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More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access23 January 2025The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini...
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How can people with autism and social anxiety understand others’ emotions better?Emotions 23 January 2025A smile, tears in your eyes or a blush on your cheeks: we understand one another better by mirroring one another’s emotions. In her PhD dissertation, ...
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Documentary - Restoring the eleventh-century Arabic manuscript De Materia Medica22 January 2025Water damage, old restorations and copper corrosion in some illustrations. De Materia Medica has been through a lot over the centuries. The manuscript...
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Friendship crucial in intelligence service cooperationInterview with PhD candidate Pepijn 22 January 2025Secrecy can be detrimental to a relationship, but in the intelligence world, it is actually a basis for trust. What do relationships and trust really ...
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As a parent, you have a big influence on your child’s anxiety (though there’s no need to worry about it)Anxiety 22 January 2025How do parents communicate anxiety to their child via body language and words? Psychologist Cosima Nimphy studied this question for her PhD research. ...
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‘It’s a great motivator if your research can be life-changing in the real world’21 January 2025Our university labs are bursting with cutting-edge research, but how do you commercialise these inventions and discoveries or translate them into outc...
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How to choose the optimal location for wind turbines in the North Sea21 January 2025In the next decades, thousands of wind turbines will be added to the North Sea. Environmental scientist Chen Li identified the most beneficial areas f...
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Christa Tobler participant in a fireside chat on the relationship between Switzerland and the EU21 January 2025This year's 'Braunwald Inferno' event, a mixture of winter sports (including an early morning ski race) and political event, took place in the Glarus ...
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Tirong Guo discovered materials that bring efficient artificial photosynthesis closer20 January 2025After hard work in the lab, Chemist Tirong Guo has developed a group of materials that provide a stable and efficient foundation for artificial photos...
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Research: Europe increasingly targeted by Russian sabotage20 January 2025Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has been conducting a covert sabotage campaign against Europe. The ‘Bewaken en Beveiligen’ (Surveillance...
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Healthcare and the Dutch East India Company: Two centuries of arrogance and challengesHistory 20 January 2025The Dutch East India Company (VOC) took healthcare seriously, albeit mainly for business reasons. Former GP Ton Zwaard’s PhD research reveals that alt...
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How AI and wearable technology help create more inclusive environments for children20 January 2025Can we reshape school playgrounds through data and design? By using AI and wearable sensors, data scientist Maedeh Nasri discovered ways to create env...
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PhD candidate develops new device for diagnosing erectile dysfunction20 January 2025Erection problems can have a huge impact on quality of life and health, but current diagnostic methods are painful, uncomfortable and technologically ...
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Students discover chimpanzees make rhythmic sounds (despite limited sense of rhythm)17 January 2025How can chimpanzees, so closely related to humans, have almost no sense of rhythm? ‘The best students ever’ and behavioural biologist Michelle Spierin...
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Last starlight for space telescope Gaia17 January 2025ESA’s space telescope Gaia, which maps the Milky Way, completes its active phase of scanning the sky on 15 January. Over the past decade, Gaia has mad...