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Michel Orrit Wins Edison Volta Prize 13 April 2016
The European Physical Society has awarded the prestigieus Edison Volta Prize to Leiden physicist Michel Orrit. The prize is handed out every two years...
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ERC Advanced Grant for Physicist Alexey Boyarsky 12 April 2016
Leiden physicist Alexey Boyarsky, together with his colleagues from Lausanne and Copenhagen, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to research an ext...
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New facility for production of liquid helium and new low-vibration lab 08 April 2016
After 2 years of planning, designing, testing and adjusting, the brand-new low-vibration physics lab at the new Gorlaeus Building of the Science Campu...
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Rubicon for Physicist Jelmer Renema 07 April 2016
Physicist Jelmer Renema will spend two years conducting research at Oxford University in Great Britain funded by a Rubicon grant from NWO.
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Tiny clumps recycle themselves into complex structures 06 April 2016
Manufacturers produce high-end technology mostly top-down with large machinery, but small particles are able to build structures by themselves from th...
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Single Molecule Detected for Use in Quantum Network 01 April 2016
Leiden physicists have managed to detect a single molecule called dibenzoterrylene in a new crystal, and found that it is a candidate component for a ...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Wim van Saarloos Returns as Leiden Professor of Theoretical Physics 16 March 2016
Wim van Saarloos will become vice president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and return to the Leiden Institute of Physic...
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Electrons found to flow like water 07 March 2016
Science Magazine has published three back-to-back papers on an important discovery in solid state physics. Leiden physicist Jan Zaanen wrote a Perspec...
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Century-old Physics Assumption Proven Wrong 02 March 2016
A new discovery proves that it matters which approach researchers take in analyzing large physical, social or biological systems that have a networked...
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New method to catch notorious Alzheimer protein 01 March 2016
A new biophysical technique enables scientists to study the behavior of Aβ-peptide. This protein is known to play a role in Alzheimer’s, but for effec...
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Upper Limit Found for Quantum World 24 February 2016
The small quantum world and our world of perception obey different laws of nature. Leiden physicists search for the border between both worlds. In an ...
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Complexity Models to Prevent Financial Crashes 19 February 2016
The financial system needs complexity theory to predict economic crises like the 2008 meltdown. An international team of scientists, including Leiden ...
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Major NWO subsidies for research on dark matter and quantum experiments 10 February 2016
Astronomer Koen Kuijken and physicist Tjerk Oosterkamp have each been awarded a major subsidy by NWO. The funding will allow them to construct new res...
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Important Step for Dark Matter Experiment CERN 03 February 2016
Particle lab CERN gives the green light for the test phase of an experiment that aims to produce dark matter particles. Physicist Alexey Boyarsky is o...