On Sunday 8 October 2023, during the Weekend van de Wetenschap, the Faculty of Science of Leiden University will open its doors to anyone curious abou...

A single tiny molecule that can destroy flu, corona, HIV and Zika viruses? Yes, it really does exist. An algorithm that mimics evolution has produced ...

Providing each cancer patient with the right treatment remains a challenge. Oncode Accelerator aims to change this by innovating the way we develop ca...

Acute stress seems to have a surprisingly positive effect on our health. Researcher Erin Faught received an NWO veni grant to find out why that is and...

Rather than go on holiday this summer, a group of biology students shut themselves away in a windowless lab. They were working on a solution to the wo...

Before patients can take a pill, scientists often spend years in the lab developing and testing a candidate drug. That often includes experiments with...

On Tuesday 5 September, the Faculty of Science kicked off the new academic year. A special edition this time: Dean Jasper Knoester gave the official k...

Understanding what our buildings and cities are made of is an important step in making them more sustainable. Industrial ecologist Tomer Fishman (CML)...

Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their resear...

Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer c...

Many people think heavy metals are poisonous and always harm people and the environment. The reality is more nuanced, says Professor Sylvestre Bonnet....

There has been a lot of media attention for the report recently completed by the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) from Leiden University. How...

On Tuesday evening 22 August, our very dear colleague Jo Hermans passed away. Jo had been ill for some time, but continued to enjoy life in good spiri...

Gerard van Westen has received the KNCV Gold Medal, the most important Dutch award for chemists under 40. 'It's a huge honour,' says the professor of ...

Floske Spieksma will give her inaugural lecture as Professor of Mathematics of Operations Research on 1 September. A discussion about mathematical mod...