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Green Light from the Advisory Board Legal Technologies programTechnological developments rapidly advance. The Leiden Legal Technologies Program was on the agenda of the Advisory Committee in their second meeting ...
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Hunger is not a lack of food, but rather solitude in MentawaiHow can people say they are hungry when they have enough food at their disposal? On the Indonesian island of Siberut, the term 'hungry' does not just ...
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Leiden Physicists invent printable superconducting devicesSuperconducting devices such as SQUIDS (Superconducting Quantum Interferometry Device) can perform ultra-sensitive measurements of magnetic fields. Le...
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Bacteria that degrade plastic: Unilever Research Prize for master’s student Jo-Anne VerschoorJo-Anne Verschoor wins the Unilever Research Prize 2020. The master's student in Biology developed a method to test whether bacteria are capable of de...
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Laura Heitman appointed as Professor of Molecular PharmacologyAs of 1 November, Laura Heitman has been appointed full Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR). H...
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Consortium puts Quantum Computer in the cloudThe quantum computer is on its way, but is society ready for it? Quantum computers have a reputation of being difficult to grasp because of their comp...
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4.9 milion euros for unraveling the mysteries of black holesThe Dutch Black Holes Consortium receives 4.9 million euros from NWO for unravelling the mysteries of black holes and other mysteries of the universe....
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A multi-million grant to keep the biological clock healthyDutch researchers are joining forces to conduct research together with a series of societal partners to keep the biological clock healthy in our moder...
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Hybrid education: future or compromise?Since September, a large part of education is 'hybrid': students can attend courses both at home (online) and in person in lecture halls. How do stude...
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Neanderthals could tolerate smokeThe idea that modern humans displaced Neanderthals because they were better protected against toxins from smoke is now under fire. An earlier study th...
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If you expect an itch, you’ll get an itch
If you expect something is going to itch, the itching really does get worse. Leiden health psychologist Danielle Bartels has proved the effect of nega...
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Invitation Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award Ceremony 2020The department of Child Law of Leiden University and Defence for Children invite you to the eighth Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award ceremony. ...
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Vidi grant makes Anar Ahmadov feel free like a bird - for a momentAnar Ahmadov is one of eleven Leiden University researchers that have been awarded a Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The 800.000 euro ...
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'I really like it that our advice is taken seriously by the organisation'Writing a report for a teacher, getting a grade and then no one ever cares about your research again. Pity, isn't it? That is quite different in the c...
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Africa Knows! getransformeerd in drie maanden durend online evenementCovid-19 has transformed Africa Knows! into a unique international knowledge-sharing event: it will now be a three-month online event instead of a phy...