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Leiden students work on the next generation of lab-grown mini organsSynthetic biology 09 July 2026With a custom-designed protein and a strong team effort, Leiden's iGEM team hopes to improve organoids: tiny lab-grown organs that could advance resea...
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Funding for AI and plant research, monitoring nature from space, and moreGrants and appointments for Faculty of Science 08 July 2026Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognis...
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Urban nature expedition: 3,939 species foundBiodiversity 07 July 2026In May and June, 2,636 residents of Leiden, Leiderdorp, Oegstgeest and Katwijk found 3,939 species of plants, animals and fungi. From oysters to orchi...
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Euclid spots dozens of quasars in the early universeAstronomy 07 July 2026The Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 extremely distant quasars, breaking the distance record for this type of bright galactic nucleus. Powered...
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AI as a listening ear: helpful or risky?Human & AI 06 July 2026More and more people are turning to AI when they feel stressed or worried. Researchers at Leiden University studied how and why people use chatbots fo...
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Astrophysicist collaborates on artwork that calculates the odds of your existenceArt 06 July 2026‘Can we calculate, in one number, how impossible it is that I exist?’ Astrophysicist Yamila Miguel took this question by artist Thijs Biersteker serio...
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Suzanne van der Pluijm reappointed as Director of Operational Management of the Faculty of ScienceOrganisation 06 July 2026The Executive Board of Leiden University has reappointed Suzanne van der Pluijm as Director of Operational Management of the Faculty of Science. Her n...
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Working with the most beautiful plants in the worldMy job rocks 06 July 2026Every summer brings a new sense of anticipation in the greenhouse: will the giant waterlilies emerge, how large will their leaves grow, and when will ...
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Neighbours shape plant life more than expected, Leiden scientists findPlant sciences 06 July 2026Scientists at Leiden University have discovered that plants are strongly influenced by their neighbours, not just above ground but also through hidden...
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Jan van Ruitenbeek receives award for his work in promoting scientific integrityPHYSICS 03 July 2026Leiden physicist Jan van Ruitenbeek has been awarded a prestigious prize by the PubPeer Foundation in recognition of his significant contribution to p...
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Generation Regeneration: these students envisage the South Holland Delta in 2100STUDENT PROJECT 02 July 2026They visited four regenerative farmers, viewed the landscape through the eyes of a dragonfly and organised workshops with policymakers and experts. Fi...
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The cat’s-eye effect, a platinum accident and galaxy-like proteins: Three winners share the Physics Image AwardPHYSICS 02 July 2026The glow of a century-old ceramic glaze, a microscope tip covered with platinum and a network of proteins that looks like a galaxy. These three beauti...
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Person-centred care thanks to digital solutionsInaugural lecture 26 June 2026More person-centred care with fewer people may sound contradictory, Professor Jildau Bouwman admits. But it is possible, she argues in her inaugural l...
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Euclid space telescope reveals the heart of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail25 June 2026Scientists from the consortium behind the Euclid space telescope, including researchers at Leiden University, have created the largest and most detail...
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Leiden researchers test a smart lion collar in TanzaniaEnvironmental biology 25 June 2026A new generation of lion collars in Tanzania’s Serengeti shows that human–wildlife encounters are becoming increasingly common. Researchers from Leide...