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Can we live longer? Leiden physicist makes discovery in protective layer in genes 12 September 2022
With the aid of physics and a minuscule magnet, researchers have discovered a new structure of telomeric DNA. Telomeres are sometimes seen as the key ...
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BrAInpower exhibition: tremendous and troubling uses of AI in our daily lives 12 September 2022
Care robots, medical treatments, deepfakes and self-driving cars all with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). The BrAInpower exhibition at Rijksm...
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Iprotics Wins the Venture Challenge Spring 2022 12 September 2022
The winner of the 2022 Spring edition of the NWO Venture Challenge was announced during the Dutch Biotech Event. The innovative startup Iprotics has d...
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Improving the treatment of pathogenic fungi. ‘The process is working, but not that well…’ 08 September 2022
Fungi germinating in the lungs of patients. Doesn’t sound too nice, does it? Luckily, humans can deal with this normally, and we are able to clear the...
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Special nanoparticles for cancer therapy! Will you help? 08 September 2022
Developing a better treatment for patients with head and neck cancer, that is what Binanox, The 2022 iGEM Leiden team, want to achieve. They hope to r...
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Wood formation further explored by NWO-XL grant 07 September 2022
Leiden researchers, Professor Remko Offringa and co-applicants Salma Balazadeh and Frederic Lens received an NWO-XL grant (2.5 million euros). Togethe...
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How to involve citizens in your scientific research 06 September 2022
Inviting members of the public to help monitor wildlife, photograph plants or conduct samplings. These are some of the many examples of Citizen Scienc...
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Rational points and new dimensions 25 August 2022
How can you solve equations that define not ‘just’ curves, but also two-dimension surfaces or even higher-dimensional objects? That’s the big question...
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Webb detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere 25 August 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere of a giant planet 700 light years away. This result provid...
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'When I talked about the materials for an energy transition in 2010, people almost started to laugh' 25 August 2022
In order to build wind turbines and electric cars, we need tons of magnets. Currently, we import these mainly from China, which means Europe is very d...
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Daniela Kraft appointed professor of Experimental Physics 19 August 2022
Daniela Kraft and her research are a familiar fixture at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION). Both have been awarded fellowships, grants and freque...
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability 10 August 2022
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a ...
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Mapping the universe with a NWO grant of 3.1 million 04 August 2022
With the new Euclid satellite, scientists are going to map a large part of the sky. The satellite ofthe European Space Agency (ESA) will soon give t...
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Cycling like a Jumbo-Visma pro with the Leiden data model 28 July 2022
Just like the professional riders from the Jumbo-Visma team, amateur cyclists will soon be able to analyse and improve their performance. Leiden data ...
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New insights into mycobacterial infections with NWO grant 28 July 2022
Why are mycobacteria such successful pathogens? And are there defence mechanisms in the body that help reduce an infection? To find out, Annemarie Mei...