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Is there oxygen on exoplanets? New telescope finds out 20 February 2023
To what extent does exoplanet Proxima b resemble our Earth? And is there some form of life present? Astronomers hope to find answers to these question...
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Joining hands to advance Dutch microscopy 20 February 2023
Advanced microscopy to understand life and fight disease: that’s the goal of the new NL-BioImaging network that will develop and integrate state-of-th...
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Finding the origin of giant black holes 20 February 2023
‘Space Antenna LISA will open an unprecedented window on the Universe,’ says astronomer Elena Maria Rossi. The mission will be the first one to detect...
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Archaeologist Everest Gromoll wins LUF Thesis Prize with groundbreaking research on human responses to climatic shifts 20 February 2023
On Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Dies for Alumni event, archaeology alumni Everest Gromoll was awarded the LUF Thesis Prize. His thesis, titled ...
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A future based on Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability, rather than economic growth 20 February 2023
How can society let go of its obsession with economic growth and focus on goals as wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability? This is one of the core qu...
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Grants to build large-scale research facilities 20 February 2023
Five projects with researchers from Leiden University have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to build or upgrade existing researc...
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How cool is LEGO®? Leiden physicists use it for ice cold research 16 February 2023
Tjerk Oosterkamp's group is conducting what is perhaps the coldest research in the world. The researchers have cooled a sensor to below 2 millikelvin ...
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Webb reveals new details in Pandora’s Cluster 16 February 2023
Astronomers have captured a new deep field of Pandora's Cluster (Abell 2744) with the James Webb Space Telescope. The images show never-before-seen de...
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Robo-bird teaches young zebra finches to sing 15 February 2023
How do young zebra finches learn to sing? A research team led by researcher Katharina Riebel has developed a ‘RoboFinch’ to study just that. She and c...
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Leiden math trail renewed 13 February 2023
Updated walking instructions, and refreshed texts and questions. After six years, the Leiden math trail has been revamped. From high school students t...
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Stories from women in physics: ‘I want to understand how the world works’ 10 February 2023
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, women students and researchers from physics talk about what inspires them about their work. F...
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‘Girls can be hackers too’ 09 February 2023
How safe are the dozens of apps on our phone? And how do we make sure organisations don’t get hacked? Cybersecurity expert Olga Gadyatskaya works on a...
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CML talents receive Stans Award 07 February 2023
Each year, CML gives out three Stans Awards. The Institute's staff could nominate students and colleagues for the prices of best student thesis, best ...
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Gianne Derks new Scientific Director of the Mathematical Institute 07 February 2023
As of 1 May Gianne Derks is the new Scientific Director of the Mathematics Institute. Derks succeeds Hermen Jan Hupkes who temporarily assumed the rol...
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What if the Netherlands became vegan? 06 February 2023
Imagine no one in the Netherlands would eat animal products anymore, what would happen? And would it contribute to more climate justice? That is the t...