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Professor by special appointment Jeroen van Zon joins the Institute of Biologyappointment 03 September 2025As of 1 September, Jeroen van Zon started as professor by special appointment in Quantitative Developmental Biology at the Institute of Biology Leiden...
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Flying pencil links Leiden and The Hague at launch of new degree programmesLeiden University celebrates start of academic year with new programmes in The Hague 02 September 2025It was a memorable start to September. While Leiden marked the opening of the academic year, The Hague celebrated the launch of three new degree progr...
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Leiden joins EU effort to unite Europe’s cancer research networks01 September 2025The more data from cancer research we pool, the better we can search for new treatments. But how can we keep patient data safe when sharing it? Leiden...
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‘It’s quite something to be on that list of names’Gold medal for Koper 28 August 2025Marc Koper, Professor of Catalysis and surface chemistry, has been awarded the EuChemS Gold Medal 2026. The prize is awarded every two years and recog...
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First ring-forming embedded planet discovered around a young sun-like star26 August 2025Astronomers led by Leiden PhD candidate Richelle van Capelleveen have, for the first time, discovered an exoplanet that has carved a bright gap in the...
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Rare isotopes in our neighbouring stars provide new insights in the origin of carbon and oxygen26 August 2025Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighbouring stars for the first time, providing a new window...
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From equations to excursions: Leiden students excel at International Maths Competitionpuzzelen 21 August 2025Five mathematics students from Leiden University and their coach stood out this summer in Bulgaria at the IMC: the International Mathematics Competiti...
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Experiment: Leiden University student writes thesis with just AI tools for supervisionEducation 21 August 2025As an experiment, student Alicia Cai relied solely on AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude for supervision while writing her thesis. It was only after ...
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Accidental double zoom reveals millimetre waves around supermassive black holeSterrenkunde 21 August 2025An international team of astronomers led by Matus Rybak (Leiden University) has proven, thanks to accidental double zoom, that millimetre radiation is...
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Speculations about extraterrestrial life peak in news articles (and in scientists quotes)13 August 2025Researchers from Leiden University analysed almost 30 years of communication on astrobiology. News articles proved most speculative, especially via qu...
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Award for a method that can create even better algorithms12 August 2025She develops algorithms that outperform leading optimization techniques and can be applied in many fields. For this work, Niki van Stein and her team ...
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Thirteen NWO Open Competition XS grants for Leiden researchersResearch funding 12 August 2025From medicines from snake venom to supercrops and the origin of words. Thirteen researchers from Leiden University will receive Open Competition XS gr...
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Packed particles power upPHYSICS 04 August 2025What if particles don’t slow down in a crowd, but move faster? Physicists from Leiden worked together and discovered a new state of matter, where part...
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New project explores how engineers and AI can truly work together01 August 2025What if AI doesn’t just support engineers, but actually works alongside them? A large consortium, including Leiden University, gets 3.7 million euros....
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Professor argues: ‘Let nature take its course’31 July 2025Give organisms like plants and animals the freedom to move, interact and meet their own needs, and they will thrive on their own, says Professor Geert...