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Rubicon grants for three researchers from Leiden09 April 2019Of 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 Ecology04 April 2019Professor 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 Obscura02 April 2019The 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 dissertation21 March 2019Cameron 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 mysteries18 March 2019SRON 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 science28 February 2019Bringing 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 China26 February 2019A 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...
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Media about hundreds of thousands of unknown galaxies20 February 2019An international team of more than 200 astronomers from 18 countries has published hundreds of thousands of unknown galaxies. The data are part of a ...
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Table salt discovered around a young star07 February 2019New ALMA observations show there is ordinary table salt in a not-so-ordinary location: 1,500 light-years from Earth in the disk surrounding a massive ...
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Portrait of former DG, Tim de Zeeuw, unveiled06 February 2019A portrait of Tim de Zeeuw was unveiled and added to the gallery of former ESO Directors General at ESO HQ, on Monday 21 January. The portrait was unv...
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Memorial ceremony of Maolin Zhang25 January 2019A memorial of Maolin’s life is planned on Wednesday the 30th of January at the Academy Building in the center of Leiden.
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In memoriam: Maolin Zhang19 January 2019
We are grief-stricken that our PhD student Maolin Zhang passed away during the early morning of January 17th 2019. He died during a terrible fire that...
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In memoriam: Maolin Zhang18 January 2019We are grief-stricken that our PhD student Maolin Zhang passed away during the early morning of January 17th 2019. He died during a terrible fire that...
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Leiden starts exchange with Poland17 January 2019Leiden University has started a collaboration with the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. The project includes the exchange of students and sta...
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Cucurachi, Behrens and Matthee are teacher, discoverer, and PhD candidate of 201808 January 2019Environmental scientists Stefano Cucurachi and Paul Behrens and astronomer Jorryt Matthee have received prizes during the New Year's reception of the ...