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Want to know more about quantum? These games make it fun23 February 2024Tic tac toe, but with quantum effects. That makes learning the principles of quantum technology a piece of cake. This is the aim of a new start-up fou...
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How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production22 February 2024Hydrogen can help to solve the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global e...
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Thesis on animal welfare wins second prize at Leiden University award ceremony22 February 2024Did you know that each year 18 billion animals die without making it to someone’s plate? Governance of Sustainability alumna Juliane Klaura has won th...
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ERC Consolidator grant for Alessandra Silvestri: putting gravity to the test on cosmological scales20 February 2024Does gravity work the same when you look at the largest scales in our universe? That’s what Leiden physicist Alessandra Silvestri will study with a 2 ...
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Embryos of the bitterling perform a somersault. This teaches us something new about natural selection20 February 2024Even embryos can become embroiled in an evolutionary arms race with another species. Leiden biologists demonstrate this with larvae of the rosy bitter...
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Together towards a Circular System: Leiden contributes to Growing with Green Steel19 February 2024A complete transformation of the steel cycle in the Netherlands with the ultimate goal of a CO2 neutral steel sector by 2050. For this purpose, the Gr...
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New professor Luca Giomi creates his own physics of living systems19 February 2024Swarms of drones, pedestrians or the cells in your body. Those are all examples of active matter: materials whose building blocks can move autonomousl...
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Jos Raaijmakers new member KHMW: ‘Build a bridge between science and society’19 February 2024The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed Jos Raaijmakers, professor of Microbial Interactions and diversity, as a new...
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A first in the lab: a tiny network that is both strong and flexible15 February 2024Daniela Kraft's group has succeeded in creating a network of microparticles that is both strong and completely flexible. This may sound simple, yet th...
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With these small adjustments we can reduce nitrogen loss in peat meadows09 February 2024Relatively simple adjustments can reduce nitrogen losses on dairy farms in peatland areas. That’s the conclusion of the PhD research by by Leiden envi...
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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’08 February 2024On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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How oak seedlings teach us more on dune restoration08 February 2024What is the best way to restore dune ecosystems? The project TERRA-Dunes researches the role of soil microbes in the development of natural dune areas...
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Plant-based diet can help unlock technology to harness huge CO2 removal07 February 2024Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a promising method for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and simultaneously gener...
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Your old smartphone is indispensable for the energy transition06 February 2024By 2050, we can obtain 40 per cent of our demand for scarce earth metals from old smartphones, batteries, and wind turbines. This is crucial because o...
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How fungi are helping us be more sustainable05 February 2024Fungi don’t just grow as mould on your bread but can also be used to produce building materials, mushroom leather and meat substitutes. Professor of F...