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Ester van der Voet appointed professor of Sustainable Resource Use23 February 2022The energy transition is already a huge challenge for society, but sustainable use of resources is even more complicated. Yet it is at least as urgent...
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Leiden’s Astronomy and Society group develops new materials for public engagement trainers21 February 2022Do you practice public engagement? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has just released a unique set of open-source materials designed to be u...
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Is a cancer pill a matter of time?21 February 2022A cancer pill, preferably without severe side effects, is something we’d all welcome. Is it a matter of time before such a pill is a reality? We put t...
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MasterMinds Challenge named best educational innovation16 February 2022The Master of Medicine at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has won the national biennial award for best educational innovation in medical teach...
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Ewine van Dishoeck in children's book: 'Follow your heart and make sure you become very good at something'15 February 2022Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck is portrayed as a heroine in a pictorial children's book. ‘It starts with a dream' tells the st...
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More than a billion people can now learn to program with Hedy!10 February 2022Forget Python, Java and Scratch: there is now an accessible programming language for children. This is Hedy, invented by Dr. Felienne Hermans of LIACS...
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Developing drugs with artificial intelligence07 February 2022Developing new drugs is a difficult process. With the aid of artificial intelligence, Pharmaceutical scientist Xuhan Liu has developed methods that ca...
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Jan Kolen new Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at Leiden University03 February 2022The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Jan Kolen as the University’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coordinator as of 1 February 2022. I...
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Measuring skate provides insight into ice-skating technique28 January 2022In the future top Dutch speed skaters may skate even faster thanks to a skate full of electronics. This ‘measuring skate’ gives top skaters and coache...
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Lorentz Center kicks off lustrum with TEDx talk27 January 2022The Lorentz Center is 25 years old. A good reason for them to contribute to a series of TEDx lectures for Leiden City of Science. Arjen Doelman, direc...
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New measuring method reveals: more plastic ón than ín your salad20 January 2022It's now possible to measure how many plastic particles there are in our food. Chinese scientists and Leiden professor Willie Peijnenburg applied thei...
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Century-old electrochemistry law gets update19 January 2022The Gouy-Chapman theory describes what happens near an electrode when it is in contact with a salt solution, but this description does not match real...
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Combining research and a good cause: Tutoring programme concludes successfully18 January 2022More than a course. That was the aim of the Leiden Tutoring programme. Through weekly tutoring lessons, students did not just earn five EC. They helpe...
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‘Give farmers more freedom in how they reduce nitrogen’06 January 2022In his inaugural lecture Professor of Environmental Sustainability Jan Willem Erisman calls for local solutions that give people more freedom in how t...
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ESA grant to improve the Earth's 'digital twin'15 December 2021Global warming, deforestation, nature conservation. All major environmental challenges that call for major measures. To see what the effects of these ...