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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate20 November 2023Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development13 November 2023Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. They think that more insects can change their...
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‘We are drowning in dossiers of which we have long known they will play a role’13 November 2023The new government needs to look further ahead, says environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra. ‘We keep pushing forward big dossiers like demographic a...
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Marco Beijersbergen fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering13 November 2023Cosine Marco Beijersbergen has been appointed as one of the distinguished 62 fellows of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE). With these fello...
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Vocational education and university join forces for quantum technology09 November 2023Quantum technology is the future, but not without skilled people. For this reason, the Talent & Learning Centre (TLC) Delft/Leiden has been establishe...
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Ionica Smeets to give Iris Medal prize money to students09 November 2023Ionica Smeets is planning to give the prize money that she won with the Iris Medal, a prize for excellent science communication, to student projects. ...
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A lifeline for Leiden research – TB solution a step closer thanks to this Indonesian university07 November 2023Herman Spaink knows of many substances that may help combat tuberculosis. Lab space to study them safely is very limited in Leiden. A brand-new lab at...
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa06 November 2023Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African cont...
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Leiden University and Municipality of The Hague to collaborate on sustainability06 November 2023Leiden University and the Municipality of The Hague signed a collaboration agreement on sustainability on 1 November. Their main goals are to build a ...
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Sebastian Pomplun joins Oncode Institute to accelerate breakthroughs in cancer research06 November 2023Sebastian Pomplun manages to reach proteins with drugs even where this was thought impossible. That is why he and his research group have been allowed...
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Algorithms descend into our sewers to improve inspections01 November 2023They never cross our minds until, that is, they become damaged and then they’re a huge problem: our sewers. Their maintenance could be much faster and...
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Partnership agreement with Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada ratified during visit30 October 2023From student exchanges and a joint laboratory to heritage research and a knowledge consortium, the Indonesian Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is in vari...
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Kiem project investigates link between violence and other health problems30 October 2023‘Violence as a Population Health Problem’ is one of 33 interdisciplinary projects that have been launched thanks to a Kiem grant. The project team wil...
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The rocking researcher: Marjolein Fokkema connects disciplines with algorithms and pop songs16 October 2023From predicting Alzheimer’s to the growth of organisms: psychologist Marjolein Fokkema’s algorithms can be used in many disciplines. They also provide...
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Educational experiment with polder rice11 October 2023Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative to cows on peat soil? In May, an experimental trial began, with researchers from Leiden University and ...