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Mechanism MRI amplifying agents explored 18 January 2017
Special amplifying agents can make MRI scanners and NMR techniques hundreds of times more sensitive. Leiden physicists have now found a method to test...
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King opens new wing of Leiden Instrumentmakers School 06 December 2016
King Willem-Alexander visited Leiden on 6 December to open the new wing of the Leiden Instrumentmakers School. Students of this vocational programme m...
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Slovenian and Czech high school students visit Leiden University 14 November 2016
Sixty-four high school students from Slovenia, Czech Republic and The Netherlands have visited Leiden University in the week of 7-11 November, as part...
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Quantum Mechanics Course for Physics teachers 10 November 2016
Leiden University organizes a course on quantum mechanics for high school Physics teachers. As the curriculum gains a new quantum component, the unive...
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Physics Ladies' Day boosts girls' enthusiasm for science 31 October 2016
On 28 October 2016, prospective female students explored the natural sciences at the annual Physics Ladies’ Day. This event, specially for girls in th...
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'A garden on Mars' crowdfunding campaign starts today 22 August 2016
Today, 13 students at Leiden University have started a crowdfunding campaign to collect money for research into the possibilities of growing crops on ...
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Students colonise Mars with E. coli bacteria 21 April 2016
Using E. coli bacteria to convert a toxic compound in the soil on Mars into oxygen to make life on the planet possible. A team of thirteen Leiden stud...
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‘Since coming to Leiden, I’ve never worried that something might be too difficult to do’ 03 March 2015
The Italian physicist Andrea Morello is one of the pioneers of the quantum revolution. He is currently doing research at the University of New South W...
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Introductory lectures Econophysics 11 September 2009
Financial markets and their behavior: the newspapers are full of it. You might wonder whether a physicist can discover interesting aspects. In October...
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Casimir Research School to receive € 800,000 for talented PhD candidates 18 August 2009
The Casimir Research School is to receive an € 800,000 subsidy from the NWO Graduate Programme to further integrate the master's study and PhD researc...