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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet24 October 2024Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, thi...
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Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants22 October 2024The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 11 Leiden researchers. This grant of up to 850,000 euros will enable them to develop an in...
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Next quantum computer comes to the Netherlands22 October 2024Europe's latest quantum computer is set to arrive in the Netherlands. The Dutch IT cooperative, SURF, which supports education and research institutio...
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Master’s students Brechtje de Jong and Ilse de Weert win KNMP Studentenprijs 202422 October 2024Brechtje de Jong, a Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences master’s student, and Ilse de Weert, a Pharmacy student, have won the KNMP Studentenprijs 2024. They r...
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Assessors: for 25 years an essential link between students and the university22 October 2024For 25 years now, each faculty has had an assessor, a student representing the interests of all the faculty’s students. Yet few students are aware of ...
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How do you protect the world against cybercrime? Become the professional of the future18 October 2024Examining cybercrime from criminological, legal, administrative, and technical perspectives. The new Dutch-taught Bachelor's programme in Cybersecurit...
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Astronomers Discover Ancient Solitary Quasars with Mysterious Origins18 October 2024An international team of astronomers, including Leiden PhD student Elia Pizzati, has observed several ancient quasars that, surprisingly, appear to be...
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions15 October 2024A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial ch...
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From wildlife journalist to ecologist: PhD candidate researching light and noise pollution14 October 2024Ecologist Sebastiaan Grosscurt became a successful wildlife journalist after graduating. But he decided to focus on science instead. He started his Ph...
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Car sharing and second-hand phones not as green as they seem, research shows14 October 2024Not all sustainable business models have the impact they claim, Leiden researcher Levon Amatuni revealed. Car sharing and phone reuse, for example, ha...
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A cocktail of chemicals in surface water is more toxic than each substance individually14 October 2024Pesticides can form a toxic cocktail when they occur in combination in surface water. This is the finding of research that Leiden University and the D...
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More housing in cities is possible without sacrificing green spaces14 October 2024Building more in urban areas is, in most places in the Netherlands, the smartest way to tackle the housing crisis. This is evident from research condu...
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A theory rarely proves true in practice14 October 2024Leiden students often prefer complicated theory and a difficult test to experiments. Yet associate professor Paul Logman believes students learn a lot...
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New video on Leiden student city feature Archaeology student Azra and Biology student Floris11 October 2024In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the fifth vid...
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‘Exposure therapy’ for bachelor students: preparing for the reality of scientific research10 October 2024Already during their bachelor’s programme, students in Pharmaceutical Sciences are presented with challenging projects. One of these is the Bachelor R...