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‘Ask scientists how to build the circular economy’ 27 June 2023Some governments and companies are pursuing a more circular economy, but what is the best way to get there? An international group of industrial ecolo...
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How a game can show that working together is essential in the nitrogen crisis 27 June 2023The Netherlands is embroiled in a complex nitrogen crisis. Berent Baris wants to use his NitroGenius game to demonstrate the complexity of this crisis...
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How Indonesian communities organise their own social security 26 June 2023Many poor people in Indonesia mainly rely on their family members, neighbours and the local community as a social safety net. One of the forms of aid ...
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New method to find Majorana’s tested for the first time 22 June 2023Fifteen years ago, an alternative technique to look for the elusive Majorana particles was conceived theoretically. But no one carried out the experim...
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Nalani Verwoord new assessor Leiden Science 21 June 2023Ava Bauer’s successor has been announced. From September 2023, Nalani Verwoord will be the new assessor of Leiden Science. Nalani is a third-year Biol...
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5 years Quantum Rules lab: ‘The best part is when you hear the penny drop with a student’ 21 June 2023Physics teacher Henk Buisman welcomes secondary school teachers ánd students who want to know more about quantum physics. And he likes to help them in...
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The choice is yours! Three introduction weeks for Leiden University students 20 June 2023Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new Leiden University students should choose: EL CID, HOP or...
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White paper: we can’t just let smart cities happen 20 June 2023Do we want scan cars that issue parking fines and spot illegally dumped waste? What problems would that actually solve? In duo interviews in a new Lei...
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Leiden PhD student discovers thin atmosphere on exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c with JWST 20 June 2023A group of astronomers led by Leiden PhD student Sebastian Zieba has discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that the rocky exoplanet T...
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'Narrow the gap between support and academic staff' 19 June 2023When a spot in the core group of the Strategy Team became available, she immediately applied for the position. Because as Head of HR, Elice Schöne fee...
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Nitrogen experts suggest switching from deposition to emission policy 16 June 2023In an essay Professors Jan Willem Erisman (Leiden University), Chris Backes (Utrecht University) and Wim de Vries (Wageningen University) suggest amen...
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From bachelor student to entrepreneur: card game about elementary particles an unexpected hit 15 June 2023A Christmas present that got out of hand: that's what prompted physics student Serafine Beugelink to start her own company. Her card game about elemen...
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From chemistry teacher to founder of outdoor escape room company 15 June 2023Alumnus Vincent Renken studied Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences in Leiden and is now co-founder of an outdoor escape room company. ‘I asked myself: do you ...
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Prize for production of sustainable rose smell 14 June 2023Sustainable rose smell that can be produced on a large scale. Tobias Fecker made this into a possibility during his master's thesis, which was a colla...
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Using low sample volumes to better understand brain diseases 13 June 2023Marlien van Mever delved into the analysis of tiny samples, cerebrospinal fluid from transgenic mouse models for example. She validated methods that c...