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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed 29 September 2022
Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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New eDNA method opens doors for environmental research 22 September 2022
With a single sample of water or soil, researches can analyse the DNA of everything that is living in that environment. During her research, PhD candi...
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Working together to make the institute flourish 21 September 2022
The youngest institute of the Faculty of Science has had a real growth spurt in recent years. It is up to Martina Vijver as the brand-new scientific d...
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‘If we buy these imported products, we are co-responsible for the global decline in biodiversity’ 16 September 2022
What we buy and consume in Europe often has an impact on biodiversity somewhere else in the world. With a Horizon Europe Funding of 600.000 euros, ass...
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How to involve citizens in your scientific research 06 September 2022
Inviting members of the public to help monitor wildlife, photograph plants or conduct samplings. These are some of the many examples of Citizen Scienc...
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'When I talked about the materials for an energy transition in 2010, people almost started to laugh' 25 August 2022
In order to build wind turbines and electric cars, we need tons of magnets. Currently, we import these mainly from China, which means Europe is very d...
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability 10 August 2022
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a ...
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Martina Vijver new Scientific Director of the CML institute 26 July 2022
As of 1 September, Martina Vijver is the new Scientific Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences. She succeeds Arnold Tukker, who led the i...
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Kilotonnes of 'recycled' Dutch plastic waste end up in the sea 13 July 2022
On paper it is recycled, but in reality enormous quantities of plastic waste from the Netherlands end up in Asian seas. Researchers from the Leiden In...
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DNA from a cup of pond water can reveal a lot: Kat Stewart will find out with a Vidi grant from NWO 01 July 2022
She has had the idea for seven years, but now environmental scientist and conservation biologist Kat Stewart finally gets to work on it. She has been ...
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The hunt for nanoplastics is on 29 June 2022
How do you count the nanoplastics in your body? Leiden researchers published a method in Nature Protocols today that should make this easier. Importan...
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Biology brothers write book about nature and adventure in Eastern Europe: 'I didn't know there live pelicans in Romania' 29 June 2022
With a self-converted red camper van, biologists and twin brothers Kevin and Marvin Groen go on a nature adventure in Eastern Europe. Together, they s...
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LDE white paper on critical materials, green energy and geopolitics 28 June 2022
With its Green Deal The European Union has set itself much-needed ambitious climate goals. But the energy crisis and geopolitical tensions are making ...
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Thirsty power plants: the water footprint of generating electricity 22 June 2022
To generate electricity, power plants use huge amounts of water. In Europe and the United States, generating electricity is accountable for 40% of the...
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How Dutch houses can become almost energy- and CO2-neutral 22 June 2022
How much energy and greenhouse gas emissions can Dutch homes save? Xining Yang uses Leiden as an example and shows with his research how enormous the ...