News
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A breakthrough in salt tolerance knowledge for application in saline agriculture 23 February 2017
The Salt Farm Texel, supported by a number of professors from various Dutch universities, offered a report on saline agriculture to the Minister for A...
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Interview Mare: Microplastics are everywhere, we don't know yet if that does no harm 30 January 2017
Microplastics are small pieces of plastic found in the environment. At CML research have been conducted in the distribution of these plastics on beach...
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Leiden astronomers in astronomy podcast 19 December 2016
Five Leiden astronomers tell about science in the podcast Astronomy et al. This podcast was set up by Ricardo Garcia Soto in September 2016 and is foc...
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Publication PhD student Eva Kritikou accepted in Scientific Reports: 30 November 2016
A recent publication by Biopharmaceutics PhD-candidate Eva Kritikou has been accepted by the renowned scientific journal Scientific Reports.
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36 ditches as living lab for water quality 14 November 2016
On Monday 14 November, the first spadeful of earth was dug for the construction of the Living Lab, an experimental test site to study living organisms...
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Beestieboys visit Philippine crocodile project 07 November 2016
The VPRO children’s television show Beestieboys visited the Philippine crocodile project of the Mabuwaya Foundation. Presenters Tim and Nicolaas met C...
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Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest 04 October 2016
A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been...
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EU-FP7 project IDREEM featured on Euronews TV 07 July 2016
IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture) is a European research project launched in 2012 to protect the long-term su...
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Dutch biotech spin-off In Ovo in The Guardian 27 May 2016
The Dutch biotech spin-off In Ovo is the first company to develop a large-scale solution for determining the sex of a chick while it is still in the e...
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Managing water is managing the future 15 April 2016
“A partnership based on water” summarised Gerhard van den Top the relationship between the Netherlands and the Philippines in the 4th Louwes Lecture....
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Bitcoins demand a huge amount of electricity 31 March 2016
Bitcoin is the most popular virtual currency to date but it is starting to have some serious physical effects on the environment. A study shows that i...
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Dr. Charlene Kalle and Dr. Tim van Erven awarded TOP-grants 30 March 2016
Dr. Charlene Kalle and dr. Tim van Erven, both assistant professors at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University have received a TOP grant for P...
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Prof. dr. Joost Batenburg awarded with Vici grant 2015 30 March 2016
The NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) awarded prof. Joost van Batenburg with the Vici grant 2015 for his research project ‘Re...
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Prof. dr. Ronald Cramer interviewed about data security by Volkskrant 15 March 2016
Saturday 13 February 2016 the daily newspaper Volkskrant published an article based on interviews with Professor Ronald Cramer and Harry Buhrman.
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LACDR female professors amongst reveilation Senate Chamber 09 March 2016
On International Women’s Day 2016 the portrait photos of LACDR female Science Professors were unveiled amongst 89 other female Professors of Leiden Un...