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Applications that never crash again 31 May 2023
Doing your taxes, Netflixing or driving a car: more and more daily activities are supported by computer applications. It is challenging and expensive ...
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Experience the beauty of the universe 11 May 2023
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allows us to look deeper into the universe than ever before. Not only does this provide a mass of data, but also...
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Hunting for life’s building blocks at minus 250 degrees Celsius 02 May 2023
Searching for life’s building blocks lightyears away is an important task of the James Webb Space Telescope. But how does it know what to look for? Ph...
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Two thesis awards for research on electrochemical reactions 20 April 2023
Understanding the proces of electrochemical reactions is essential to improve the technology for the energy transition. Fuel cell cars, for example us...
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community 18 April 2023
Buurtlab 070 is a brand-new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together to find climate, susta...
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Educational adventures in the tropics: discovering rainforests in Borneo 11 April 2023
Photographing fluorescent flowers, searching for frogs and shooting tropical cucumbers out of trees: this is only a small part of the course Tropical ...
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Specialising in quantum? New Leiden-Delft master's degree launched 24 March 2023
Quantum technologies are in demand worldwide, but until now Leiden students could not specialise in them. The new master’s program QIST (Quantum Infor...
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How sustainable is your coffee cup? Professor Jeroen Guinée finds out 23 March 2023
What is the environmental impact of the fish on our plates? And is an electric car really more sustainable when we include the generation of electrici...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Website full of interactive videos to improve your lab education 27 February 2023
To better prepare students for their laboratory education, a team of education experts and students have created a collection of interactive videos. A...
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The biologist who wants to sound a different note in his field 23 February 2023
Hans Slabbekoorn researches animal sounds and the effect of the noise we humans make on these animals. He is also committed to making his discipline m...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023
How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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‘Girls can be hackers too’ 09 February 2023
How safe are the dozens of apps on our phone? And how do we make sure organisations don’t get hacked? Cybersecurity expert Olga Gadyatskaya works on a...
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CML talents receive Stans Award 07 February 2023
Each year, CML gives out three Stans Awards. The Institute's staff could nominate students and colleagues for the prices of best student thesis, best ...
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Leiden astronomers launch biggest space-ice database ever: ‘A kind of phone book, but for ice’ 19 January 2023
It is the largest database for space ice yet: The Leiden Ice Database for Astrochemistry: LIDA. Created by astrophysicists at the Leiden Observatory, ...