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5 Grants for Leiden Physics in 10 years ERC 15 March 2017
This weeks marks the 10th anniversary of the European Research Council. For the past decade, the council has contributed to many scientific projects a...
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Leiden Celebrates Einstein’s Birthday 14 March 2017
Exactly 138 years ago, Albert Einstein came into this world to forever change our understanding of it. The Leiden physics institute, where he frequent...
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Studium Generale series on complex networks kicked off 23 February 2017
‘It has never been so easy to set up a Studium Generale series.’ With these words Tilman Grünewald thanked speaker Frank den Hollander, who kicked off...
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One-way traffic for motion in new material 13 February 2017
Scientists have developed a material that breaks one of the fundamental principles governing many physical systems. Ordinary materials transmit extern...
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Hendrik Casimir Prize 2016 awarded to Andrea Peña and Jorrit Hortensius 09 January 2017
At the LION/Sterrewacht new year’s reception, Prof. Tjerk Oosterkamp handed out the 2016 Hendrik Casimir Prize to physics students Andrea Peña (Leiden...
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Novel detection method for iron in Alzheimer’s brain 12 December 2016
For many years, scientists have observed a correlation between Alzheimer’s disease and a surplus of iron in the brain. However, a causal link between ...
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King opens new wing of Leiden Instrumentmakers School 06 December 2016
King Willem-Alexander visited Leiden on 6 December to open the new wing of the Leiden Instrumentmakers School. Students of this vocational programme m...
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Materials made of self-spinning particles 05 December 2016
Materials are either gas, liquid or solid, based on how their molecules respond to temperature and pressure. But what if the building blocks are self-...
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Interactions in Designer Materials Unveiled 29 November 2016
Graphene and other layered materials combine into completely new substances. Leiden physicists establish the ground rules for designing such materials...
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Making flawless graphene coatings 28 November 2016
Graphene, the ultra-thin wonder material just a single carbon atom in thickness, holds the promise of such impressive applications as wear-resistant, ...
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KHMW Graduation Prize for Anne Meeussen 28 November 2016
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has awarded Leiden Physics PhD student Anne Meeussen the Shell Graduation Prize in Physics...
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Three FOM-Projectruimte Grants for Leiden Physics 21 November 2016
The Leiden Institute of Physics has been awarded three out of twelve available grants from the FOM Projectruimte. Principal Investigators Milan Allan,...
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Material built from gears 21 November 2016
A specifically designed collection of gears is soft on one end and rigid on the other. These are robust properties of the system that hold even in the...
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Light on the quantum computer 17 November 2016
Physicist Martin van Exter works with light at nanoscale, at the forefront of nanocomputer research. But as Director of Education he also has a vision...
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LEELIS Conference on future of computer chips 15 November 2016
A collaboration of physicists and chemists organized the LEELIS conference on new computer chip technology in Amsterdam on 10-11 November. Leiden phys...