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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...
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Buckling on demand 09 June 2015
Researchers from Leiden University, the Netherlands, designed a novel metamaterial that buckles on demand. Small structural variations in the material...
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Physical reality of string theory demonstrated 29 June 2009
String theory has come under fire in recent years. Promises have been made that have not been lived up to. Leiden theoretical physicists have now for ...
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Graphene is a thoroughbred that has to be tamed 17 March 2009
Electrons in graphene behave like light particles; they have no mass and can penetrate everything: very useful if you dream about nano-electronics. Bu...