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Understanding superconductivity comes closer with major ERC grant for Milan Allan 17 March 2022
Physicist Milan Allan will build an instrument that will bring superconductivity research further. He has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of 2 ...
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ERC Starting Grants for five young Leiden researchers 10 January 2022
Five researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of on average 1.5m euros...
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Ivo van Vulpen is Professor of Science Communication in Leiden 22 December 2021
As of January 2022, Ivo van Vulpen has been Professor by Special Appointment of Science Communication at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION). Van V...
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Veni grant for ten Leiden researchers 14 December 2021
Ten Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, of up to 280,000 euros, will enable them to elab...
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A computer made of floppy rubber 13 December 2021
A piece of corrugated rubber can function as a simple computer, displaying memory and displaying the ability to count to two. Leiden physicists descri...
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Alexey Boiarskyi appointed full professor 09 December 2021
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Alexey Boiarskyi has been appointed full professor per 1 October.
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize 06 December 2021
No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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Anne Meeussen wins Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 2021 12 November 2021
Anne Meeussen, who defended her PhD thesis on programmable materials in May 2021 earning cum laude honours, won the second Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa prize...
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LION 2021 Image Award 02 November 2021
It's time for the 2021 Image Award
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Raindrops on the roof-technique reveals new quantum liquid 28 October 2021
Koen Bastiaans and his colleagues discovered a new quantum liquid unlike anything ever seen. They did it by using a technique that can be compared to ...
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Google gift for quantum research 20 October 2021
Assistant Professor Vedran Dunjko and his team receive a €100,000 gift from Google to support them in their quantum research. The research focuses on ...
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Martin van Hecke elected APS fellow 12 October 2021
Metamaterials researcher Martin van Hecke has been elected American Physical Society (APS) fellow, an honour exclusive to only half a percent of the s...
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Quantum Leiden creates potential for a great quantum future 05 October 2021
Friday afternoon, 1 October. Location: one of the most vibration-free places in the world. In this setting, Leiden top scientists launched Quantum Lei...
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Superselective bonds light up 02 September 2021
Rather than one key and one strong lock, biology often uses tens or hundreds of weaker links to bind parts together, such as cells membranes. This all...
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Louise Jawerth gets vidi for understanding pesky protein fibers 14 July 2021
Mysterious protein fibers show up in the brain cells of people suffering from Alzheimer’s' disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Leiden physi...