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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice31 May 2022What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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Leiden research project on circular electronics receives 3.8 million euros from NWO30 May 2022Fewer CO2 emissions, less airborne viral transmission, and a more sustainable form of food production: seven consortia of researchers and societal par...
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How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money18 May 2022How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes ...
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A celebration of light, peace and the night sky17 May 2022The International Day of Light (IDL) celebrates the ubiquitous role light has in our lives. From Argentina to South Africa, Japan and Pakistan, severa...
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Researchers tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria06 May 2022When a bacterium becomes more resistant to one antibiotic, it sometimes becomes more sensitive to another. To better understand this interaction, rese...
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‘All of Leiden will join in with the Seeing Stars experiment’02 May 2022What will happen if the lights in a large part of the city are switched off? How many stars can you see without all that light pollution? This is what...
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Peter van Bodegom on sustainable horticulture02 May 2022Dutch greenhouse horticulture is a world leader when it comes to innovative capacity and sustainability, but ‘the challenges are great in terms of ene...
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ERC Advanced Grants for four Leiden researchers26 April 2022From a new generation of antibiotics and more-effective vaccines to a map of dark matter and new light on Hindu traditions. Four researchers from Leid...
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ERC Advanced Grant for dark matter research26 April 2022Dark matter. Something invisible that, according to calculations, comprises about 85% of the matter in the universe. With an ERC Advanced Grant of €2....
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How can we make better use of natural resources?25 April 2022Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustai...
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Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis25 April 2022Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients in 2014. Her case attracted the attention of Leiden stati...
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New research project makes the internet even better20 April 2022How is it that the internet works so well, with billions of users sending millions of gigabytes all together every day? That's because the foundation ...
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Difficult message for policymakers from two Leiden reports on circular economy14 April 2022You should start working now, and the positive results will only be seen long after your term has expired. That is just about the worst thing you can ...
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National Growth Fund invests many millions in faster and more sustainable (cancer) drug development14 April 2022On 14 April, the National Growth Fund awarded million euros in grants to two consortia in which Leiden's science faculty is involved. Pharma-NL will r...
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From lab discovery to a new drug: the Venture Challenge makes it possible14 April 2022A breakthrough from the PhD research of medical chemist Elmer Maurits may help patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancer in the future. But b...