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From liquid to solid: revolutionary technique uncovers disease-related changes in tiny droplets within our cells13 February 2025Understanding the behaviour of tiny droplets in our cells could aid the search for new treatments. A team of Leiden researchers has developed a ground...
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Safeguarding the independence of international courts and tribunals while ensuring oversight over taxpayers’ money13 February 2025International courts and tribunals depend on state funding, creating a potential risk of undue state interference in judicial processes. In her doctor...
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Obesity and medication: when does bodyweight matter?13 February 2025How can we best treat infectious diseases in people with obesity? Hospital pharmacist and PhD researcher Koen van Rhee studied how obesity affects blo...
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Pitching Heritage13 February 2025Do you want your research to fit the rubric of heritage? Is heritage a relevant concept here? These were some of the questions that came up in the liv...
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ECOWAS finally approves the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the bloc13 February 2025The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formally approved the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the regional body. Th...
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‘World leader in star-planet interactions’ appointed professor13 February 2025Aline Vidotto has been appointed professor of Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics at the Observatory from 1 February. Vidotto has been with the univers...
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Special telescope measures neutrino with highest energy everPhysics 12 February 2025Even with state-of-the-art technology, it is almost impossible to see: a cosmic neutrino. Yet scientists have managed to image this particle with a de...
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GPS blunders and security risks: why do we blindly follow technology?Interview PhD candidate Daan Weggemans 12 February 2025Computer says no: end of story. Twenty years ago, a hilarious line in the British TV series Little Britain, now a reality. We all blindly follow techn...
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Most children placed in care will not return home11 February 2025After compulsory placement in care, four in ten children return home. Of these, one in four re-enters care. Emergency care orders are often used and o...
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The need to remember11 February 2025In the 1970s and 1980s, Argentina faced a severe dictatorship. The regime did not shy away from using brute force and torture. People who showed their...
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Vasiliki Kosta and Olga Ceran speak on academic freedom at the European Parliament10 February 2025On 5 February, Dr Kosta and Dr Ceran spoke at the high-level conference entitled ‘Perspectives on academic freedom in Europe and beyond’, organised in...
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Police face complex challenges: ‘Uphold the rule of law’Inaugural lecture Monica den Boer 10 February 2025The Dutch police face complex challenges, from organised crime and polarisation to digitalisation and new forms of crime. To deal with this effectivel...
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Call for Papers: Becoming Local? Forgotten Lineages of Displaced Communities Across the Indian Ocean World, 1650-185007 February 2025
Keynote speakers: Jennifer Gaynor (University at Buffalo SUNY) and Sue Peabody (Washington State University)
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Thesis on homeless people's gendered experiences wins FSW Thesis Prize 202407 February 2025With her thesis 'Gendered Experiences and Homelessness Trajectories: An Anthropological Fieldwork Study in The Hague, the Netherlands', Elleke Schreur...
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Meta Roestenberg awarded Mercator Sapiens Stimulus for pioneering malaria research06 February 2025Professor Meta Roestenberg has been awarded the Mercator Sapiens Stimulus 2025 by the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). The pri...