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Sense Jan van der Molen appointed as Professor Physics of Condensed MatterAs of 1 June, Leiden University has appointed Sense Jan van der Molen as Professor Physics of Condensed matter. He investigates the unique electronic ...
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Recycling at microscalePlaying with tiny building blocks might sound like child’s play, but Vera Meester knows better. On June 7 she will defend her thesis on colloids: micr...
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Vidis for nine Leiden researchersNine talented Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vidi subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Vidis are intended fo...
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New transmission microscope for low-energy electronsPhysicist Daniël Geelen has developed a new microscope that uses low-energy electrons. Those are less harmful to biological and organic materials. Gee...
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New quantum computer design to predict molecule propertiesThe standard approach to build a quantum computer with Majoranas as building blocks is to convert them into qubits. However, a promising application o...
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Interview: Physicist Wim van Saarloos takes office as KNAW PresidentOn May 28th, Leiden physicist Wim van Saarloos takes office as President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He has been vic...
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Lucia Bossoni in NewsweekNewsweek has published a story on Leiden Alzheimer research led by physicist Lucia Bossoni.
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Physicists link specific iron forms to Alzheimer’sThere have been indications for decades that there is a link between increased iron levels in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease. Leiden physicists fin...
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Royal distinction for physicist Jan AartsJan Aarts, Leiden professor in experimental physics, has been appointed Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw. He received the royal distinction ...
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Lorentz Professor Tom Lubensky: pioneer in soft matterProfessor Tom Lubensky from the University of Pennsylvania is visiting Leiden University as the 64th Lorentz Professor at the department of Theoretica...
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Scott Waitukaitus wins FYSICA Young Speakers ContestAt the annual conference FYSICA of the Netherlands’ Physical Society (NNV), Leiden postdoc Scott Waitukaitis has won the Young Speakers Contest.
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Eric Eliel receives RISE prize for gender equalityResigning scientific director of the physics institute Eric Eliel has received the RISE prize for his outstanding commitment to increasing gender equa...
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Science students create audiotour past Leiden wall formulasMaster students Lotte Koemans and Mandy Meijer have developed an audio tour which takes you past all six wall formulas in the inner city of Leiden. In...
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Our genome captured in numbers‘It's where disciplines intersect that the most exciting scientific questions arise.' This was the message given by John van Noort, Professor of Bioph...
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Physicist Michel Orrit new member KNAWThe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) selects prominent researchers as members based on their scientific achievements. On Septembe...