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14 Leiden researchers on highly cited list 03 December 2018
Fourteen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 28 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Female Researchers in the Spotlight for Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day 14 November 2018
On Thursday November 15th, Leiden University organizes its Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day for female high school students. To mark this festive day, ...
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HundrED selects IAU astroEDU as a top 100 education innovation 13 November 2018
AstroEDU is one of the world's most inspiring education innovations, according to the experts at HundrED. It is a recognition for a place where educat...
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More insight with light 13 November 2018
The new programme Synoptic Optics, funded by the NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences, will develop new optical techniques. Researcher Frans Sn...
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Leiden astronomers explain the universe in educational videos 13 November 2018
A stretchy sheet over a bowl representing space, a marble on it's surface creating a dimple, deforming space. Simple classroom experiments like these ...
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Clashing galaxy clusters and extreme energies 12 November 2018
A galaxy is already incredibly large, but it can get even bigger. Astronomer Reinout van Weeren investigates clusters of galaxies, one of the largest ...
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Staring at stardust 29 October 2018
Dust particles in space form the basis for new stars and planets. But what do these particles consist of and how do they behave? Sascha Zeegers studie...
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Explore the universe in VR 18 October 2018
Navigating through the universe with VR glasses? It is possible, with the help of the new computer application built by Marc Driessen, a Computer Scie...
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Astronomy student searches for giant rings with pictures from 1890 15 October 2018
Meticulous analysis of hundreds of photographic plates from the star J1407 between 1890 and 2007 show no stellar eclipses. Robin Mentel, a master stud...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds 09 October 2018
The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...
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Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies 02 October 2018
A team of Leiden astronomers used the latest set of data from ESA’s Gaia mission to look for high-velocity stars being kicked out of the Milky Way, bu...
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Harold Linnartz new Programme Director of Leiden Observatory 02 October 2018
A logical next step and a new challenge: Harold Linnartz is ready for his new position as Programme Director (PD) of the Leiden Observatory. He will f...
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A Universe aglow 01 October 2018
Deep observations made with the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have uncovered vast cosmic reservoirs of atomic hydrogen surrounding d...
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First images of mist dispersing around young galaxy 17 September 2018
Galaxies in the early universe are shrouded in a kind of mist: a cloud of hydrogen. With galaxies in the later universe this mist has disappeared. Ast...
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The sky is not the limit: 230 000 people reached by Leiden University educational space project 13 September 2018
Science education project Space Awareness engaged 230,000 people in 68 countries with the excitement and challenges of space sciences and technologies...