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Research on the use of reviews following homicide in domestic settings24 January 2025Domestic violence is a serious issue in the Netherlands, with fatal consequences each year. The impact extends beyond the victims themselves, also aff...
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Turning the tide: global biodiversity research gets time and funding24 January 2025How do you compare the living environment of Dutch dairy cows with that of Masai cattle in East Africa? And how can we reverse biodiversity loss? Thes...
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models24 January 2025What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language ...
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Cracking the code: why platinum electrodes corrode24 January 2025An atomic vandal has finally been caught! Scientists from Leiden University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Laboratory have uncovered the...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants24 January 2025The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 April 2025. ...
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Research on femicide rewarded at Meijers LectureResearch 23 January 2025University lecturer Mojan Samadi has won not only a Meijers Prize, but also the Van Wersch Springplank Prize for her outstanding contribution to scien...
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Interviews with over 100 civil servants under Trump reveal worrying pictureThe Loyalty Trap 23 January 2025It was challenging to get civil servants from the first Trump administration to speak about their work experiences, but sociologist Jaime Lee Kucinska...
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More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access23 January 2025The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini...
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How can people with autism and social anxiety understand others’ emotions better?Emotions 23 January 2025A smile, tears in your eyes or a blush on your cheeks: we understand one another better by mirroring one another’s emotions. In her PhD dissertation, ...
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Documentary - Restoring the eleventh-century Arabic manuscript De Materia Medica22 January 2025Water damage, old restorations and copper corrosion in some illustrations. De Materia Medica has been through a lot over the centuries. The manuscript...
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Friendship crucial in intelligence service cooperationInterview with PhD candidate Pepijn 22 January 2025Secrecy can be detrimental to a relationship, but in the intelligence world, it is actually a basis for trust. What do relationships and trust really ...
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As a parent, you have a big influence on your child’s anxiety (though there’s no need to worry about it)Anxiety 22 January 2025How do parents communicate anxiety to their child via body language and words? Psychologist Cosima Nimphy studied this question for her PhD research. ...
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‘It’s a great motivator if your research can be life-changing in the real world’21 January 2025Our university labs are bursting with cutting-edge research, but how do you commercialise these inventions and discoveries or translate them into outc...
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How to choose the optimal location for wind turbines in the North Sea21 January 2025In the next decades, thousands of wind turbines will be added to the North Sea. Environmental scientist Chen Li identified the most beneficial areas f...
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Christa Tobler participant in a fireside chat on the relationship between Switzerland and the EU21 January 2025This year's 'Braunwald Inferno' event, a mixture of winter sports (including an early morning ski race) and political event, took place in the Glarus ...