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Heineken Young Scientists Award for three Leiden researchers 11 July 2022
Three of the four Heineken Young Scientists Awards for 2022 have gone to researchers from Leiden: chronobiologist Laura Kervezee, physicist Jordi Tura...
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Tunnel vision alarm in the search for more efficient hydrogen cells 08 July 2022
A tenacious postdoc researcher persuaded Professor Marc Koper to research the oxygen reduction reaction. In Koper's eyes, there was little of interest...
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Skin researcher calls for multidisciplinary collaboration: ‘I want to pool expertise’ 06 July 2022
In dermatology, there should be a high level of multidisciplinary collaboration among institutes and specialists, Professor of Translational Dermatolo...
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New perspective in quantum mechanics and better sleep for PhD students 06 July 2022
Besides physics, the sleep of PhD students also benefits from Vitaly Fedoseev's PhD research. He will receive his doctorate on July 7 for his work on ...
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Fifteen year old paper receives international award 05 July 2022
How did a fifteen year old paper receive an award? It happened to LIACS professor Todor Stefanov and his colleagues. Their paper was awarded with the ...
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Physicists from Leiden help create world’s smallest Rembrandt 05 July 2022
Museum De Lakenhal is displaying the smallest work of art in the world: a 3D-printed statue of Rembrandt van Rijn, made by sculptor Jeroen Spijker and...
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Antibiotics of the future: looking for a new way to kill bacteria 04 July 2022
Current antibiotics only address very few target proteins in bacteria to kill them. Researchers know that there are more possible target proteins to t...
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DNA from a cup of pond water can reveal a lot: Kat Stewart will find out with a Vidi grant from NWO 01 July 2022
She has had the idea for seven years, but now environmental scientist and conservation biologist Kat Stewart finally gets to work on it. She has been ...
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In search of the atoms of mathematics 01 July 2022
Combining geometry and number theory. That is what Dr Jan Vonk of the Institute of Mathematics receives a Vidi grant for today. ‘By fusing these two d...
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University 30 June 2022
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them...
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The hunt for nanoplastics is on 29 June 2022
How do you count the nanoplastics in your body? Leiden researchers published a method in Nature Protocols today that should make this easier. Importan...
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Young talent: quantum scientist receives Young Scientist Prize 29 June 2022
Only 35 years old and already a research group leader, on his way to tenure. And: numerous papers, grants and fellowships to his name. Leiden physicis...
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LDE white paper on critical materials, green energy and geopolitics 28 June 2022
With its Green Deal The European Union has set itself much-needed ambitious climate goals. But the energy crisis and geopolitical tensions are making ...
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ESOF session shines a light on the dark side of our universe 27 June 2022
Cosmologists can measure with increasing precision how the universe is expanding and changing. This is producing unexpected results and causing cracks...
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Turning senses into media: can we teach artificial intelligence to perceive? 22 June 2022
Humans perceive the world through different senses: we see, feel, hear, taste and smell. The different senses with which we perceive are multiple chan...