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Leiden scientists create first-ever dengue-on-a-chip to study this deadly virusOrgan-on-a-chip 08 April 2025Researchers at Leiden University have created a unique model that mimics how disease develops after a dengue infection. This 'dengue-on-a-chip' model ...
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NWO funding for five FWN projects within the Dutch Research AgendaGrant 08 April 2025Can humans perceive single photons? What is our place in the universe? How can we make quantum computers more stable? Five researchers from the Facult...
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Liru Feng wins LION Image Award 2025PHYSICS 07 April 2025Fifty euros, a place on the LION photo wall and eternal fame: this is what the winner of the annual LION Image Award gets. This year, the prize goes t...
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New Horizons in Physics prize for Sebastiaan Haffert: ‘Very honoured’Scientific prize 07 April 2025‘The Oscars of the natural sciences’, is what they are called: the Breakthrough Prizes awarded annually in America by the Breakthrough Foundation. Par...
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Bold and anxious fish help in the hunt for medication for ADHD and depressionBiology 04 April 2025Personality is genetic in zebrafish: risk-taking parents have risk-taking children. These are the findings of research by Christian Tudorache and his ...
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Antique telescope moved to the atrium of the Gorlaeus Building03 April 2025No joke: on 1 April, the antique Van de Wall telescope was relocated to the atrium of the Gorlaeus Building. Have you spotted it yet?
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Let the robot lend a hand in the pharmacy (it’s more sustainable too)03 April 2025Can a robot help prepare cancer medication in a hospital pharmacy? That’s what hospital pharmacist Tjerk Geersing investigated in his PhD research. He...
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Building the best possible mini-liver (without making it too complex)PhD Defense 03 April 2025How do organs work in the body, and how can we create mini-organs to study diseases and test new medicines? That’s the idea behind organ-on-a-chip tec...
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Chemistry as the key to medical innovationMilestone 31 March 2025Is it a coincidence that three chemists from the same department have each independently received a ZonMw grant? 'No,' the researchers agree in unison...
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KiDS doesn't shake up cold dark matter model after all28 March 2025Data from 41 million galaxies does not shake up the standard cosmological model after all. To that conclusion, to their own surprise, comes an interna...
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Unveiling the hidden world of wood27 March 2025For four years, Vicky Beckers examined thin slices of wood under a microscope, mapping the anatomy of two plant families. Her research helps identify ...
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Protoplanetary discs are much smaller than previously thought26 March 2025Many protoplanetary discs in which new planets are formed are much smaller than thought. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)...
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This is how artificial and human intelligence work together to strengthen democracy25 March 2025How should the municipality of Eindhoven organise the reception of asylum seekers? What is the best electoral system for the Dutch Parliament? Governm...
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Leiden researchers discover oxygen in the most distant known galaxyGroundbreaking 20 March 2025Two teams of astronomers, including one from Leiden University, have discovered oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. This groundbr...
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Emissions from pharmaceutical consumption almost doubled in 24 years20 March 2025Greenhouse gas emissions related to pharmaceutical consumption increased by 77 percent over the past 24 years, according to a Leiden University study ...