532 search results for “galactic magnetic fields” in the Public website
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LIBC MRI Methods Meeting
Lecture
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Joan van der Waals colloquium - online
Lecture
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Reedijk Symposium 2022 poster session
Conference
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
Lecture
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Extremely Shy & Genetically Close
Conference
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LCN2 Seminar: Dynamics on lattices
Lecture
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MRI for planning and characterization of uveal melanoma patients treated with proton beam therapy
PhD defence
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy
Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a super-massive object at the centre of the Milky Way. This picture could only be taken thanks to the cooperation of telescopes worldwide.
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This Week’s Discoveries | 12 March 2019
Lecture
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Lorentz: celebrated physicist, born mediator
Emeritus professors Dirk van Delft and Frits Berends both channelled their inner Sherlock Holmes as they delved into the life and work of the great physicist Hendrik Lorentz. Their voluminous biography ‘Lorentz: gevierd fysicus, geboren verzoener’ (Lorentz: celebrated physicist, born mediator) is published…
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Veni awards for seventeen young Leiden researches
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to seventeen researchers who recently obtained their PhD. This award offers promising young scientists the opportunity to develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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Medical Delta professor Andrew Webb: ‘In The Netherlands, people are much more open to cooperation’
Commercial MRI systems cost millions of euros to purchase and require highly trained technicians to operate. Prof. Andrew Webb works on accessible MRI techniques that offer new opportunities in both developed and developing countries. Webb is a professor at the Radiology Department of the LUMC and,…
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The quest for the magic angle
Stack two layers of graphene, twisted at slightly different angles to each other, and the material spontaneously becomes a superconductor. Science still can't explain how something so magical can happen, but physicists use special equipment to reveal what is taking place under the surface.
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First step in converting solar energy using ‘artificial leaf’
Two things are needed to produce fuel from sunlight: an antenna that harvests light, and a light-driven catalyst. The most efficient antennae contain bacteria. An international team headed by Huub de Groot imitated them and discovered how they function.
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Veni subsidies for sixteen Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award offers promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their ideas for a period of three years.
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Finding planets outside our solar system with radio astronomy
Lecture, This Week's Discoveries
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Fifth annual Science Day for Physics master students
Conference
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
Lecture
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Finessage for ‘Touching: An Exhibition of Material Research Samples and Recipes’
Arts and culture
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This Week's Discoveries | 25 February 2020
Lecture
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Colloquium Ehrenfestii Dirk Morr (University of Chicago)
Lecture
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A long-term perspective on human niche construction and alteration of ecosystems
Dr. Katharine MacDonald (Faculty of Archaeology) sketches the background to a recent paper in Science Advances, co-authored by her and other members of the Liveable Planet team.
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Chemical Biology lecture - Human Norovirus: The winding road to entry inhibition
Lecture
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Workshop: the mathematics of solid-state physics
Lecture
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Reedijk Symposium 2019: Function-based nonadiabatic principles for artificial photosynthesis with high yield
Lecture
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Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire as Seen from the Southwest Indian Ocean
Lecture, E-Lecture
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Publications
Electronic versions of our publications can be obtained by sending an e-mail to Esther van den Bos: bosejvanden@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
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Twinkle, twinkle, giant star
Up above the world so high a giant star twinkles. Could an 83-year-old astronomer unravel the mystery of this megastar? ‘At times I thought: that’s it! I give up! It’s beyond me.’
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Ars Electronica @Oude Sterrewacht
Festival
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Older Publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Industrial Ecology (1982-2015)
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Theses
Below thesis archives will be moved shortly (work in progress) to the Leiden Repository. Once this is done, theses submitted by MI students (from 2008 onwards) can be accessed via the Repository and will be removed from this site.
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Science and education policy
YAL raises its voice on policy matters.