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Prominent physicist Maldacena gives Ehrenfest Colloquium 19 November 2018
On November 21, theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena gives the Ehrenfest Colloquium. Maldacena is known worldwide as the inventor of AdS/CFT correspon...
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PhD candidate makes predictions on production and detection of sterile neutrinos 14 November 2018
Physicists propose the existence of sterile neutrinos that would explain three big mysteries in nature. To actually find them in particle accelerators...
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Female Researchers in the Spotlight for Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day 14 November 2018
On Thursday November 15th, Leiden University organizes its Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day for female high school students. To mark this festive day, ...
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Bending DNA costs less energy than assumed 09 November 2018
The way DNA folds, largely determines which genes are read out. John van Noort and his group have quantified how easily rolled-up DNA parts stack. Thi...
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Atoms use tunnels to escape graphene cover 31 October 2018
Graphene has held a great promise for applications since it was first isolated in 2004. But we still don’t use it in our large-scale technology, becau...
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What is the shape of cells? 29 October 2018
Cells in our body are constantly performing small tasks, such as repairing wounds. They exert force by changing shape. But how do cells translate thei...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds 09 October 2018
The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...
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Insulating phenomenon in superconductor 08 October 2018
Leiden physicist Milan Allan and his group have discovered an apparent paradox within a material that has zero electrical resistance. They measured tr...
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Carlo Beenakker receives honorary doctorate in Kiev 05 October 2018
Leiden physicist Carlo Beenakker has received an honorary doctorate from the Bogoliubov Institute for theoretical physics in Kiev.
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4th annual LION Image Award 28 September 2018
We are happy to announce the 4th annual LION Image Award!
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Self-folding metamaterial 26 September 2018
The more complex the object, the harder it is to fold up. Space satellites often need many small motors to fold up an instrument, and people have diff...
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Livestream: Sean Carroll gives Ehrenfest Colloquium 25 September 2018
On Wednesday September 26th, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll will give an Ehrenfest colloquium. It is part of a lecture series that has been runnin...
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Insulator becomes conductor at the push of a button 11 September 2018
Ionic liquids are important in scientific research because they can apply a lot of charge over a surface. Leiden physicists have now found that the ch...
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Third annual Physics Science Day 04 September 2018
On Tuesday September 11th, the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) organizes the third edition of its annual Science Day. Scientists from disciplines a...
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Where does the quantum world end? 30 August 2018
With his ice-cold nano force sensor, Tjerk Oosterkamp searches for the boundary between the quantum world and the everyday world. The Leiden physicist...