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Healthcare and population health: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam25 November 2021‘Our health is the area that stands to gain most from artificial intelligence.’ The three universities in Zuid-Holland are helping make these gains. T...
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What if superbugs were as tall as buildings?24 November 2021In Sci-Fi comic book Resist NOW!, wondrous adventures will illustrate possibilities to combat antimicrobial resistance. But the comic book will only b...
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Leiden involved in global science communication study19 November 2021Launched in early March, GlobalSCAPE is an EU-funded project seeking to understand the current state of science communication globally, especially in ...
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Journal established at LIACS reaches world top11 November 2021An impact factor of 3.2 in the Web of Science journal index. And in the first 10% of Elsevier's Scopus index. The International Journal of Multimedia ...
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Pharma-NL application submitted to National Growth Fund08 November 2021The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) submitted Pharma-NL to the R&D program of the National Growth Fund, a 20 billion euro program of the D...
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Paul Behrens’ book on climate change launched in the US08 November 2021The book ‘The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science’ by Paul Behrens has been launched in the US, a year af...
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'Better to take action today, than to deal with the damage tomorrow'05 November 2021It’s better to cut our nitrogen emissions now than to solve the consequences later at great expense. That’s the lesson we can learn from the Dutch nit...
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Christiaan Huygens episode Het Klokhuis recorded at Leiden Observatory02 November 2021The Klokhuis dedicates a special episode to Leiden alumnus and famous scientist Christiaan Huygens. Part of the episode was recorded at the Leiden Obs...
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Leiden researchers work on exhibition about growth addiction27 October 2021Museum De Lakenhal issued an open call for creative solutions to the problem of growth addiction. From over 500 submissions, they selected 15 artworks...
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Leiden biology student finalist UN youth delegate22 October 2021Roel Wouters (24), a biology student at Leiden University, is a finalist in the election for UN youth delegate for Biodiversity and Food. The digital ...
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In Leiden, Indigenous artists share their view of the night sky14 October 2021On Saturday October 16, the special exhibition ‘Shared Sky: Canvases of the Universe’ opens in the Old Observatory in Leiden. The exhibit takes a cult...
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CLAIRE wins prestigious Artificial Intelligence prize07 October 2021AI networks CLAIRE and ELLIS have jointly won the prestigious German Artificial Intelligence prize. The WELT newspaper awarded the prize, worth 100,00...
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Quinten Meertens nominated for Christiaan Huygens Science Prize 202105 October 2021Is it acceptable for an algorithm to make mistakes? Quinten Meertens investigated this at Leiden University and the UvA and has been nominated with hi...
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Quantum Leiden creates potential for a great quantum future05 October 2021Friday afternoon, 1 October. Location: one of the most vibration-free places in the world. In this setting, Leiden top scientists launched Quantum Lei...
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Can astronomers limit climate change?24 September 2021Can astronomers mitigate climate change? This is what Leiden astronomer Leonard Burtscher and his colleagues discussed at the annual meeting of the Eu...