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NWO Veni Grant for Bouncing Balls on Hot Plate14 July 2016Physicist Scott Waitukaitis receives an NWO Veni grant to research the Leidenfrost effect for squishy materials. This effect is well-known for dancing...
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MRI Machine at the Nanoscale Breaks World Records14 July 2016A new NMR microscope gives researchers an improved instrument to study fundamental physical processes. It also offers new possibilities for medical sc...
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New model predicts ‘yoyo’ orbits around black holes07 July 2016Stars orbit black holes while jumping up and down. This is the prediction of a theoretical model developed by Leiden physicist Satish Kumar Saravanan,...
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Leiden physicists meet Nobel prize winners05 July 2016Two Leiden physicists took part in the Lindau conference in Germany from 26 June to 1 July. They met Nobel prize winners from their field.
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Stefano Coppola Receives AXA RF Fellowship to Study Pancreatic Cancer16 June 2016Leiden biophysicist Stefano Coppola has received the prestigious AXA Research Fund postdoctoral fellowship. With this grant he can work for two years ...
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Second layer of information in DNA confirmed08 June 2016Leiden theoretical physicists have proven that not only the genetic information in DNA determines who we are, but also DNA’s mechanics. Helmut Schiess...
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Surface Plasmons Measured for Faster Internet02 June 2016Leiden physicists use a new method to measure so-called surface plasmons. Researching these particles could lead to new light-based technology, includ...
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Leiden Physics hosts 2016 NEVAC day27 May 2016The Leiden Institute of Physics hosted the annual conference of the Dutch Vacuum Society (NEVAC). Experts in the field of vacuum experiments talked ab...
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Jan Aarts receives FOM Projectruimte Grant20 May 2016Experimental physicist Jan Aarts has received a FOM Projectruimte grant of 545,000 euro. He will use the budget to study the interaction between super...
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Important Effect Observed in Development of Quantum Storage28 April 2016Rare-earth materials are prime candidates for storing quantum information, because the undesirable interaction with their environment is extremely wea...
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Michel Orrit Wins Edison Volta Prize13 April 2016The European Physical Society has awarded the prestigieus Edison Volta Prize to Leiden physicist Michel Orrit. The prize is handed out every two years...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Physicist Alexey Boyarsky12 April 2016Leiden physicist Alexey Boyarsky, together with his colleagues from Lausanne and Copenhagen, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to research an ext...
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New facility for production of liquid helium and new low-vibration lab08 April 2016After 2 years of planning, designing, testing and adjusting, the brand-new low-vibration physics lab at the new Gorlaeus Building of the Science Campu...
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Rubicon for Physicist Jelmer Renema07 April 2016Physicist Jelmer Renema will spend two years conducting research at Oxford University in Great Britain funded by a Rubicon grant from NWO.
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Tiny clumps recycle themselves into complex structures06 April 2016Manufacturers produce high-end technology mostly top-down with large machinery, but small particles are able to build structures by themselves from th...