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Profiling programme about body’s own marijuana brings institutes togetherBringing together institutes and research groups, how do you do that? The Faculty of Science set up a joint research theme and financed three PhD posi...
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Marc Koper new President International Society of ElectrochemistryMarc Koper, Professor of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, has been elected as President Elect of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). ...
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Irene Groot receives Vidi grant: looking at catalysts at atomic scaleCatalysts are indispensable in everyday life. We know what they do and more or less how they do it, but we still lack a fundamental understanding abou...
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Vidis for nine Leiden researchersNine talented Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vidi subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Vidis are intended fo...
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Scientists have morals tooA group of early career scientists have written a code of ethics through an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Chemist and co-author Sander van K...
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Converting CO2 to store renewable energyYuvraj Birdja converted CO2 to formic acid to store energy in a sustainable way, with different catalysts. With this new knowledge, scientists are a s...
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Five Leiden professors elected to KNAWThe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected five Leiden professors from different disciplines as new members. Two of the new member...
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VICI for Mario van der Stelt
For his ground-breaking chemical biological research, a VICI-grant has been awarded to Mario van der Stelt, professor of Molecular physiology at Leide...
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Two graphene layers lean in for a kissLeiden physicists and chemists have managed to bring two graphene layers so close together that an electric current spontaneously jumps across. In the...
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TOP subsidy for research into sustainable platinum electrodesLeiden research into the properties of platinum receives a TOP subsidy of 780.000 euros from the The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ...
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Female talent in the spotlightThe representation of women in science is improving, also at the Faculty of Science. On 8 March – International Women's Day – we highlight the work of...
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Three VICI grants for Leiden researchersThree Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). They each receive 1...
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Changing enzymes for clean energy and disease preventionThey can play a role in metabolic disorders and can break down tough plant fibers: β-glycosidases are enzymes that play many roles in nature. Fredj Be...
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Observing a changing platinum electrodeThe surface of platinum electrodes changes much more during use than was previously thought. In a collaboration between the Leiden Institutes of Chemi...
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On the road to renewable fuelGreenhouse gasses in the atmosphere and fertilizers in the groundwater have negative consequences for our environment. With an electrochemical process...