Professor of Bio-organic Chemistry Hermen Overkleeft develops innovative methods to study disease processes. This increases our understanding of the h...

A new study published in Nature provides the most detailed picture to date of Neandertal diversity in western Europe shortly before their extinction.

Physicists and instrument makers in Leiden have succeeded to optimise a spring that almost completely filters out vibrations at temperatures near the ...

Creole languages have long had a bad reputation. They were thought to be simpler than other languages and therefore less worthy of study. Lecturer Ben...

Ovaries age faster than the rest of the body. Once women reach their mid 30s, their supply of egg cells begins to decline rapidly and menopause draws ...

Three lecturers from the Institute of Public Law have been awarded a €10,000 Kiem Grant for innovative interdisciplinary research projects. The grant,...

The laboratory of Leiden researcher Alireza Mashaghi is the first in the world to implement a quantum biosensor installation from QT-Sense. This enab...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to catch an extraordinary glimpse of a massive galaxy taking shape in the early universe. They id...

How did political actors speak when confronted with perceived threats to the existing order? And how did such speech, in turn, shape political outcome...

From 8 to 12 June 2026, Leiden Law School contributed to a five-day programme in Malaysia dedicated to strengthening the implementation of the UN Conv...

Those who consume the most also cause the most damage. The 10 per cent of the world’s population who consume the most cause up to $5.7 trillion in env...

In a world where medical advances are progressing rapidly, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ben Cohlen argues that these must always go hand in...

Julia Röhrig, a graduate from Universiteit Leiden’s Political Science master’s programme, has won the 2026 Daniel Heinsius Prize of the Flemish and Du...

What do chemical reactions, epidemics and vegetation have in common? More than you might think, says mathematician Mark van den Bosch (Leiden Universi...

As geopolitical tensions rise and the international landscape becomes increasingly volatile, the Netherlands faces a growing range of threats, from cy...