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Can we live longer? Leiden physicist makes discovery in protective layer in genes12 September 2022With the aid of physics and a minuscule magnet, researchers have discovered a new structure of telomeric DNA. Telomeres are sometimes seen as the key ...
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BrAInpower exhibition: tremendous and troubling uses of AI in our daily lives12 September 2022Care robots, medical treatments, deepfakes and self-driving cars all with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). The BrAInpower exhibition at Rijksm...
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Special nanoparticles for cancer therapy! Will you help?08 September 2022
Developing a better treatment for patients with head and neck cancer, that is what Binanox, The 2022 iGEM Leiden team, want to achieve. They hope to r...
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From solar panels to tables made from old jackets: University opens its doors on Heritage Open Days07 September 2022The theme of the Heritage Open Days Leiden on 10 and 11 September is sustainability. At four University locations guides will talk about the history o...
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How to involve citizens in your scientific research06 September 2022Inviting members of the public to help monitor wildlife, photograph plants or conduct samplings. These are some of the many examples of Citizen Scienc...
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability10 August 2022Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a ...
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Cycling like a Jumbo-Visma pro with the Leiden data model28 July 2022Just like the professional riders from the Jumbo-Visma team, amateur cyclists will soon be able to analyse and improve their performance. Leiden data ...
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Small molecule prevents tumour cells from spreading27 July 2022Leiden chemists, together with colleagues at the University of York (UK) and Technion (Israel) have discovered a small, sugar-like molecule that maint...
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New podcast about astronomy for the greater good21 July 2022How does astronomy benefit you? The new single-episode podcast Cosmic Perspectives explores the impact of Dutch astronomy on society: from building po...
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700,000 euros for the fight against aggressive breast cancer19 July 2022To inhibit proteins that contribute to the growth of aggressive cancer cells, that’s the plan of Professor Bob van de Water and his team. They will re...
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More-than-Planet exhibition gives perspective15 July 2022What is Planet A? A new exhibition in the Old Observatory sheds light on how we all have different perceptions of earth. In five art installations, vi...
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Ewine van Dishoeck goes stargazing15 July 2022From the birth of the universe to the molecules in a planet's atmosphere. The first five pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the ...
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Kilotonnes of 'recycled' Dutch plastic waste end up in the sea13 July 2022On paper it is recycled, but in reality enormous quantities of plastic waste from the Netherlands end up in Asian seas. Researchers from the Leiden In...
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Heineken Young Scientists Award for three Leiden researchers11 July 2022Three of the four Heineken Young Scientists Awards for 2022 have gone to researchers from Leiden: chronobiologist Laura Kervezee, physicist Jordi Tura...
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Tunnel vision alarm in the search for more efficient hydrogen cells08 July 2022A tenacious postdoc researcher persuaded Professor Marc Koper to research the oxygen reduction reaction. In Koper's eyes, there was little of interest...