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Arnold Tukker receives honorary doctorate at Swedish university 17 November 2022
As one of the first environmental scientists ever, Arnold Tukker received the honorary doctorate at Linköping University on Saturday 12 November. This...
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Animals in fashion: what is portrayed on children’s clothing? 17 November 2022
Children’s clothes are full of cute, fun and cool animals. Researcher Michiel Hooykaas investigated which animals were most prevalent, to see how cult...
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Eight professors receive double appointment simultaneously 16 November 2022
Delft, Nov. 15th, 2022 – Today, eight professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta professors’ at Leiden University, LUMC, TU Delft, E...
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Ariane Briegel appointed as Medical Delta professor 16 November 2022
Yesterday, eight professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta professor’, at Leiden University, LUMC, TU Delft, Erasmus University and...
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Curing diseases with lab-grown organs 15 November 2022
Organs and tissues grown in the lab may in the future be able to cure people with organ failures. Micha Drukker, professor of Stem Cells, Developmenta...
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Colliding magnetic fields reveal unknown planets 14 November 2022
Northern lights, stellar winds and exoplanets. This is what astronomer's PhD research revolved around. PhD candidate astronomer Rob Kavanagh developed...
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Changing our diet would help absorb global food shocks, such as during the Russia-Ukraine conflict 14 November 2022
A plant-based diet could improve the resilience of our food system. Moving to such a diet in the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) alone cou...
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Life after the Grand Jamboree: Wrapping-up iGEM 10 November 2022
‘A challenging rollercoaster, but also a very bonding and insightful experience,’ that’s how the team of iGEM Leiden 2022 wraps up their participation...
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‘Computers can give linguists a push in the right direction’ 10 November 2022
For decades, linguists have racked their brains over the question of precisely how the syntax of various languages is different. PhD candidate Martin ...
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New way to rapidly detect fake news 03 November 2022
With the emergence of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, it’s easier than ever to share information. Including disinforma...
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LOFAR antennas unveil giant glow of radio emission surrounding cluster of galaxies 02 November 2022
A Dutch-Italian-German team of astronomers has observed a huge glow of radio emission around a cluster of thousands of galaxies. They combined data fr...
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‘But how many bacteria live on my hands, then?’ Micro-day in photos 01 November 2022
From 22 to 24 October, researchers of the MARBLES-project informed museum visitors about microbes: bacteria and fungi that live all around us. The eve...
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How AI can help to understand the earth faster 26 October 2022
AI can help scientists to collect data about the earth faster. This saves them a lot of time on trying to figure out how to analyze all the data they ...
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PhD Graduate Van Groesen: ‘Nothing is too crazy to try.’ 26 October 2022
In a world where bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics, Emma van Groesen set out to find a solution. This month she obtained her PhD, aft...
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Research project into environmental tipping points receives €10 million 25 October 2022
Arjen Doelman (Leiden University), Max Rietkerk (Utrecht University), Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Isla Myers-Smith (University...