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New professor of Theoretical Physics: ‘The problems I study can come from anywhere in society’ 26 February 2024
The financial sector, supply chains and ecology. Not necessarily topics you might associate with physics, yet it’s exactly what new professor Diego Ga...
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ERC Consolidator grant for Alessandra Silvestri: putting gravity to the test on cosmological scales 20 February 2024
Does gravity work the same when you look at the largest scales in our universe? That’s what Leiden physicist Alessandra Silvestri will study with a 2 ...
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New professor Luca Giomi creates his own physics of living systems 19 February 2024
Swarms of drones, pedestrians or the cells in your body. Those are all examples of active matter: materials whose building blocks can move autonomousl...
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper 22 January 2024
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabash...
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’ 07 July 2023
What is it like to work on the fundamental questions about the universe? On July 1, the Euclid satellite launched successfully. This mission from the ...
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‘This prize is a great push for my self-esteem and motivation’ 19 April 2023
Not only does she excel at her research, she is also active in outreach and started a collaboration outside her own field during her PhD. Yevheniia Ch...
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Two Marie Curie Grants for Leiden theorists 02 March 2021
Theoretical physicists Kevin Grosvenor and Sam Young have won Marie Curie grants for research projects at LION/Lorentz Institute.
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The Mystery of the Pointy Droplets 21 January 2021
A certain type of oil droplets changes shape when cooled and shrunk: from spherical through icosahedral to flat hexagonal. Two competing theories coul...
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Gravitational Lenses measure Universe Expansion 16 November 2020
It's one of the big cosmology debates: the universe is expanding, but how fast exactly? Two available measurements yield different results. Leiden phy...
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Subodh Patil researches gravitational waves in the universe 30 June 2020
Video interview with Subodh Patil, the new assistant professor in Theoretical Cosmology, about the gravitational waves, hidden universes, music, and w...
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Shell works with Leiden and VU researchers on quantum computer algorithms for chemistry 26 May 2020
Shell cooperates with theoretical physicists and chemists of Leiden University to research how quantum computer algorithms can help simulate complex m...
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Stefano Polla wins Lorentz Master thesis award 26 November 2019
Stefano Pollas master thesis 'Quantum Digital Cooling' has been awarded the Lorentz Master thesis award. The award, 3000 euros and a certificate, has ...
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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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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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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...