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Big tech hard to keep up with: ‘Time for government action’Interview Alex Ingrams 01 September 2025From closed government systems in the Middle East to an exceptionally open Dutch government. Public administration lecturer Alex Ingrams is an expert ...
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Opening of the Academic Year: 'Relentlessly follow your curiosity and see where it takes you'Ceremony 01 September 2025The opening of the new academic year highlighted students' and lecturers' personal motivators. Incoming students were encouraged to be bold, forge the...
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Leiden joins EU effort to unite Europe’s cancer research networks01 September 2025The more data from cancer research we pool, the better we can search for new treatments. But how can we keep patient data safe when sharing it? Leiden...
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‘It’s quite something to be on that list of names’Gold medal for Koper 28 August 2025Marc Koper, Professor of Catalysis and surface chemistry, has been awarded the EuChemS Gold Medal 2026. The prize is awarded every two years and recog...
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A better understanding of democracy across cultures and contextsPolitical Theorist Tom Theuns’ new collaborative monograph The Sciences of the Democracies 26 August 2025A new collaborative monograph of democratic theory, The Sciences of the Democracies, was released by UCL Press on August 7. The book, in the style of ...
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First ring-forming embedded planet discovered around a young sun-like star26 August 2025Astronomers led by Leiden PhD candidate Richelle van Capelleveen have, for the first time, discovered an exoplanet that has carved a bright gap in the...
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Katharina Natter receives IMR Book Review Award26 August 2025Katharina Natter of the Institute of Political Science has been awarded the 2025 IMR Book Review Award for her book on migration politics in Morocco a...
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Rare isotopes in our neighbouring stars provide new insights in the origin of carbon and oxygen26 August 2025Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighbouring stars for the first time, providing a new window...
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New issue of Common Market Law Review25 August 2025The August 2025 issue of the CML Rev., vol. 62, no. 4 is now available online.
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Accidental double zoom reveals millimetre waves around supermassive black holeSterrenkunde 21 August 2025An international team of astronomers led by Matus Rybak (Leiden University) has proven, thanks to accidental double zoom, that millimetre radiation is...
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Fear and silence at Lowlands: Festival visitors take part in Leiden researchLowlands Science 19 August 2025Last week’s sunny Lowlands festival was not just an occasion for partying and dancing. Visitors were also given a glimpse – as test volunteers – into ...
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Vulnerable consumers hit hardest by bankruptcy of Groupcard13 August 2025Groupcard provided prepaid cards to Dutch municipalities for welfare recipients, informal carers and volunteers. Now it is bankrupt, the cards are wor...
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Speculations about extraterrestrial life peak in news articles (and in scientists quotes)13 August 2025Researchers from Leiden University analysed almost 30 years of communication on astrobiology. News articles proved most speculative, especially via qu...
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The Vanuatu climate case goes far, but not far enough12 August 2025In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice says that states are obliged to protect the climate. Jolein Holtz, a climate and human rights...
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Award for a method that can create even better algorithms12 August 2025She develops algorithms that outperform leading optimization techniques and can be applied in many fields. For this work, Niki van Stein and her team ...