972 search results for “active soft matter” in the Public website
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Unemployment Replacement Rates Dataset
The unemployment replacement rate data set, assembled by Olaf Van Vliet & Koen Caminada (version 1, January 2012), provides data on unemployment benefit schemes in 34 welfare states from the 1970s until 2009. The current data set includes all 27 member states of the European Union and 7 non-EU OECD…
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Relentlessly Plain
Understanding Late Neolithic Ceramic Containers from Upper Mesopotamia
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Nigeria
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of the Faculty of Science and Leiden University College with four universities in Nigeria.
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Cancer pathogenesis and therapy
With cancer, a person’s body cells grow uncontrollably. Putting together a detailed picture of how this comes about makes it possible to develop efficient therapies. Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and Leiden University are working together to gain a better understanding…
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Tarsus
After the advent of Islam in the 7th century C.E., the strategic geographical position of Tarsus (its proximity to the sea and to the mountain pass leading to inland Anatolia) made this town the de facto capital of the thughur, a historical and geographical term created by Muslim geographers qualifying…
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
The Joan Van der Waals colloquium is an ongoing bi-weekly lecture series.
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Reedijk Symposium 2019: Activating N2 – the Haber-Bosch process and beyond (Havinga Award lecture)
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Fatigue, physical activity and participation in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury
PhD defence
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Bioorthogonal deprotection strategy to study T-cell activation and cross- presentation
PhD defence
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Holding the balance; the equilibrium between ERa-activation, epigenetic alterations and chromatin integrity
PhD defence
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From oil interests to multilateral activism: China's role in Africa's security order
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Lectin complement activation pathway and the outcome of orthotopic liver transplantation
PhD defence
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Overcoming barriers to T cell activation, infiltration and function in tumors
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Applications for activity-based probes in biomedical research on glycosidases
PhD defence
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Peer coaching as a population approach to increase physical activity in older adults
PhD defence
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Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Relationships of Central Nervous Systems Active Dopaminergic Drugs
PhD defence
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The relation between dynamics and activity of phospholipase A/acyltransferase homologs
PhD defence
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New ONEM Microscope to combine best of two worlds
Leiden physicists have been awarded 1.5 million euros for developing a hybrid microscope that provided nanometer-resolution. 'The idea is to combine the resolution of electron microscopy with the pros of optical microscopes.'
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Guest lecture on Deterrence in the era of Great Power Competition
During the guest lecture on 9 February, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Rob de Wijk and Frans Osinga discussed the situation in Ukraine and Taiwan. The crises in eastern Ukraine and the increasing tensions around Taiwan highlight the challenges the West faces in deterring aggression in the new era of key dynamics…
- Unraveling the nature and the identity of the active sites in heterogeneous catalysis via structure-dependent microkinetic modeling
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First "Hello World!" lecture by Lev Manovich
Lev Manovich, world-renowned innovator in digital humanities and theorist of digital culture and media art, is the first speaker in the Media Technology MSc program's "Hello World!" lecture series.
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Make your choice! Three introduction weeks for students at Leiden University
Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new students at Leiden University can best choose: EL CID, HOP or OWL.
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Make your choice! Three introduction weeks for students at Leiden University
Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new students at Leiden University can best choose: EL CID, HOP or OWL.
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Pinching holes to create superconductors
In their quest for materials that conduct electricity without resistance at moderate temperatures, scientists usually work on their chemical make-up. Now Leiden physicists have come up with a radically new approach: pinching holes in a periodic pattern. Publication in SciPost.
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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 discovered species during his bachelor internship at Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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New book by Ruth Prins 'Mayors put to the test'
Book on Dutch mayors governing local order and public safety.
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Looking back on the successful combined ILS – RSL Lunch Seminar with Jason Beckfield from Harvard University
Last Wednesday, a very special edition of the Lunch Seminars took place in a combined session between the research programs Interaction between Legal Systems and Reform of Social Legislation. Jason Beckfield, Professor in Sociology at Harvard University, gave a very interesting presentation on Social…
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LEELIS Conference on future of computer chips
A collaboration of physicists and chemists organized the LEELIS conference on new computer chip technology in Amsterdam on 10-11 November. Leiden physicist Joost Frenken is director of the organizing institute ARCNL.
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Annual Business Event 2015
Big Data - Big Business? - wrap up
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Make your choice! Three introduction weeks for students at Leiden University
Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new students at Leiden University can best choose: EL CID, HOP or OWL.
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Beryl ter Haar guest lecturer European labour law at the law school of HSE Moscow
Under the invitation of Labour Law and Social Security Law Department of Faculty of Law of the
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Four PhD Scholarships at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies
From September 1, 2017, the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS) will be awarding several four-year scholarships to complete a PhD in American History / American Studies.
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Aleydis Nissen on K-pop popularity in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030, an effort to reduce the country’s reliance on oil, may open up new opportunities for Korea. Spearheading the way is Hallyu — the Korean wave, led by K-pop and dramas as a soft power to open new business opportunities in the Middle East, especially…
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‘Jihad scene the Netherlands intact and bigger than ever’
Although Islamic State has largely been beaten, for now the Jihad scene in the Netherlands is more than alive. That is what professor Edwin Bakker (terrorism and counterterrorism) recently said in an interview in the Algemeen Dagblad.
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Imprint of Action: The Sociocultural Impact of Public Activities in Archaeology
PhD defence
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Van Marum Colloquium: Active surface adsorbate structure and complex materials exploration with Bayesian optimization
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Using camera traps to learn about biodiversity
Students at Leiden University College (LUC) learn about biodiversity not only in the lecture hall, but also in the natural environment. University lecturer Thijs Bosker and student Sebastiaan Grosscurt talk about using camera traps in a teaching and research project.
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
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Victor Gijsbers new fellow of Leiden University Teachers’ Academy
Victor Gijsbers, university lecturer in Philosophy, has been chosen as a fellow of the Leiden University Teachers' Academy. Over the next five years and with €25,000 to spend, he will be looking for a new interpretation of the Philosophy of Science for Humanities course. ‘Treating a tough and abstract…
- Observations of the CO Adsorption Site on CoOx Nanoislands and its Active Phase in Near Ambient Pressures
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How mammoth poop contributes to antibiotics research
PhD student Doris van Bergeijk brought 40,000-year-old bacteria from mammoth poop back to life. She hopes to find new information that can help research at the Institute of Biology Leiden into antibiotics and antibiotics resistance. Read about it on European Antibiotic Awareness Day, 18 November.
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Blog Post | An Identity Perspective on Non-great Power Public Diplomacy
The postwar Liberal International Order faces grave challenges today mostly in the form of geopolitical competitions among great powers and exclusionary identity politics unfolding across different countries.
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Software Improvement Group activities in standardization, research, development and assessment in the areas of AI, security and privacy.
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the AT-HOOK MOTIF NUCLEAR LOCALIZED 15 gene in Arabidopsis meristem activity and longevity
PhD defence
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or Not to Detain: A Functional Approach to Non-State Armed Groups’ Activities in Non-International Armed Conflicts
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague
Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured fashion with a ceremony in the Pieterskerk, but broke with tradition by sending professors out to primary schools.
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This Week's Discoveries | 19 November 2019
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The most stable microscope in the world
Making the most vibration-free, cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope in the world. A bold mission, but one that PhD candidate Irene Battisti successfully executed together with the Fine Mechanical Department. The new microscope might shed light on how unconventional superconductivity works. PhD Defence…
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Economics and Governance (MSc)
The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…