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A new window into the brain: visualising neural connectionsPHYSICS 04 December 2025To understand how the brain works, it is essential to map it out in detail. This appears to be possible with a microscopy technique in which Leiden ph...
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NWO and Groeifonds funding for research into smart light-responsive chipsPHYSICS 03 December 2025Physicists at Leiden University are developing smart chips that can be programmed with light. These chips are more energy-efficient than traditional c...
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Four Leiden contributions to NWO Perspectief projectsGrant awarded 01 December 2025Four consortia within the Perspectief programme that include Leiden researchers have received funding to start their research projects. These projects...
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How sound and light act alike – and not – at the smallest scalePHYSICS 13 November 2025A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in Leiden has produced new in...
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Listening to the deep sea: NWO Roadmap funding for the highly successful KM3NeT telescopePHYSICS 13 November 2025The highly successful deep-sea telescope KM3NeT can now expand both its size and scope. Using a new type of microphone for underwater use, the telesco...
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Quantum theater show with Leiden script a big hit among 1600 Amsterdam childrenPHYSICS 03 November 2025Physicists from Leiden University wrote the script and ensured that every experiment in the performance was scientifically accurate. The kickoff of th...
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant23 October 2025The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start ...
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What really happens behind the scenes at a Lorentz Center workshop?PHYSICS 17 October 2025When you imagine a scientific conference, you might think of endless presentations and coffee breaks. But at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, things are ...
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Pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin unites science and music in concertPHYSICS 01 October 2025On December 10, Kazakh pianist and composer Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin will perform at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden. A remarkable event where music and mod...
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100 Years of Spin and Lorentz Medal Award CeremonyPHYSICS 03 September 2025In 1925, two young physicists from Leiden University, George Uhlenbeck and Samuel Goudsmit, proposed a radical idea: spin. Their bold hypothesis quick...
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Packed particles power upPHYSICS 04 August 2025What if particles don’t slow down in a crowd, but move faster? Physicists from Leiden worked together and discovered a new state of matter, where part...
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A material that gets shorter when you pull it (and why that’s useful)PHYSICS 17 July 2025When you stretch an elastic band, it gets longer. But imagine a material that actually becomes shorter when you pull on it. Sounds strange, doesn’t it...
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How quantum is your quantum computer?PHYSICS 14 July 2025Can you prove whether a large quantum system truly behaves according to the weird and wonderful rules of quantum mechanics — or if it just looks like ...
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Leiden scientists join national effort to advance nanomedicine10 July 2025A Dutch consortium has received €6.7 million to accelerate the development of nanomedicines together with patients. Researchers from Leiden University...
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In memoriam Frans Saris01 July 2025It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Prof. Dr. Frans W. Saris.