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NWO Summit Grant to investigate fundamental quantum limits 24 May 2024
A consortium including Leiden physicists Carlo Beenakker and Bas Hensen receives an NWO Summit Grant of 35 million euros over the course of ten years....
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Op-ed by Christa Tobler on EU Law Live about intersectionality in the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment 23 May 2024
EU Law Live is holding an online symposium on the theme of 'Climate Protection as a European Fundamental Right under the ECHR', with staggered online ...
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First scientific images Euclid telescope exceed all expectations 23 May 2024
Space telescope Euclid is capable of unravelling the secrets of the universe. That is what the images published by ESA today show, according to astron...
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Attention to education and culture at lowest point in 20 years 22 May 2024
After an extensive content analysis of the coalition agreement, a sharp fall can be seen in the focus on education & culture, science & technology and...
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Building a sustainable future: 'Combine the forces of natural and social sciences' 22 May 2024
The United Nations has declared May 22 the International Day for Biological Diversity. A moment of global reflection on everything on Earth and its in...
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Internship at well-known newspaper in Paris: ‘I got to interview a minister’ 22 May 2024
Zoé is a second-year bachelor student at LUC, where she is studying Culture, History & Society. Last summer, she did an internship at Le Parisien news...
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Computing with rubber 22 May 2024
Without electronics carrying out computational tasks our daily lives would look very different. Devices such as elevators, vending machines, turnstile...
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Living and Dying with the State 21 May 2024
The state, and specifically the idea of nationality, is almost all-determining in social life in the Netherlands. It determines how people identify, h...
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International spotlight on transparency research 21 May 2024
The 8th Global Conference on Transparency Research (GCTR) took place between 15 and 17 May.
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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’ 21 May 2024
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja ...
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Hopeful insights on climate and biodiversity in LDE white paper 21 May 2024
A banker who puts making money second and makes a profit nonetheless. A farmer who stops ploughing and using insecticides but still has a good harvest...
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‘Put payment transactions for private clients under one new state-owned bank’ 21 May 2024
From receiving our salary to doing our shopping: we are completely dependent on commercial banks for all our payment transactions. But what happens i...
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'We are already going to see this effect of the coalition agreement in the coming weeks' 17 May 2024
Few details, relatively few words. The coalition agreement presented is one of the shortest in the past 20 years, Arco Timmermans knows. Consequently,...
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According to Professor Sarah Wolff, EU migration agreements are a bad solution to a non-existent problem 17 May 2024
With right-wing parties across Europe riding high in the opinion polls, the debate on migration is expected to become highly tempestuous. Despite this...
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How to address sensitive subjects in class? 17 May 2024
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly disc...