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Wim van Saarloos Returns as Leiden Professor of Theoretical Physics16 March 2016Wim van Saarloos will become vice president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and return to the Leiden Institute of Physic...
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Electrons found to flow like water07 March 2016Science Magazine has published three back-to-back papers on an important discovery in solid state physics. Leiden physicist Jan Zaanen wrote a Perspec...
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Century-old Physics Assumption Proven Wrong02 March 2016A new discovery proves that it matters which approach researchers take in analyzing large physical, social or biological systems that have a networked...
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New method to catch notorious Alzheimer protein01 March 2016A new biophysical technique enables scientists to study the behavior of Aβ-peptide. This protein is known to play a role in Alzheimer’s, but for effec...
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Upper Limit Found for Quantum World24 February 2016The small quantum world and our world of perception obey different laws of nature. Leiden physicists search for the border between both worlds. In an ...
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Complexity Models to Prevent Financial Crashes19 February 2016The financial system needs complexity theory to predict economic crises like the 2008 meltdown. An international team of scientists, including Leiden ...
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Major NWO subsidies for research on dark matter and quantum experiments10 February 2016Astronomer Koen Kuijken and physicist Tjerk Oosterkamp have each been awarded a major subsidy by NWO. The funding will allow them to construct new res...
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Important Step for Dark Matter Experiment CERN03 February 2016Particle lab CERN gives the green light for the test phase of an experiment that aims to produce dark matter particles. Physicist Alexey Boyarsky is o...
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Michel Orrit wins Physica Prize 201602 February 2016Michel Orrit was awarded the Physica prize 2016 for his groundbreaking work on single molecule spectroscopy.
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Breakthrough in uncrackable quantum encryption01 February 2016An important discovery makes it possible to communicate complex information among multiple people without the message being cracked. The communicatio...
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Cancer cell mechanism found to be used against itself18 January 2016Leiden biophysicists have found a new possible way to attack cancer cells. They have located ‘sinkholes’ on the cells where receptor proteins disappea...
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Counting Molecules in Living cells13 January 2016Biophysicist Rolf Harkes has developed a microscope to optically localize individual molecules in living cells. It improves monitoring of diseases lik...
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FOM Grant for Theoretical Model Majorana Gun12 January 2016
Professor Carlo Beenakker has been awarded a FOM Projectruimte subsidy to build a theoretical model of a majorana gun, a very promising instrument for...
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Discoverer of the Year, Best Dissertation and Education prize 201505 January 2016During the Faculty of Science New Year's reception, Daniël Rozen was named Discoverer of the year 2015. Nienke van der Marel and Koen van der Maaden b...
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New way of driving nanomotors21 December 2015Leiden Physicists have found evidence for the Berry-force that could be used for driving tiny nanomotors, just like a river drives a water wheel. Nano...