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Astronomer Jos de Boer receives Chesneau Prize for best dissertationAstronomer Jos de Boer has received the Chesneau Prize in Nice for his research into so-called protoplanetary disks. The prize is awarded to the best ...
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Anthony Brown gives prestigious lecture series in PrincetonLeiden astronomer Anthony Brown had the honour to give the prestigious Spitzer Lectures at Princeton University. In five lectures spread over the begi...
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The scent of the universeFormer PhD student Cameron Mackie will been awarded not one, but two dissertation prizes for his thesis on the aromatic universe. His work could provi...
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The building blocks for astronomically literate citizensWhat does it mean for a citizen to be ‘literate’ in astronomy? Astronomers who participate in outreach to the general public experience various degree...
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Football molecule explains 100-year-old astronomical problemExactly a century ago, astronomers observed the first two diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in space. A DIB manifests itself as a colour of light that...
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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD DayMorning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...
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Experience one hundred years of astronomy at the Old ObservatoryHow big is the universe? How do stars form and evolve? And does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? These main questions in astronomy are the themes...
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Astronomers capture first image of a black holeFor the first time, astronomers have managed to take a photo of a supermassive black hole and its shadow. They used the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT),...
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Rubicon grants for three researchers from LeidenOf the 17 Rubicon grants that NWO recently awarded, three have gone to researchers at Leiden University. They can spend a longer period of time doing ...
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of EcologyProfessor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...
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Discover Leiden science history through Atlas ObscuraThe Leiden wall formulae, Einstein's sink or the signature wall of Ehrenfest. It are just a few of Leiden's hidden science treasures. Alumnus from t...
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Cameron Mackie has been awarded a double prize for his dissertationCameron Mackie has been awarded both the Dissertation prize of the Laboratory Astrophysics division of the American Astronomical Society and the Disse...
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From proof-of-concept to solving astronomical mysteriesSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. In 2021, the Utrecht branch will settle in South Holland. Assistant professor at TU Delft, Ak...
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Tackling local societal challenges through scienceBringing science, technology and innovation to places that normally do not have access to these areas of knowledge. This is the goal of the first Open...
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Leiden University Day in ChinaA Leiden University Day, new agreements on exchanging PhD students and a keynote speech by Geert de Snoo at a popular symposium. In November, a Facult...