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The Mystery of the Pointy DropletsA certain type of oil droplets changes shape when cooled and shrunk: from spherical through icosahedral to flat hexagonal. Two competing theories coul...
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Francesca Arici wants to raise maths awareness in societyMathematician Francesca Arici has joined the Raising Public Awareness Committee of the European Mathematical Society. She aims to coordinate and unite...
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Felienne Hermans receives Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021The Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2021 goes to Felienne Hermans, associate professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science. She receives...
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Report: what does our urban mine have to offer?On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them...
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New classification for tropical plant group PhyllanthusThere is much wrong with the taxonomy of the plant genus Phyllanthus. Roderick Bouman of the Hortus botanicus Leiden has developed a new phylogeny for...
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Pelt brings theory and practice together in the field of Deep LearningBringing the theoretical world of mathematics and computer science to more applied research areas. That is what Daniël Pelt, assistant professor at th...
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Academia in motion: a different form of recognition and rewardA better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria....
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The Erasmus+ grant opens doorsWhat is it like to participate in the Erasmus+ grant programme as a Master's student from Ukraine? Yevhenii Radchenko did an eight-month internship at...
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Holger Hoos appointed ACM FellowOn 13 January 2020, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named 95 members ACM Fellows who have demonstrated excellence across many discip...
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New book to improve and promote science with citizensThe new open access book The Science of Citizen Science bundles insights into science that is conducted together with citizens, to promote this growin...
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Rachel Doherty wins LION Image Award with famed Microboat imageThe annual LION Image award goes to the 30 micrometer long 3D printed microboat image that went viral earlier in October 2020, submitted by Rachel Doh...
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Artificial intelligence helps in the search for new antibioticsWith the search for new antibiotics becoming increasingly urgent, artificial intelligence offers valuable help. Smart software developed by Leiden PhD...
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LION Image AwardsOn 15 January, the winner of the famed LION Image Award will be announced. Submissions ranged from the famous 3d printed microboat to an eerily abstra...
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Teaching Assistant Prize for Michał Pacholski and Koen van DeelenTo improve our teaching and reward excellent teaching assistants, the institute offers a Teaching Assistant Prize to the best teaching assistant of t...
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Nathaniel Martin: why won’t antibiotics cure us anymore?Current means of fighting bacteria are no longer as good as they used to be because of antibiotic resistance. These days, people are dying from bacter...