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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...
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What's inside a giant planet? Yamila Miguel will find out with an ERC Consolidator Grant 06 February 2023
Discovering what is inside giant planets and their atmosphere, that is one of the goals of astronomer Yamila Miguel. With an ERC Consolidator Grant of...
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Are tropical forests threatened by democracy? 06 February 2023
Democracy may lead to more deforestation in the tropics. So write environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo and his colleagues in the prominent scientifi...
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Searching for an explanation for remarkable behaviour of ice on Earth 06 February 2023
If you replace the standard hydrogen atoms in ice with a heavier variant, something odd happens. The volume occupied by the molecules increases by 0.1...
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The urban mine is full of resources, but a circular economy is still too ambitious 31 January 2023
Reuse everything and stop producing waste. By 2050, the Netherlands should have a circular economy. However, the new Integral Circular Economy Report ...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers 31 January 2023
From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages and more: six Leiden ...
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Why arteriosclerosis looks like an autoimmune disease 30 January 2023
Arteriosclerosis bears great similarities to autoimmune diseases. Researchers from Leiden University show this in a new study they published in the re...
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Students take on the role of world leaders 27 January 2023
An event where students came together to discuss the impact of AI on healthcare. Jurren de Groot and Yuxuan Zhu, master's students in Artificial Intel...
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Cells with stress: predicting drug-induced liver and kidney damage 26 January 2023
How can we prevent drug-induced liver and kidney damage? PhD candidates Marije Niemeijer and Lukas Wijaya investigated what happens in the cells durin...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023
Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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Physics in the picture: cancer cells as an explosion of fireworks 25 January 2023
When you think of physics, do you think only of complicated formulas? You’re not the only one. Therefore, every year, the Leiden Insitute of Physics o...
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Electric car batteries can help drive the clean electricity transition 24 January 2023
As early as 2030, batteries in electric vehicles could fully meet the need for short-term electricity storage around the world. By connecting them to ...
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Leiden astronomers find building blocks for life in the darkest spots of star-forming cloud 23 January 2023
An international team led by Leiden astronomers has discovered diverse ices in the darkest, coldest regions of a molecular cloud. To do so, they used ...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to 20 January 2023
From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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Leiden astronomers launch biggest space-ice database ever: ‘A kind of phone book, but for ice’ 19 January 2023
It is the largest database for space ice yet: The Leiden Ice Database for Astrochemistry: LIDA. Created by astrophysicists at the Leiden Observatory, ...