News
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Here is how students help the municipality of Leiden to build sustainably12 November 2020
The municipality of Leiden aims for circular construction, but how do you reconcile that with the growing demand for housing? For the Kennisatelier Du...
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Gorlaeus Highrise lives on in two new buildings in Leiden09 November 2020
If you look closely, you may recognise the metal beams from the skeleton of the Circular Pavilion near Leiden Central Station: they come from the demo...
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‘A week feels like a month at the National Think Tank’06 November 2020
In the National Think Tank (NDT) 20 young academics spend four months reflecting on how to solve a societal problem. Four participants from Leiden tol...
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8th wall formula about the Van der Waals-equation for gases02 November 2020
Despite the rain and awful weather, the painting job has been finished within a week. The Van der Waals-state equation is the eighth Leiden wall formula.
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First Dutch field trials with exotic insect to combat invasive plant22 October 2020
For the first time in the Netherlands, an exotic insect species is released into the wild to combat a harmful plant species. The Japanese knotweed psy...
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Urgent research projects funded by LUF21 October 2020
Misleading graphs, the erosion of democracy and the weakening of bones as a side-effect of medication. Researchers are starting work on these very top...
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3D printed microboat21 October 2020
From prow to stern, this little boat measures 30 micrometers, about a third of the thickness of a hair. It has been 3D-printed by Leiden physicists Ra...
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Increasing the participation of girls and underrepresented communities in space science19 October 2020
The SpaceEU project, coordinated by Leiden University, has launched an online toolkit with a collection of space-centred activities that engage people...
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New LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and Diversity15 October 2020
The start of this year saw the opening of the LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and Diversity. The Centre looks at public administration and policy...
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Hello Leiden. How’s it going? Minister Van Engelshoven pays online working visit to Leiden University13 October 2020
Teaching during the corona crisis, the high workload and the challenges faced by the Faculty of humanities. In an online working visit to Leiden Unive...
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How the scientific community can learn from failures08 October 2020
The Astronomy & Society group of Leiden Observatory takes a new turn in science: they have decided to share their rejected research proposals with the...
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Hortus Leiden helps to protect plant diversity around the world01 October 2020
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, a world-wide effort by the botanist and plant protection community, is making considerable progress in pro...
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Hiroshima Peace Tree comes to Blekerspark24 September 2020
On 23 September, the Leiden alderman for the Management of Public Space was presented with a Ginkgo Biloba in the Blekerspark. This special 'Peace Tre...
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Renewed online atlas provides better insight into pesticides in surface waters24 September 2020
On 24 September the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) in Leiden will launch the new version of the Pesticides Atlas in cooperation with Rijksw...
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AI research in Zuid-Holland: three examples24 September 2020
How designers are even more creative with a robot in their team, how Twitter could predict the stock market, and how to catch a single bacterium in th...