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Why arteriosclerosis looks like an autoimmune disease 30 January 2023
Arteriosclerosis bears great similarities to autoimmune diseases. Researchers from Leiden University show this in a new study they published in the re...
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Students take on the role of world leaders 27 January 2023
An event where students came together to discuss the impact of AI on healthcare. Jurren de Groot and Yuxuan Zhu, master's students in Artificial Intel...
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Cells with stress: predicting drug-induced liver and kidney damage 26 January 2023
How can we prevent drug-induced liver and kidney damage? PhD candidates Marije Niemeijer and Lukas Wijaya investigated what happens in the cells durin...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023
Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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Physics in the picture: cancer cells as an explosion of fireworks 25 January 2023
When you think of physics, do you think only of complicated formulas? You’re not the only one. Therefore, every year, the Leiden Insitute of Physics o...
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Electric car batteries can help drive the clean electricity transition 24 January 2023
As early as 2030, batteries in electric vehicles could fully meet the need for short-term electricity storage around the world. By connecting them to ...
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Leiden astronomers find building blocks for life in the darkest spots of star-forming cloud 23 January 2023
An international team led by Leiden astronomers has discovered diverse ices in the darkest, coldest regions of a molecular cloud. To do so, they used ...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to 20 January 2023
From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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Leiden astronomers launch biggest space-ice database ever: ‘A kind of phone book, but for ice’ 19 January 2023
It is the largest database for space ice yet: The Leiden Ice Database for Astrochemistry: LIDA. Created by astrophysicists at the Leiden Observatory, ...
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Healthy soil for a healthy gut 12 January 2023
How does the soil we grow our vegetables in, affects the health of our gut? And does a healthy soil gives crops a better quality and taste? These are...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023
The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Students seek sustainable solutions for businesses 10 January 2023
A circular water supply for Artis Zoo, sustainable software for the Dutch government and better waste management at a hospital: master’s students in I...
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Artificial intelligence project to accelerate MRI scans receives 2 million euros 09 January 2023
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are jointly receiving over 2 million euros from NWO to set up an artificial int...
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Physics student Hidde Stoffels investigates dark matter in outstanding undergraduate thesis 06 January 2023
He makes music, goes to the athletics track twice a week and, according to his supervisor, has done his research so well that it would not be out of p...
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Biology student Sander van Zon: ‘We can still learn so much more about lichens’ 06 January 2023
Lichens enthusiast Sander van Zon was eager to use his knowledge for his internship. He wrote an excellent thesis on lichens’ biodiversity in the city...