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Huge boost for electron microscopy thanks to NWO grantNational project 04 November 2025Leiden University, together with Utrecht University, the LUMC and 10 other Dutch universities and institutes, has been awarded a grant of more than €3...
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Quantum theater show with Leiden script a big hit among 1600 Amsterdam childrenPHYSICS 03 November 2025Physicists from Leiden University wrote the script and ensured that every experiment in the performance was scientifically accurate. The kickoff of th...
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Dutch election results expose new political divide – can D66 bridge the gap?Election results 30 October 2025What do the election results say about the Netherlands today? Students and experts discussed this at an Election Breakfast organised by study associat...
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A faster way to find new medicines – without the limitations of big DNA barcodesDRUG DISCOVERY 30 October 2025Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for drug discovery, using mass spectr...
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What our experts have to say about the key issues in the Dutch electionsDutch elections 28 October 2025Is your strategic vote actually strategic? How can the Netherlands form a stable government? And what should the next government do about migration, d...
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Anthropologist Andrew Littlejohn on NU.nl: 'With Trump taking office, the tide is turning on disaster management'"in the media 23 October 2025More than twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern United States with nearly 1,400 deaths. Due to climate change, the lessons from ...
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargonPhD 23 October 2025Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ a...
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Skeletons and beer at ArcheoHotspot23 October 2025How can you figure out if a skeleton is male or female? How did they brew beer in the distant past? Visitors to ArcheoHotspot could examine archaeolog...
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Joris Larik, new Director of Education at LUC: ‘Keep growing in quality’Interview 22 October 2025Joris Larik has been appointed Director of Education at Leiden University College The Hague (LUC). The timing is perfect: this year marks his tenth an...
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Daan Weggemans: 'Digital security is not just for specialists'20 October 2025Within a single generation, the digital world has changed completely: from a technical niche for ‘nerds’ to a reality that affects everyone. Cyberatta...
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CV of Failures exhibition opens in the Herta Mohr BuildingExhibition 17 October 2025Doctorates, scholarships, or a trip around the world during a sabbatical: when it comes to our careers, we often talk about what went well. The CV of ...
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Do’s and don’ts for an effective immigration policyDutch elections 17 October 2025Stopping people at the border does not result in less refugee migration, but providing relief in the region where migrants come from does. What else w...
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What really happens behind the scenes at a Lorentz Center workshop?PHYSICS 17 October 2025When you imagine a scientific conference, you might think of endless presentations and coffee breaks. But at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, things are ...
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‘If you understand the risks, AI is an incredible tool’Artificial intelligence 16 October 2025Thomas Moerland studied medicine and mathematics in Leiden and has a lifelong fascination with the origins and workings of intelligence. He brought al...
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No loss of patient confidence in environmentally friendly doctors16 October 2025The doctor suggests opting for a treatment that is better for the environment. How do patients react to this? Doctors and psychologists together disco...