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Materials made of self-spinning particles 05 December 2016
Materials are either gas, liquid or solid, based on how their molecules respond to temperature and pressure. But what if the building blocks are self-...
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Interactions in Designer Materials Unveiled 29 November 2016
Graphene and other layered materials combine into completely new substances. Leiden physicists establish the ground rules for designing such materials...
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Making flawless graphene coatings 28 November 2016
Graphene, the ultra-thin wonder material just a single carbon atom in thickness, holds the promise of such impressive applications as wear-resistant, ...
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KHMW Graduation Prize for Anne Meeussen 28 November 2016
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has awarded Leiden Physics PhD student Anne Meeussen the Shell Graduation Prize in Physics...
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Three FOM-Projectruimte Grants for Leiden Physics 21 November 2016
The Leiden Institute of Physics has been awarded three out of twelve available grants from the FOM Projectruimte. Principal Investigators Milan Allan,...
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Material built from gears 21 November 2016
A specifically designed collection of gears is soft on one end and rigid on the other. These are robust properties of the system that hold even in the...
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Light on the quantum computer 17 November 2016
Physicist Martin van Exter works with light at nanoscale, at the forefront of nanocomputer research. But as Director of Education he also has a vision...
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LEELIS Conference on future of computer chips 15 November 2016
A collaboration of physicists and chemists organized the LEELIS conference on new computer chip technology in Amsterdam on 10-11 November. Leiden phys...
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Slovenian and Czech high school students visit Leiden University 14 November 2016
Sixty-four high school students from Slovenia, Czech Republic and The Netherlands have visited Leiden University in the week of 7-11 November, as part...
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Record distance for alternative super current 10 November 2016
Electrons that spin synchronously around their axis, turn out to stay superconducting across large distances within magnetic chromium dioxide. Electri...
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Quantum Mechanics Course for Physics teachers 10 November 2016
Leiden University organizes a course on quantum mechanics for high school Physics teachers. As the curriculum gains a new quantum component, the unive...
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New theory on liquid crystals with high symmetry 08 November 2016
LCD screens use liquid crystals which have a high degree of order, even though they form a fluid. A new theory maps out the interplay between order, t...
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New flowchart to eliminate Universe models 08 November 2016
Cosmologists have many possible models for the Universe, of which only one can be true. A new flowchart will eliminate some of them when two specific ...
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Physics Ladies' Day boosts girls' enthusiasm for science 31 October 2016
On 28 October 2016, prospective female students explored the natural sciences at the annual Physics Ladies’ Day. This event, specially for girls in th...
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Female Researchers in the Spotlight for Physics Ladies Day 27 October 2016
On Friday 28 October, Leiden University organized its annual Physics Ladies Day for female high school students. To mark this festive day, we put the ...