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Serge Lemay appointed professor of Iontronics at Leiden Institute of PhysicsPHYSICS 05 March 2026In his research, he uses the tools and methods of physics and applies these to today’s most important challenges in electrochemistry. Now, he brings h...
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Japanese Literature Reading List04 March 2026From experimental essays to comfort reads, and from manga to court literature in verse: Japanese literature has it all.
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In Memoriam professor Rudolf de Bruyn OuboterPHYSICS 03 March 2026With great sadness, we have learned of the passing of professor Rudolf de Bruyn Ouboter. As Professor of Experimental Physics, he made fundamental c...
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War in the Middle East: What are the implicationsAnalysis 03 March 2026The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domin...
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LUMC receives tens of millions for research into new stem cell-based treatments02 March 2026Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), as a partner in the reNEW consortium, is once again receiving tens of millions of euros for research into new...
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Vasiliki Kosta appointed member of the Committee of the KNAW02 March 2026Vasiliki Kosta has been appointed as a member of the Committee of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) tasked with writing an adv...
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New issue Common Market Law Review27 February 2026The February 2026 issue of the CML Rev., Vol. 63 No. 1 is now available online.
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Podcast: Ageism in the Age of AI26 February 2026When we think of ageism, we often think of discrimination against older adults. However, ageism occurs across the entire lifespan; in the tech world, ...
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A world first at the microscopic scale: metamaterials that can shrink and expand on their ownPHYSICS 25 February 2026Soft structures that can take on different shapes without any external drive. Leiden physicists Daniela Kraft and Julio Melio created them in their la...
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Researcher in the classroom: the importance of inclusive educationPhD Research 25 February 2026The number of Waldorf schools in the Netherlands is growing rapidly. Over the past ten years, student enrolment has increased by more than 40 percent....
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ALMA reveals hidden chemical processes at the heart of the Milky WayAstronomy 25 February 2026Astronomers in Leiden have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in northern Chile to produce a new detailed image of the centr...
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Four years of war in Ukraine: what Europe can learn from the battlefieldAnalysis 25 February 2026Four years of war in Ukraine have transformed the nature of warfare, with drones, digital defence systems and improvised solutions shaping the battlef...
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The EU-Mercosur agreement: Latest developments, significance, and next steps25 February 2026
The EU has been negotiating a trade deal with Mercosur, a South American trade bloc, for over 25 years. In recent weeks, significant progress has been...
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Book presentation: Corporate Structuring24 February 2026On 11 February, during a symposium at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the first copy of the book ‘Corporate Structuring’ was presented to the publisher...
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CFP: Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq24 February 2026The Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History (LUCITH) will host a two-day conference on the topic of Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq