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Three innovative research projects awarded Open Competition Science-M fundingNWO 31 July 2025Tracking mucus-eating bacteria, mapping the complexity of planetary nebulae and a signalling pathway in cancer. These three Leiden projects have been ...
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For city dwellers, even 15 minutes in nature can improve mental health30 July 2025Green spaces boost mental health—especially in busy cities. A new study from Leiden and Stanford University reveals how nature benefits urban well-bei...
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Lessons from Nobel Laureates: curiosity, risk-taking and personal conversations24 July 2025What do you do when you get the chance to meet Nobel Prize winners in your field? You say ‘yes’, of course! Two young chemists from Leiden had the opp...
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Does your smartwatch say you’re stressed? It may often be wrong23 July 2025Consumer grade smartwatches may not be as accurate as promised when measuring tiredness or stress. That is the conclusion of researchers Björn Siepe a...
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Astronomers and surgeons join forces in the operating theatreQuantum and space 22 July 2025Astronomers and surgeons from Leiden are collaborating with industry to develop an optical instrument that delivers faster, more accurate imaging of t...
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Large double planets without a star don’t actually existAstronomy 21 July 2025Large pairs of planets thought to orbit each other without a star, do not exist after all. That conclude Leiden researchers, after extensive computer ...
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This platform is making machine learning more transparent and accessibleChangemakers 21 July 2025What began as a PhD project has grown into a website with 120,000 unique visitors each year. With the platform OpenML, researcher Jan van Rijn is cont...
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A material that gets shorter when you pull it (and why that’s useful)PHYSICS 17 July 2025When you stretch an elastic band, it gets longer. But imagine a material that actually becomes shorter when you pull on it. Sounds strange, doesn’t it...
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Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers17 July 2025Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young resea...
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For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system17 July 2025International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA tele...
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This is how astronomers found out how three stars were ejected from star cluster R13615 July 2025Astronomers led by Simon Portegies Zwart used simulations to reconstruct how three stars were ejected from the star cluster R136, 60,000 years ago. Th...
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Study and elite sports: three Leiden students competing in FISU Summer World University GamesElite sport 14 July 2025Three student athletes from Leiden University are representing the Netherlands at the FISU Summer World University Games, a kind of Olympic Games for ...
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European Proof of Concept grants for two Leiden researchers14 July 2025Two Leiden researchers have been awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants. These grants, each worth EUR 150,000, will help the grantees in their efforts to...
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How quantum is your quantum computer?PHYSICS 14 July 2025Can you prove whether a large quantum system truly behaves according to the weird and wonderful rules of quantum mechanics — or if it just looks like ...
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Leiden scientists join national effort to advance nanomedicine10 July 2025A Dutch consortium has received €6.7 million to accelerate the development of nanomedicines together with patients. Researchers from Leiden University...