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Historical telescope returns to the Old Observatory 15 November 2024The Old Observatory in Leiden has reclaimed its most important telescope. Since the 1960s, the Meridian Circle (also known as a transit telescope) had...
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From atoms to the cosmos: ‘Everything in the universe is connected’ 14 November 2024Exploring the largest structures in the universe by looking at the tiniest particles? Lydia Stofanova, PhD candidate at Leiden Observatory and SRON Ne...
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‘Leiden could raise its profile as an AI expert’ 13 November 2024‘In the field of AI, Leiden is still a relatively unseen university,’ says Thomas Dohmen. The brand-new Director AI Collaboration Center, would like t...
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Silver and light: a powerful combination with the potential to save lives 06 November 2024Packages of DNA strands containing silver, measuring just two or three nanometres in size. Leiden physicists Donny de Bruin and Dirk Bouwmeester creat...
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Combining high-level sports and work: ‘It makes me better at both’ 05 November 2024She works four days a week as a project manager at LIACS and trains six days a week with the Dutch Para Climbing team. Christiane Luttikhuizen balance...
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European grants for research on ultrathin membranes and the biological clock in bacteria 05 November 2024Two research groups involving Leiden University have been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on the development ...
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Honourable mention for Rosa Schwarz at Christiaan Huygens Prize 2024 01 November 2024During the award ceremony of the Christiaan Huygens Prize on 16 October, mathematician Rosa Schwarz received an honourable mention. Schwarz, former Ph...
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‘You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to make a difference’ 01 November 2024Sharing his passion for sustainability with students—that’s what Thijs Bosker enjoys most about his work. As an environmental scientist, he conducts e...
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Prof. Johan Kuiper will retire as of November 1st 2024 after 40 years of research and education 31 October 2024On November 1st, 2024, professor Johan Kuiper will retire and be appointed as emeritus professor at Leiden University. Since November 2008, Johan Kuip...
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to an AI model (and rightly so) 24 October 2024Not experiments and lab coats, but computers and artificial intelligence: this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the inventors of the groundbrea...
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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet 24 October 2024Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, thi...
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Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants 22 October 2024
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 11 Leiden researchers. This grant of up to 850,000 euros will enable them to develop an in...
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Next quantum computer comes to the Netherlands 22 October 2024Europe's latest quantum computer is set to arrive in the Netherlands. The Dutch IT cooperative, SURF, which supports education and research institutio...
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Master’s students Brechtje de Jong and Ilse de Weert win KNMP Studentenprijs 2024 22 October 2024Brechtje de Jong, a Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences master’s student, and Ilse de Weert, a Pharmacy student, have won the KNMP Studentenprijs 2024. They r...
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Assessors: for 25 years an essential link between students and the university 22 October 2024For 25 years now, each faculty has had an assessor, a student representing the interests of all the faculty’s students. Yet few students are aware of ...