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New professor Luca Giomi creates his own physics of living systems19 February 2024Swarms of drones, pedestrians or the cells in your body. Those are all examples of active matter: materials whose building blocks can move autonomousl...
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A first in the lab: a tiny network that is both strong and flexible15 February 2024Daniela Kraft's group has succeeded in creating a network of microparticles that is both strong and completely flexible. This may sound simple, yet th...
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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’08 February 2024On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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'Only when you give students freedom, exceptional results are possible'30 January 2024It doesn't happen every day that the research project of a first-year bachelor’s student results in a scientific publication. And not only that, but a...
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper22 January 2024This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabash...
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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call10 January 2024No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in ...
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Three awarded research projects in NWO-XS call18 December 2023Cryogenic memories, antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections and recycling plastic sustainably. These are the subjects of the three NWO-XS gr...
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NWO-XS grants for two innovative research projects12 December 2023Two Leiden Science researchers received an NWO-XS grant for their research. Both projects are highly promising, but also high-risk. Macrophages that t...
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Bachelor's research on ultra-thin nanochip nominated for Young Talent Award12 December 2023Using 2D materials, physics student Romme van der Kemp developed a nanochip that is extremely small ánd scalable. This is needed to make all kinds of ...
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New spinoff company to solve major roadblock in the quantum revolution06 December 2023Physicist Kaveh Lahabi’s research on quantum materials led to the launch of a new company: QuantaMap. With his colleagues, he developed a sensor that ...
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KHMW graduation prize for research on superconducting qubits28 November 2023Matthias Flór receives the KHMW Graduation Prize in Theoretical Physics for his master's thesis. His research on exotic superconductors at Leiden Univ...
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European grant to advance self-learning capabilities of quantum computers24 November 2023A major grant for research into machine learning algorithms for quantum computers. With this ERC Consolidator grant, Vedran Dunjko and his colleagues ...
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers23 November 2023Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.
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The magic of liquid helium: this person makes ice-cold research in Leiden possible22 November 2023White clouds of ice-cold gas flowing across the floor. Magical, but be careful not to freeze your fingers off. We are of course talking about liquid n...
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Marco Beijersbergen fellow of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering13 November 2023Cosine Marco Beijersbergen has been appointed as one of the distinguished 62 fellows of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE). With these fello...