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Quantum computing pioneer Seth Lloyd is the 2019 Lorentz Professor29 May 2019American physicist and quantum computing pioneer Seth Lloyd is the 65th Lorentz professor. He will deliver the Ehrenfest lecture on 5 June, and severa...
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Photo reportage on Leiden lion research in national newspaper22 May 2019Photographer Taco van der Eb accompanied Kenyan and Leiden researchers and students on a trip to Lake Nakuru National Park to record their conservatio...
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The building blocks for astronomically literate citizens13 May 2019What does it mean for a citizen to be ‘literate’ in astronomy? Astronomers who participate in outreach to the general public experience various degree...
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Two major teaching grants for Leiden lecturers23 April 2019Studying with an app and exploratory learning in large groups. Two educational innovations that will be possible thanks to the Comenius Programme of t...
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Master students Industrial Ecology selected for EU-project for sustainable start-ups11 April 2019Four students of the MSc Industrial Ecology have recently been selected to participate in the accelerator programme of the EIT Climate-KIC, which help...
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The mission of Felienne Hermans04 April 2019‘A woman with a mission’. In this honourable way, Dean Geert de Snoo described computer scientist Felienne Hermans at the official opening of her new ...
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@ThroughOcular shows the beauty of plants, fungi and algae28 March 2019Beautiful microscopic specimens play the leading role in the course 'Biodiversity Plant' for first-year Biology students. Normally these are put back ...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal21 March 2019Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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Prospective science students in vast numbers to Master's Open Day21 March 2019A screaming wind, a dark grey sky and unexpected rainfall. The visitors of the Master's Open Day of the Faculty of Science had a hard time, but nevert...
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Tyron Offerman: ‘One straight line from when I was 5 to now’21 March 2019Tyron Offerman wants to get the most out of life. This 28-year-old computer scientist and business economics graduate has an impressive three jobs: IT...
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Master’s Open Day: ‘I’ve mainly come to ask a lot of questions’18 March 2019It was a soggy Friday, but the visitors to the Master's Open Day were made of sterner stuff. Bachelor's students from all around the world defied the ...
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Lindsey Burggraaff and Emma Koemans win FameLab heat12 March 2019Which young researchers were best at explaining their research to a general audience? Twelve researchers battled it out at the FameLab heat on 7 March...
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How biased information on the internet can influence research06 March 2019The internet is a good place to rapidly collect large amounts of data. But if you don’t watch out you’ll collect very biased, one-sided data. These we...
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Record number of visitors to Bachelor's Open Day: ‘My mum misses me already’25 February 2019What can you expect from studying in Leiden or The Hague? Which programme should you choose? Should you join a student association and will you need t...
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Online Experience 2.0 Urban Studies - City Biodiversity21 February 2019CML researchers Nadia Soudzilovskaia, Rene Kleijn, Stefano Cucurachi, and Kevin Groen are teaching about the links between city sustainability and bio...