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From inquisitive exchange student to Californian dream job 15 December 2022As an exchange student, alumna Jessica Ma was already looking for a bridge between statistics and the real world. In Leiden, she gained the experience...
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Max van Duijn and Vasiliki Kosta join The Young Academy 13 December 2022Leiden researchers Max van Duijn (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) and Vasilika Kosta (Leiden Law School, Europa Institute) will join Th...
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Measuring water with your smartphone 12 December 2022You might take photos and selfies with your phone's camera, or scan a QR code. But there is much more you can do with it. Astronomer Olivier Burggraaf...
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The search for a ‘quantum advantage’ 12 December 2022Proving a quantum computer to be quicker than a normal one is one step closer. After a breakthrough in speeding up classical algorithms, researchers V...
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What is dark matter? Dwarf galaxies offer new insight 09 December 2022It was first measured a hundred years ago and yet we still don’t know what it is: dark matter. By looking at stars in dwarf galaxies PhD candidate Bas...
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Medical Delta professor Ariane Briegel: 'I love working with people from different backgrounds' 09 December 2022Multidrug-resistant pathogens and worldwide pandemics are increasing, making infectious diseases more prevalent. To develop new treatments, deeper kno...
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'Science works better when you are diverse' 09 December 2022Aske Plaat is the scientific director of LIACS, the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Systems. He is also an ambassador for Leiden University's LG...
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Nobel Prize winner visited Leiden: 'We have hosted a scientific rockstar' 08 December 2022On 28 September the famous chemists Carolyn Bertozzi visited Leiden University to speak at the LED3 seminar. Just one week later, she was announced wi...
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Nobel Prize for quantum physics: the circle for Bell's theorem is complete 08 December 2022This year's Nobel Prize in Physics goes to quantum physics research. The prize will be awarded on December 10 in Stockholm. Physicist Bas Hensen expla...
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Combining art and science in the recovery of Ukraine 08 December 2022How wonderful would it be to use art, technology and science in Ukraine's recovery? Young Ukrainians currently residing in Poland get guidance to deve...
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Carel ten Cate awarded honorary membership Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology 07 December 2022Professor emeritus of Animal Behaviour Carel ten Cate is awarded honorary membership by the Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology (NVG). He received ...
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Old tradition of ‘golden PhDs’ reinstated 06 December 2022Black-and-white photographs filled with solemn young men and distinguished professors line the walls of the Grand Auditorium. Young women are missing ...
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Science and mission: Jan Willem Erisman in the European Soil Mission Board 05 December 2022Even as a child, Jan Willem Erisman wanted to make things better. As a professor Environmental sustainability, he is therefore also very active outsid...
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Multiple KHMW awards for science students 05 December 2022As many as seven first-year students from the Faculty of Science were honoured as young talents. In addition, the Royal Holland Society of Sciences an...
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Photo of fish in Covid glove on shortlist for prestigious nature prize 02 December 2022With his photo of a fish trapped in a rubber glove, external PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra has made it to the shortlist for the People’s Choice ...