News
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'A garden on Mars' crowdfunding campaign starts today 22 August 2016
Today, 13 students at Leiden University have started a crowdfunding campaign to collect money for research into the possibilities of growing crops on ...
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Paradox in superconductivity at high temperature 17 August 2016
Nature publishes an article on a paradoxical discovery in superconductivity. Physicists are searching for superconductivity at high temperatures so th...
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Building with flexible blocks 28 July 2016
On an apparently normal cube a pattern of hollows and bulges appears when the cube is compressed. A method has been developed to design such three-dim...
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Origin of Neutrino Signal Remains a Mystery 20 July 2016
Physicists have studied the astrophysical neutrino signal as reported by the IceCube collaboration from a different angle with their ANTARES detector....
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers 15 July 2016
Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awar...
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NWO Veni Grant for Bouncing Balls on Hot Plate 14 July 2016
Physicist Scott Waitukaitis receives an NWO Veni grant to research the Leidenfrost effect for squishy materials. This effect is well-known for dancing...
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MRI Machine at the Nanoscale Breaks World Records 14 July 2016
A new NMR microscope gives researchers an improved instrument to study fundamental physical processes. It also offers new possibilities for medical sc...
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New model predicts ‘yoyo’ orbits around black holes 07 July 2016
Stars orbit black holes while jumping up and down. This is the prediction of a theoretical model developed by Leiden physicist Satish Kumar Saravanan,...
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Leiden physicists meet Nobel prize winners 05 July 2016
Two Leiden physicists took part in the Lindau conference in Germany from 26 June to 1 July. They met Nobel prize winners from their field.
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Stefano Coppola Receives AXA RF Fellowship to Study Pancreatic Cancer 16 June 2016
Leiden biophysicist Stefano Coppola has received the prestigious AXA Research Fund postdoctoral fellowship. With this grant he can work for two years ...
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Second layer of information in DNA confirmed 08 June 2016
Leiden theoretical physicists have proven that not only the genetic information in DNA determines who we are, but also DNA’s mechanics. Helmut Schiess...
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Surface Plasmons Measured for Faster Internet 02 June 2016
Leiden physicists use a new method to measure so-called surface plasmons. Researching these particles could lead to new light-based technology, includ...
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Leiden Physics hosts 2016 NEVAC day 27 May 2016
The Leiden Institute of Physics hosted the annual conference of the Dutch Vacuum Society (NEVAC). Experts in the field of vacuum experiments talked ab...
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Jan Aarts receives FOM Projectruimte Grant 20 May 2016
Experimental physicist Jan Aarts has received a FOM Projectruimte grant of 545,000 euro. He will use the budget to study the interaction between super...
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Important Effect Observed in Development of Quantum Storage 28 April 2016
Rare-earth materials are prime candidates for storing quantum information, because the undesirable interaction with their environment is extremely wea...