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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Students map Milky Way with dwarf stars 17 March 2016
Isabel van Vledder and Dieuwertje van der Vlugt, 2 astronomy students from Leiden University, have mapped the entire Milky Way galaxy in dwarf stars f...
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Investment Grant NWO Medium for Simon Portegies Zwart 03 March 2016
A revolutionary supercomputer with energy-efficient parts that are available in the shops. Professor of Computational Astrophysics Simon Portegies Zwa...
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Vici grants for 7 Leiden researchers 12 February 2016
Seven Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Major NWO subsidies for research on dark matter and quantum experiments 10 February 2016
Astronomer Koen Kuijken and physicist Tjerk Oosterkamp have each been awarded a major subsidy by NWO. The funding will allow them to construct new res...
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TOP grant for four of Leiden’s top scientists 02 February 2016
Four scientists will receive the TOP grant for Physical Sciences from the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). They are astronomer ...
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Discoverer of the Year, Best Dissertation and Education prize 2015 05 January 2016
During the Faculty of Science New Year's reception, Daniël Rozen was named Discoverer of the year 2015. Nienke van der Marel and Koen van der Maaden b...
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Jan Hendrik Oort: star of Dutch radio astronomy 09 December 2015
The success of Dutch radio astronomy in the last century was largely due to Leiden astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort. He made astute use of circumstances in...
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How to engage and educate the global public with science? 04 November 2015
Massive science communication projects should be based on strong and relevant science cases. They should engage with a large number of stakeholders, n...
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Mysterious ripples racing through planet-forming disk 14 October 2015
An international team of astronomers, including Leiden’s Christian Ginski, has discovered previously unobserved structures in a debris disk around a n...
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International Space University 31st Space Studies Program 2018 to convene in the Netherlands 06 October 2015
The International Space University is proud to announce that the 31st annual Space Studies Program (SSP) session will convene in the Netherlands durin...
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Start of construction of camera for European giant telescope 29 September 2015
Leiden scientists will be working on the development of a camera for the European Extremely Large Telescope that is currently under construction. On 2...
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Astronomers destroy former record for most distant galaxy 10 August 2015
An international team of astronomers that includes researchers from Leiden has discovered the most distant galaxy yet. The galaxy, called EGS8p7, is 1...
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Astronomers make invisible dark matter visible 13 July 2015
An international team of astronomers, including Professor Koen Kuijken, has published a series of online articles presenting the first results of a ma...
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Strong investment in commercial fine particulate measuring device 10 July 2015
Astronomers Professor Christoph Keller and Dr Frans Snik will be developing a commercial module for measuring fine particulates. They have been awarde...