News
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Nobel Prize winner Nicolaas Bloembergen (97) has passed away 06 September 2017
We learned of the passing away of Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel Prize winner in Physics (1981) at the age of 97.
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New Alzheimer’s research method uses muons 06 September 2017
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. This makes fundamental research on the precise cause of the illness of vital importance. One...
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Pinching holes to create superconductors 01 September 2017
In their quest for materials that conduct electricity without resistance at moderate temperatures, scientists usually work on their chemical make-up. ...
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ERC grants for four Leiden scientists 14 August 2017
Four scientists from Leiden University have each been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant, worth up to two mil...
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Two ERC grant for Leiden Physics 11 August 2017
This year, two Leiden physicists have earned a prestigious ERC Starting Grant. With a budget of 1.5 million euros, this is one of the largest individu...
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Veni Grant for Lucia Bossoni 02 August 2017
Postdoc Lucia Bossoni has received an NWO Veni grant to research brain diseases for the next three years. She will work in labs at both the LUMC and t...
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Elastic Leidenfrost Effect enables soft engines 24 July 2017
Water droplets float in a hot pan because of the so-called Leidenfrost effect. Now physicists have discovered a variation: the Elastic Leidenfrost eff...
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Smart design carries sound one way 17 July 2017
A new computer simulation shows the promising possibilities of the booming field of topology. Smartly designed mechanical structures carry sound exclu...
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Milan Allan wins Bryan R. Coles Prize 17 July 2017
Milan Allan has received the Bryan R. Coles Prize at the International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES) in Prague.
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LION Summer School: Modern Physics at all Scales 14 July 2017
From 16 to 26 July, the Leiden Institute of Physics organizes its annual summer school, titled ‘Modern Physics at all Scales’.
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Beach workshop: ‘So you have a degree in Science. Now what?’ 14 July 2017
On July 13, over seventy PhD students from Leiden and Delft came together at Katwijk beach for a workshop organized by the Casimir Research School: ‘S...
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Rubicon for ‘Artificial Sun’ 13 July 2017
Physicist Christopher Berg Smiet, who recently obtained his PhD in Leiden, has been awarded an NWO Rubicon. The grant allows him to conduct postdoctor...
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Cum laude on understanding catalysts under extreme conditions 11 July 2017
Physical chemist Rik Mom developed a revolutionary way to investigate catalysts in action in detail. For this work he received the distinction cum lau...
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Cross-talk between stagnation points in flow and orientation 07 July 2017
Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Over 200 spectators Andrei Linde in Leidse Schouwburg 29 June 2017
As part of his guest professorship in Leiden, famous theoretical physicist Prof. Andrei Linde (Stanford University) gave a public lecture on June 23 a...