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Star birth: a slow and mysterious drama15 September 2023A star does not just appear in the sky overnight. Its creation takes tens of thousands of years. Twenty years ago, astronomers took a picture of a sta...
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Michiel Hogerheijde new Programme Director at Leiden Observatory03 August 2023Michiel Hogerheijde will be the new Programme Director of the bachelor Astronomy starting 1 October. The appointment is for four years. Hogerheijde su...
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‘Make science communication more work and less hobby’14 July 2023Young researchers met this month for the fifth Science Communication Summer School. ‘This is the first time some participants get to meet other resear...
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Using data science to promote a healthy life style11 July 2023Movement behaviours, such as physical activity, sleep, and the amount of time we sit each day, impact our health. Recently, more researchers are looki...
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These are the nominees for the Leiden Teaching Prize 202304 July 2023Paul Gobée (LUMC), Kirsty Rolfe (Humanities) and Frank Takes (Science) have been nominated for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023.
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‘Ask scientists how to build the circular economy’27 June 2023Some governments and companies are pursuing a more circular economy, but what is the best way to get there? An international group of industrial ecolo...
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From chemistry teacher to founder of outdoor escape room company15 June 2023Alumnus Vincent Renken studied Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences in Leiden and is now co-founder of an outdoor escape room company. ‘I asked myself: do you ...
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Inspired teaching without the administrative hassle12 June 2023In his inaugural lecture Professor of Molecular Microbiology Dennis Claessen will explain how lecturer enthusiasm can be contagious. And how as a prog...
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Applications that never crash again31 May 2023Doing your taxes, Netflixing or driving a car: more and more daily activities are supported by computer applications. It is challenging and expensive ...
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Hunting for life’s building blocks at minus 250 degrees Celsius02 May 2023Searching for life’s building blocks lightyears away is an important task of the James Webb Space Telescope. But how does it know what to look for? Ph...
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Two thesis awards for research on electrochemical reactions20 April 2023Understanding the proces of electrochemical reactions is essential to improve the technology for the energy transition. Fuel cell cars, for example us...
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community18 April 2023Buurtlab 070 is a brand-new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together to find climate, susta...
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Educational adventures in the tropics: discovering rainforests in Borneo11 April 2023Photographing fluorescent flowers, searching for frogs and shooting tropical cucumbers out of trees: this is only a small part of the course Tropical ...
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Specialising in quantum? New Leiden-Delft master's degree launched24 March 2023Quantum technologies are in demand worldwide, but until now Leiden students could not specialise in them. The new master’s program QIST (Quantum Infor...
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How sustainable is your coffee cup? Professor Jeroen Guinée finds out23 March 2023What is the environmental impact of the fish on our plates? And is an electric car really more sustainable when we include the generation of electrici...