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NWA grants for interdisciplinary consortia21 March 2022Several consortia in which Leiden University is involved have been awarded Dutch Research Agenda funding. Leiden is the coordinator of five of these c...
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Cities have a direct influence on evolution18 March 2022A global biological study has provided the most direct evidence to date that humans, and specifically cities, are the drivers of evolutionary change o...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers17 March 2022Five Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will enab...
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LDE minor focuses on resources needed for energy transition15 March 2022European dependence on Russian gas, earthquake damage in Groningen and the changing climate: the call for an energy transition is getting louder. This...
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Oude UB exhibition shows the beauty of ‘pavement plants’10 March 2022For a few years now, Leiden’s Hortus botanicus has been mounting a campaign to cherish wild plants in the city – for the biodiversity and beauty of th...
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'We want to use academic knowledge to make the horticulture sector more sustainable'10 March 2022The Dutch horticultural sector faces the challenge of becoming fully circular by 2030. Professor of Environmental Biology Peter van Bodegom is going t...
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National Meat Free Week: the main reasons to switch to a plant-based diet08 March 2022National Meat Free Week (Nationale Week Zonder Vlees, 7–13 March) is an initiative to reduce meat consumption. Assistant professor Paul Behrens is stu...
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Algorithms can also learn without examples28 February 2022In donut-shaped buildings, particle accelerators take super-detailed X-ray images. Yet those images are not good enough to learn how to drive on hydro...
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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...