In the media
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Ten years later: what about Erik Verlinde and his theory?09 August 2019Ten years after its introduction, the controversial idea of Erik Verlinde on gravity is still a hotly debated topic, and is still surrounded by a clou...
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Carel ten Cate in international media about a dancing cockatoo10 July 2019Snowball the cockatoo gained world fame on social media. Millions of people saw him dance to Queen and The Backstreet Boys. In the journal Current Bio...
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Rene Kleijn on BNR radio about critical materials21 June 2019The recent trade dispute between the U.S. and China has renewed the attention for the dependency of the U.S. and many other developed countries on the...
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Daniela Kraft about freezing soap bubbles20 June 2019Physicists at Virginia Tech in the US investigated how a soap bubble freezes to become a beautiful ice dome. This only happens when the surrounding ai...
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Nienke Beets wins prize for connecting nature and art14 June 2019Nienke Beets of the Leiden Hortus botanicus has won the brand new Joke 't Hart Prize for connecting nature and art. For the botanical garden in Leiden...
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Leiden discovery of planetary births is worldwide news14 June 2019In Germany, the United States and even in Vietnam: all over the world, the Leiden discovery of the birth of two planets was shared. Astronomer Sebasti...
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Danica Mast in Mare on using technology to move people09 April 2019Danica Mast, PhD candidate at LIACS, investigates how technology can encourage people to move more. In Mare she explains more about the so-called exer...
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Martina Vijver on nanoparticles at Paradiso's Science & Cocktails04 April 2019Professor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver of the Institute of Environmental Sciences has given a public talk at Paradiso Amsterdam for Science & Cockt...
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Nathaniel Martin in de Volkskrant about toilets in space28 March 2019German scientists and NASA have developed a bacteria-killing coating for space toilets. With this coating they hope to protect astronauts in space sta...
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UN calls for urgent rethink as resource use skyrockets21 March 2019The International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme, with CML researcher Ester van der Voet as member, has prepared a report ...
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Bas Goulooze explains mathematical modelling of pain on ScientistWanted08 March 2019Bas Goulooze recently joined ScientistWanted, a platform where young researchers explain their research to a broad audience in a short (Dutch) video.
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Vijver en Barmentlo in radio show Vroege Vogels about Living Lab results05 March 2019Water fleas and damselflies are much more sensitive to crop protection products in nature than in the lab. These test results from the Living Lab were...
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Michael Richardson in TV show Willem Wever about antibiotics from snake venom05 March 2019'What do people do with snake venom?' That's the question 11-year-old Joep asked in Dutch TV show Willem Wever. Leiden Professor of Evolutionary devel...
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Was the EU’s ban on electric fishing the right decision?18 February 2019Last week, on 13 February 2019, the EU approved the ban on pulse trawling. This followed the vote for a ban by the European Parliament on 16 January 2...
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Hans de Iongh at National Geographic for Big Cat Month29 January 2019In the theme of Big Cat Month, National Geographic interviewed Professor Hans de Iongh, guest researcher of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (C...