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KNAW Early Career Award for ecologist Michiel VeldhuisCuriosity is the driving force behind the research of ecologist Michiel Veldhuis. The associate professor investigates ecosystems in relation to clima...
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Nutrient-rich water is heaven for disease-spreading mosquitoesWhen mosquito eggs hatch in nutrient-rich water, the mosquitoes are larger and they can also fly further. That is the first conclusion of a study from...
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Here is how students help the municipality of Leiden to build sustainablyThe municipality of Leiden aims for circular construction, but how do you reconcile that with the growing demand for housing? For the Kennisatelier Du...
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Three Leiden scientists receive NWO ENW-KLEIN grant for innovative researchThe origins of Surinamese rice, a digital twin of the Earth and a large big-data project in the Chilean sky: three Leiden scientists receive an ENW-KL...
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An overall picture: the environmental impacts of a new solar cell technologyA more efficient solar panel sounds great. But what if these new panels consume more toxic materials, or their production consumes a lot of energy? Le...
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New LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and DiversityThe start of this year saw the opening of the LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and Diversity. The Centre looks at public administration and policy...
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Renewed online atlas provides better insight into pesticides in surface watersOn 24 September the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) in Leiden will launch the new version of the Pesticides Atlas in cooperation with Rijksw...
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Difference in microbiota between organic and conventional dairy farmsBacteria and fungi on organic dairy farms are significantly different from those on conventional farms. That was discovered by postdoc researcher Sofi...
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A compound that gives life as easily as it takes: Jan Willem Erisman on BBC about ammonium nitrateFollowing the Beirut explosion, BBC's podcast series The Foodchain explores the chemical that caused the blast: ammonium nitrate. A compound that is w...
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Human disturbance of ecosystems leads to increase in disease-transmitting mosquitoesThe changes that humans are making to the landscape are beneficial for mosquitoes that spread diseases such as Zika, chikungunya and dengue. This is w...
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Why plants in wetlands are highly productiveEnvironmental scientists in Leiden have found that the so-called leaf economics spectrum for plants can not only be applied to terrestrial ecosystems,...
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Land van Ons and Leiden University start cooperation in peat meadow area in Oud AdeLand van Ons, a cooperation that buys agricultural land for the restoration of biodiversity and landscape, and Leiden University join forces. Together...
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Faculty of Science opens academic year with live stream in homely settingFrom a white leather armchair, on which Barack Obama once sat, Dean Michiel Kreutzer opened the academic year. This time not with visitors, but comple...
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Three LUF grants for talented Leiden Science researchersFighting against cancer, antibiotic resistance and disposable plastics: Ahmed Ali, Fredj Ben Bdira, and Valerio Barbarossa receive a LUF grant for the...
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Climate change: between hope and pessimismIn The Best of Times, The Worst of Times, environmental scientist Paul Behrens describes both hopeful and pessimistic scenarios for our future and th...