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The city as an urban mine 30 January 2020Raw materials should no longer be excavated from mines, but reused from sources that are already present, such as unused underground electricity cable...
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Awards for three Leiden Partnership projects with industry sector 28 January 2020NWO is funding three partnership projects with the industry sector. The projects relate to speeding up the search for new medicines, studying the chan...
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The roughening of a platinum electrode 27 January 2020Smooth platinum electrodes roughen and wear when subjected to repeated cycles of oxidation and reduction, which causes nanometer-scale mounds to grow....
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Snake venom glands grown in lab 23 January 2020For the first time, researchers were able to grow organoids from snake venom glands. The lab-grown 3-D structures can produce snake venom molecules. T...
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From energy transition to green infrastructure in The Hague: students and municipalities join forces 23 January 2020Can students help make our cities more sustainable and resilient? The Resilient Cities Hub thinks so: during its knowledge café on 16 January, passion...
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Two Proof of Concept grants for Leiden 15 January 2020Professor of Developmental Biology Christine Mummery and chemist Dr Dennis Hetterscheid have each been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant. These gr...
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Bio Science Park: from empty fields to hip neighbourhood 13 January 2020New housing in old labs and striking architecture for University buildings and high-tech companies, not to mention waterside parks. An exhibition in O...
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Faculty of Science starts new year with awards for talents 07 January 2020Mathematician Robbin Bastiaansen, physicist Irene Battisti, pharmacist Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd and physics and astronomy student Maite Boden are the ...
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New water jet cutter for Fine Mechanical Department 07 January 2020The Fine Mechanical Department's (FMD) new Wardjet A0612 will cut anything using a 4000 bar water jet. This enables the FMD to work faster, more accur...
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Parade of creative science communication products 23 December 2019From bedtime stories about mathematics to podcasts about microplastics and games on weeds: master students from the Science Communication & Society tr...
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Tsinghua and Leiden researchers find that China is crucial for realising a circular economy 20 December 2019A new study on the province level material footprint of China underscores the need to improve resource efficiency in the country, which would be cruci...
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Detecting pediatric cancer with bacteria 19 December 2019Ariane Briegel wants to use bacteria to detect cancer at an early stage. Together with postdoc Alise Muok, she is developing a method to quickly and c...
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‘We’re a spaceship with limited supplies’ 18 December 2019From the discovery of exoplanets to the hunt for extraterrestrial life. At the Astronomy Gala on 17 December in the concert hall in Leiden, astronomer...
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Niko Tinbergen lecture 2019: Stem cells, mini organs and eternal life 13 December 2019Three speakers, three fascinating science stories and a well-filled lecture hall. The Niko Tinbergen Lecture had a successful restart on 10 December 2...
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Huub de Groot breaks down artificial photosynthesis 12 December 2019In a promotional video for the SUNRISE initiative, prof. Huub de Groot explains the impact and ideas behind artificial photosynthesis.