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Roxanne Kieltyka in NRC: 'My dream is a gel for every cell' 07 January 2019
Roxanne Kieltyka was interviewed for NRC and talks about squaramides, cell cultures and Goldilocks.
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Chemical bond versus electromagnetic waves 21 December 2018
Vibrating carbon monoxide molecules adsorbed at the surface of a salt crystal stop moving after a few milliseconds. Scientists now discovered this is ...
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Droplet formation caught on camera 20 December 2018
Those pesky raindrops that get you wet on your way to work, are formed high up in the sky from clouds of water vapour. The process of nucleation descr...
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Promotional video for LMCat project released 14 December 2018
The European FET-Horizon2020 LMCat project of Dr. Irene Groot has released a promotional video showing the role graphene could play in our daily lives...
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Vote for the Discoverer of the year 2018 13 December 2018
Which brilliant scientist will be our Discoverer of the year 2018? Will it be a physicist, biologist, drug discoverer or an astronomer? Or an environm...
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Cutting and pasting with graphene 10 December 2018
To date it has proved very difficult to convert the promises of the miracle material graphene into practical applications. Amedeo Bellunato, PhD candi...
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Building molecules with sustainable energy 15 November 2018
The E2CB programme has been launched to bring CO2 emissions to zero by 2050. The goal: to produce all raw materials for the chemical industry from sus...
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NWO TOP grants for two Leiden chemists 12 November 2018
Using photosynthesis to generate energy, or using enzymes to effectively produce biofuel; Leiden chemists Huub de Groot en Hermen Overkleeft have both...
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Dick Stufkens Prijs 2018 awarded to chemical physicist Stefan Vuckovic 05 November 2018
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2018 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) will be awarded to Dr Stefan Vuckov...
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Roxanne Kieltyka interviewed by Leidsch Dagblad 30 October 2018
In an interview with newspaper "Leidsch Dagblad" Roxanne Kieltyka talks about the relationship between chemistry and biomedical research in her work.
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Favourable visitation for MSc Chemistry and LST programmes 23 October 2018
The Chemistry and LST master’s programmes are both structured on an individual basis and well-embedded in the research at the faculty. Those are the m...
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The body's own marijuana as inspiration for drug research 19 October 2018
Endocannabinoids - the body's own marijuana - are promising departure points for drug research. Professor of Molecular Physiology Mario van der Stelt ...
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Is Michael Meijer the Smartest Chemist of the Netherlands? 09 October 2018
He is occupied with the home stretch of his promotion. But in between, there is another challenge: Michael Meijer is going through to the finals of ‘T...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds 09 October 2018
The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...
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Collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians is HOT 11 September 2018
A recent collaborative paper between researchers from the Theoretical Chemistry & Catalysis and Surface Chemistry groups has been chosen by the renown...