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‘Dare to experiment – and to fail’Stefano Cucurachi and José Mogollón (Institute of Environmental Sciences, CML) share the most important lessons from their webinar ‘Building a sense o...
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Using DNA to look for fish speciesResearchers from Biomon have used DNA-techniques to find 40 different species of fish in the river Dommel. This technique is capable of detecting mor...
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Climate change presents African grazers with tricky decisionLions limit their prey, such as zebra and gnu, in their options for adapting to global warming. This is what Leiden researcher Michiel Veldhuis, from ...
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Here is how we can increase the effectiveness of global environment protectionResearchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) identified six top priorities where environmental interventions can make the most diffe...
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New database reveals plants' secret relationships with fungiLeiden researchers have compiled information collected by scientists over the past 120 years into a database of plant-fungal interactions. This import...
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New vegetation models can improve climate change predictions
A new study in Nature Plants has explored the most important organising principles that control vegetation behaviour. The insights from this study can...
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Leiden one of ten BiodiverCities in EuropeLeiden has been selected as one of ten cities in the European BiodiverCities project. The aim of the project is to increase the quality of life in the...
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From field work by boat to excel sheets: how the corona virus is impacting educationProfessor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver had planned an eight-week field work course for her students, but the corona virus threw a spanner in the wo...
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Three Leiden Science women in Leiden Top 50On International Women’s Day 2020, the first edition of the Leiden Top 50 was revealed, a list of 50 women who made a difference in Leiden in 2019. Am...
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CML Stans Prize 2019CML grants three Stans Awards each year, known as the best PhD paper, best student thesis and best outreach from the past year. The CML staff nominate...
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A real professor in the classroomA school lesson by a professor, for instance about the history of Africa, the climate or research and healthcare. A hundred Leiden professors told pri...
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Progress is about much more than GDP aloneEnvironmental economist Rutger Hoekstra is a guest researcher at Leiden University. He is studying the question of how we can measure societal progres...
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The city as an urban mineRaw materials should no longer be excavated from mines, but reused from sources that are already present, such as unused underground electricity cable...
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From energy transition to green infrastructure in The Hague: students and municipalities join forcesCan students help make our cities more sustainable and resilient? The Resilient Cities Hub thinks so: during its knowledge café on 16 January, passion...
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From camel keeper to doctorTwo terrifying yellow eyes stared at eleven-year-old Francis Lesilau. In the evening light they changed colour: green, amber, back to yellow... The li...