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'A garden on Mars' crowdfunding campaign starts today 22 August 2016Today, 13 students at Leiden University have started a crowdfunding campaign to collect money for research into the possibilities of growing crops on ...
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Record number of medals for mathematics students 03 August 2016Mathematics students Bob Zwetsloot, Daan Becker, Loek Veenendaal and Onno Berrevoets have won 3 medals during the International Mathematics Competitio...
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Veni grants for 19 young Leiden researchers 15 July 2016Nineteen researchers who have recently been awarded their PhD are to receive a Veni grant of up to 250,000 euros. Science funding agency NWO has awar...
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'Maths is often way ahead of practical applications' 04 July 2016A secret code that we currently use to send e-mails securely is based on the maths of a century ago. The geometrical surfaces that Dino Festi studied ...
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Maths research in Leiden excellent 01 June 2016An international committee has assessed the maths research at all Dutch universities over the period from 2009 to 2014. Maths in Leiden was awarded th...
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Eleven Vidi grants for Leiden 13 May 2016
NWO has awarded eleven Leiden researchers a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. The research subjects range from Cicero and muscle dystrophy to the archaeolo...
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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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Dr. Charlene Kalle and Dr. Tim van Erven awarded TOP-grants 30 March 2016
Dr. Charlene Kalle and dr. Tim van Erven, both assistant professors at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University have received a TOP grant for P...
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Prof. dr. Joost Batenburg awarded with Vici grant 2015 30 March 2016The NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) awarded prof. Joost van Batenburg with the Vici grant 2015 for his research project ‘Re...
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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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Delegation from Leiden University forges new links in Brazil 19 March 2016A delegation from Leiden University is visiting Brazil from 14 to 18 March. The first day of the visit was spent with scientists in São Paolo.
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Prof. dr. Ronald Cramer interviewed about data security by Volkskrant 15 March 2016Saturday 13 February 2016 the daily newspaper Volkskrant published an article based on interviews with Professor Ronald Cramer and Harry Buhrman.
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Cum laude for new method making parallel programming easier 14 March 2016PhD student Sung-Shik Jongmans of Leiden University and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica investigated a new programming method to simplify this. On 3 Ma...
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Publication monograph Frank den Hollander and Anton Bovier 08 March 2016The monograph "Metastability: A Potential-Theoretic Approach", Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften 351, Springer 2015, by Anton Bovier and...
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Century-old Physics Assumption Proven Wrong 02 March 2016A new discovery proves that it matters which approach researchers take in analyzing large physical, social or biological systems that have a networked...