. It is likely that extreme winds do not allow...
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world 30 April 2024
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example....
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Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other 30 April 2024
North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international s...
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Panel discussion - 'The 2024 European Parliament election: what’s at stake?' 29 April 2024
On Wednesday 24 April 2024, the European Integration cluster at the Institute of Political Science and the Centre for the Study of Political Parties a...
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On this public day on psychedelics, researchers transcend the media hype 29 April 2024
Never before has so much research been carried out on the therapeutic effect of psychedelic drugs. Researchers at the LIBC Public Day are happy about ...
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Leiden University represents the Netherlands in 2024 Jessup International Rounds 29 April 2024
On 16 February, Leiden University participated in the Dutch National Rounds of the 2024 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the...
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A computational tool that will transform bacterial genome analysis 26 April 2024
Whether a microbe is beneficial or harmful to a plant can now be predicted with high accuracy thanks to bacLIFE. This bioinformatic tool with an intui...
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Student tower opened with café, common room and spectacular views 26 April 2024
The 289 students who recently moved into the tower on Kolffpad at the Leiden Bio Science Park are sitting pretty. They have the keys to a self-contain...
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Remarkable achievement: Leiden professor appointed AAAS Fellow 26 April 2024
Carlo Beenakker has been appointed a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the organisation behind the journal Sci...
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Leiden University starts dismissal procedure against professor on the grounds of unacceptable behaviour 25 April 2024
A professor from Leiden University, together with a former employee (who is also the professor’s partner), has been guilty of long-term unacceptable a...