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Why electric vehicle batteries are good and bad for the environment 20 December 2022
The large-scale production of batteries for electric vehicles diminishes the emission reductions achieved by driving electric vehicles. Industrial eco...
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Measuring water with your smartphone 12 December 2022
You might take photos and selfies with your phone's camera, or scan a QR code. But there is much more you can do with it. Astronomer Olivier Burggraaf...
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‘When I leave the lecture and students are still discussing, I know I did a good job’ 05 October 2022
‘It was the biggest bunch of flowers I’d ever seen,’ says Emily Strange about the moment she won the Leiden Teaching Prize 2022. The judge praised the...
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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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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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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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Jan Willem Erisman on the nitrogen crisis: 'The measurement model works, but the minister is setting reduction targets that are too high' 16 June 2022
Opponents of drastic nitrogen measures argue that the nitrogen calculation model is not reliable enough. Nitrogen professor Jan Willem Erisman: 'It is...
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Maarten Schrama elected Teacher of the Year 2021 14 June 2022
Maarten Schrama (CML) has won the Teacher of the Year Award 2021. During a lunch with fellow nominees, Schrama received a cheque worth 5,000 euros fro...
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice 31 May 2022
What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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How can we make better use of natural resources? 25 April 2022
Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustai...
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Difficult message for policymakers from two Leiden reports on circular economy 14 April 2022
You should start working now, and the positive results will only be seen long after your term has expired. That is just about the worst thing you can ...
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LDE minor focuses on resources needed for energy transition 15 March 2022
European dependence on Russian gas, earthquake damage in Groningen and the changing climate: the call for an energy transition is getting louder. This...
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Ester van der Voet appointed professor of Sustainable Resource Use 23 February 2022
The energy transition is already a huge challenge for society, but sustainable use of resources is even more complicated. Yet it is at least as urgent...
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New measuring method reveals: more plastic ón than ín your salad 20 January 2022
It's now possible to measure how many plastic particles there are in our food. Chinese scientists and Leiden professor Willie Peijnenburg applied thei...
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Paul Behrens’ book on climate change launched in the US 08 November 2021
The book ‘The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science’ by Paul Behrens has been launched in the US, a year af...