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Rare Mercury transit visible with Leiden telescope 29 April 2016On Monday 9 May Mercury will pass between the Earth and the Sun. This rare event can be followed in the Leiden Observatory. The Observatory's new sola...
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Universe Awareness on Euronews: Raising young peoples’ eyes to the stars 21 April 2016Space, stars, and galaxies. The wonders of the universe can be captivating and studying them is helping us unravel their mysteries. This edition of 'L...
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Is there anybody out there? On the quest for extraterrestrial life. 21 April 2016Leiden Professor of Astronomy Mike Garrett is searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. In his Kaiser lecture on 23 April he will discuss ...
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How to Engage Students with Science? It’s a Mystery! 21 April 2016How can teachers engage students, make them curious and inspire them for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics? These questions were addres...
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Students colonise Mars with E. coli bacteria 21 April 2016Using E. coli bacteria to convert a toxic compound in the soil on Mars into oxygen to make life on the planet possible. A team of thirteen Leiden stud...
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Incentive for research on exoplanets and free will 31 March 2016Two Leiden scientists - Ignas Snellen and Bernhard Hommel - have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. The grant will fund their research over the comin...
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Prestigious Edinburgh Medal awarded for ‘Astronomy for Development’ 30 March 2016The Edinburgh Medal 2016 had been awarded to both Kevin Govender of the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) and the International Astronomical U...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Students map Milky Way with dwarf stars 17 March 2016Isabel van Vledder and Dieuwertje van der Vlugt, 2 astronomy students from Leiden University, have mapped the entire Milky Way galaxy in dwarf stars f...
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Investment Grant NWO Medium for Simon Portegies Zwart 03 March 2016A revolutionary supercomputer with energy-efficient parts that are available in the shops. Professor of Computational Astrophysics Simon Portegies Zwa...
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Vici grants for 7 Leiden researchers 12 February 2016Seven Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Major NWO subsidies for research on dark matter and quantum experiments 10 February 2016Astronomer Koen Kuijken and physicist Tjerk Oosterkamp have each been awarded a major subsidy by NWO. The funding will allow them to construct new res...
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TOP grant for four of Leiden’s top scientists 02 February 2016
Four scientists will receive the TOP grant for Physical Sciences from the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). They are astronomer ...
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Discoverer of the Year, Best Dissertation and Education prize 2015 05 January 2016During the Faculty of Science New Year's reception, Daniël Rozen was named Discoverer of the year 2015. Nienke van der Marel and Koen van der Maaden b...
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Jan Hendrik Oort: star of Dutch radio astronomy 09 December 2015The success of Dutch radio astronomy in the last century was largely due to Leiden astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort. He made astute use of circumstances in...