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Chasing nanoplastics 17 October 2019
How dangerous are micro- and nanoplastics? Do they affect the environment? What harm can they do to our bodies? Questions that we can now finally answ...
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These animal species are dear to us, but can we protect them? 11 October 2019
Animal species that are dear to us in the Netherlands often spend a large part or all of their lifecycle in other parts of the world. But their habita...
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The art of being a teacher 08 October 2019
How to keep 80 students with different backgrounds motivated for 3 hours? Stefano Cucurachi knows how! By incorporating current developments, lively d...
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Record sum Leiden Science Run for refugee scholars 01 October 2019
The Leiden Science Run 2019 has raised a record sum of 12,135 euros for refugee student foundation UAF. No less than 101 teams – also a record – and t...
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Michiel Kreutzer new Dean of the Faculty of Science 26 September 2019
Professor Michiel Kreutzer has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. He will take up the role on 1 January 2020. At p...
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'Lower emissions and successful farming can go hand in hand' 05 September 2019
Circular agriculture and more nature are important to reduce harmful emissions and to give a new impetus to biodiversity. But is that compatible with ...
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Dialogue, collaboration and quantum: opening academic year Faculty of Science 03 September 2019
With a call for dialogue and collaboration, vice dean Bart de Smit kicked off the new academic year for the Faculty of Science on Tuesday 3 September....
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Naturalis reopens: researchers in the museum 30 August 2019
A rejuvenated Naturalis opens its doors to the public on Saturday 31 August. Many researchers from Leiden University also work at the Naturalis resear...
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Energy transition: let’s opt for a combined approach 23 August 2019
Despite the rapid progress in solar and wind energy, a completely clean energy supply remains a huge challenge. Heavy industry, aviation, shipping and...
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Young scientists meet up at Young Faculty of Science 14 August 2019
Being an assistant professor can be rather solitary. You often do not have your own research group and also you don't yet have the extensive network o...
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1 million euros for research into climate adaptation Dutch sandy coasts 17 July 2019
The C-SCAPE project has received funding of 1 million euros in the context of the NWO program ‘Living labs in the Dutch delta’. C-SCAPE, led by TU Del...
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Peter Hovenkamp (65) died in Malaysia 15 July 2019
This weekend, the very sad news reached us that former employee Peter Hovenkamp died during an excursion in Malaysia. He was surprised by a flash floo...
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Hubertus Irth named Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science 09 July 2019
The Executive Board has appointed Professor Hubertus Irth as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. Professor Irth will take up ...
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Effect of insecticides on damselflies greater than expected 02 July 2019
The latest research from the Leiden outdoor laboratory ‘Living Lab’ shows that the insecticide thiacloprid strongly influences even the most common an...
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Scientific research with any smartphone camera 25 June 2019
Although smartphones and other consumer cameras are increasingly used for scientific applications like citizen science, it’s still difficult to compar...