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Cucurachi, Behrens and Matthee are teacher, discoverer, and PhD candidate of 2018 08 January 2019
Environmental scientists Stefano Cucurachi and Paul Behrens and astronomer Jorryt Matthee have received prizes during the New Year's reception of the ...
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Young stars in the Orion Nebula are practicing birth control 07 January 2019
Astronomers from Leiden University have discovered that the star wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula prevents more stars from forming in the ...
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Star mapper Anthony Brown in Nature's 10 19 December 2018
Leiden astronomer Anthony Brown is part of Nature’s 10: the ten people who mattered in science in 2018, according to the leading science journal. Work...
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MASCARA stations hunt for exoplanets orbiting bright stars 13 December 2018
For a number of years, two ‘boxes’ in the Canary Islands and Chile have been scouring the skies for exoplanets that orbit bright stars. PhD candidate ...
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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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Strong impetus for South Holland space research 10 December 2018
The SRON space research institute, Leiden University and the TU Delft are appointing six researchers to jointly carry out space research. The researc...
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Halo of gas shows how exoplanets are slowly losing their atmosphere 06 December 2018
Twee teams of astronomers, including from the universities of Amsterdam and Leiden, have discovered how hot gas giants are surrounded by large halos o...
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14 Leiden researchers on highly cited list 03 December 2018
Fourteen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 28 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Female Researchers in the Spotlight for Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day 14 November 2018
On Thursday November 15th, Leiden University organizes its Physics & Astronomy Ladies' Day for female high school students. To mark this festive day, ...
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HundrED selects IAU astroEDU as a top 100 education innovation 13 November 2018
AstroEDU is one of the world's most inspiring education innovations, according to the experts at HundrED. It is a recognition for a place where educat...
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More insight with light 13 November 2018
The new programme Synoptic Optics, funded by the NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences, will develop new optical techniques. Researcher Frans Sn...
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Leiden astronomers explain the universe in educational videos 13 November 2018
A stretchy sheet over a bowl representing space, a marble on it's surface creating a dimple, deforming space. Simple classroom experiments like these ...
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Clashing galaxy clusters and extreme energies 12 November 2018
A galaxy is already incredibly large, but it can get even bigger. Astronomer Reinout van Weeren investigates clusters of galaxies, one of the largest ...
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Staring at stardust 29 October 2018
Dust particles in space form the basis for new stars and planets. But what do these particles consist of and how do they behave? Sascha Zeegers studie...
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Explore the universe in VR 18 October 2018
Navigating through the universe with VR glasses? It is possible, with the help of the new computer application built by Marc Driessen, a Computer Scie...