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Serge Fehr appointed as Professor Quantum information theoryAs of 1 June, Serge Fehr has been appointed as Professor Quantum information theory at the Leiden Mathematical Institute (MI). Fehr is employed by Cen...
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The underwater Hobbit – a new shrimp species‘In a hole under water there lived a hobbit’: a new species of shrimp named after Bilbo Baggings. Biology student Werner de Gier described this newly ...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed as Professor of Comparative Welfare State AnalysisAs of 1 June 2018 Olaf van Vliet has been appointed as Professor of Comparative Welfare State Analysis at Leiden University. The Endowed Chair in Comp...
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Broad media coverage for Kavli prize Ewine van DishoeckEwine van Dishoeck was broadly covered in national and international media with her prestigious Kavli prize for astrophysics. She won 1 million dollar...
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How can you rescue clay tablets from the war in Syria?On 7 June, the National Museum of Antiquities opened a mini exhibition 'Scanning for Syria'. The exhibition shows how Leiden archaeologists and Delft ...
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Willy de Heer in De Monitor about highly gifted children and educationWilly de Heer, who obtained a doctorate from Leiden University's Dual PhD Center, did her PhD research into giftedness and education for highly gifted...
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State visit of the Dutch Royal couple to Luxembourg
On Thursday 24 May 2018, Tanja Masson-Zwaan of Leiden University’s International Institute of Air and Space Law and Prof Mahulena Hofmann of the Unive...
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Space Law during the State visit of the Dutch Royal couple to LuxembourgOn Thursday 24 May 2018, Tanja Masson-Zwaan of Leiden University’s International Institute of Air and Space Law and Prof Mahulena Hofmann of the Unive...
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Recycling at microscalePlaying with tiny building blocks might sound like child’s play, but Vera Meester knows better. On June 7 she will defend her thesis on colloids: micr...
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Speed gun for moleculesDetecting molecules with temperature instead of chemical reactions: that’s what scientists from the Leiden Institute of Physics want to do. They are d...
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Jelle van Buuren in De Telegraaf about risky collection campaign for the Belgian-Moroccan imam Tarik Ibn AliOn 31 May, during a three-hour live broadcast on the Dutch online television channel Islaam.tv, 100,400 euros was pledged to the Belgian-Moroccan imam...
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Are you a future leader? Apply for One Young World The HagueAre you passionate about building a better world? Do you want to connect with the young world leaders of today and tomorrow? If so, apply for the One ...
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Jelle van Buuren tells in Podcast #19 of Wetenschap.nu about conspiracy thinkers and theoriesJelle van Buuren, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University, can be heard in the latest Podcast of Wete...
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Using fungi to produce renewable energyEbru Alazi ‘hacked’ an enzyme-producing system in the fungus Aspergillus niger in order to produce renewable energy more easily. She manipulated the f...
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Mariana Gkliati as chair/judge on Europe on TrialMariana Gkliati participated on Saturday 2 June at ‘Europe on Trial'.