In the media
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The effect of nanoparticles on our planet 17 November 2022‘Solar panels, toothpaste and sport socks. What do these things have in common?’ Martina Vijver, professor of ecotoxicology begins her TEDx-talk. Watc...
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Leiden Legal Technologies Program runner up for Gouden Zandloper 28 September 2022The Leiden Legal Technologies Program is runner up for the Gouden Zandloper (Golden Hourglass) for Legal Education & Research, the prize for the most ...
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Lorentz Center kicks off lustrum with TEDx talk 27 January 2022The Lorentz Center is 25 years old. A good reason for them to contribute to a series of TEDx lectures for Leiden City of Science. Arjen Doelman, direc...
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Century-old electrochemistry law gets update 19 January 2022The Gouy-Chapman theory describes what happens near an electrode when it is in contact with a salt solution, but this description does not match real...
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The launch of a new era: Leiden and the James Webb telescope (part II) 23 December 2021After 25 years, December will finally see the launch of the long-awaited James Webb space telescope. Leiden astronomers are watching with great excite...
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PhD candidate from Leiden presents international student event 01 December 2021From pipetting in the lab to shining in front of the camera at a global student event. With 8.000 viewers watching the livestream, Marjolein Crooijman...
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Leiden research into corona waste ends up in New York Times 18 November 2021Face masks and plastic gloves are supposed to protect us from corona, but they are becoming an increasing problem for the environment. In a special se...
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Peter van der Putten on Robo Rabbi and a robot that performs funeral rituals 16 November 2021Can a robot rekindle the waning interest in Buddhism in Japan? University lecturer Peter van der Putten researches the philosophical and social questi...
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Martin van Hecke in Atlas 04 November 2021Metamaterials researcher Martin van Hecke was featured in the Dutch science tv show Atlas.
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Astronomer Joe Callingham testifies against killer stars in new show on Discovery Channel 17 September 2021On Friday evening 17 September, Leiden astronomer Joe Callingham can be seen in a new series on Discovery channel. Killers of the Cosmos is about diff...
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Most detailed galaxy photos yet are world news 23 August 2021Media all around the world reported about it: the most detailed images yet seen of galaxies, shot by radio telescope LOFAR. The international team beh...
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Football is simple. What is difficult is playing simple football. 16 June 2021And that is what scientist Rens Meerhoff of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) explains in the NPO Radio 1 programme Focus. He ...
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Random walks: wandering the streets like a group of drunk students 01 June 2021Mathematician Oliver Nagy still vividly remembers the first time he learned about a random walk. ‘The lecturer told us to imagine a company of drunken...
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Capturing polarised light in the search for alien plants 18 May 2021A new way to decipher the light from distant worlds could give us unmistakable evidence of extraterrestrial photosynthesis, and maybe alien plants, fi...
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‘Food is the elephant in the room for human water use’ 11 May 2021From treatment plants to hot showers, emissions from water use in the U.S. are equal to 50 million cars driving around for a year. In The Washington P...