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Improving nature’s antibiotic24 January 2024'What nature made isn’t necessarily an optimized medicine to use in the human body,’ says Professor of Biological Chemistry Nathaniel Martin. That’s w...
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‘Legal AI is a bit of a Wild West right now’15 January 2024A growing number of AI tools are being developed for the legal sector, to help professionals search lengthy texts or check court rulings. Leiden SAILS...
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Post-quantum cryptography should keep our DigiD, bank accounts and state secrets safe15 January 2024Our banking, DigiD and sensitive medical data: what if our entire digital infrastructure can no longer be trusted? Jelle Don has this question permane...
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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards10 January 2024A beautiful speech by vice-dean Bart de Smit, a mini-lecture on exoplanets and the presentation of three faculty awards. That's how we started the new...
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year09 January 2024Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’...
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Reliable research with virtual patients09 January 2024The right medicine in the right dosage for every patient, that is something medical science aspires. 'Personalised medicine' is the term for that. But...
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Together the universities from Leiden and Paramaribo tackle ecological and social challenges20 December 2023Research on flora and fauna with attention for economic interests and partnership with the local population. This is all bundled in a cooperation prog...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202319 December 2023Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...
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Dutch Research Council Open Science Fund grants for five Leiden projects18 December 2023Five projects with a lead applicant from Leiden will receive an Open Science Fund grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The applications come f...
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Mathematics across borders: Peter Stevenhagen in Pakistan18 December 2023Peter Stevenhagen delivered daily lectures at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering in Lahore, in collaboration with ICTP, a well-known...
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Artwork in the new Gorlaeus Building: ‘Academics and artists have more in common than we think’14 December 2023Leiden artist Jos Agasi gets to create the artwork for the atrium of the new Gorlaeus Building. His work was chosen from several entries and will be a...
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New spinoff company to solve major roadblock in the quantum revolution06 December 2023Physicist Kaveh Lahabi’s research on quantum materials led to the launch of a new company: QuantaMap. With his colleagues, he developed a sensor that ...
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Green roofs and tile flipping: research in The Hague on the best approach to climate and species diversity05 December 2023Does a communal garden provide cool air and warm neighbourly relations? Does an additional row of trees increase biodiversity? These kinds of question...
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Canal Watch scoops communication prize28 November 2023Canal Watch (De Grachtwacht), which has been cleaning canals since 2018, has received the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Communication Initiative Award....
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Four projects awarded science communication grants24 November 2023A climate game, a science and music festival, a mobile psychology lab and interactive sessions on anxiety in children. The Dutch Research Council (NWO...