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Transition from fossil to clean energy will reduce global mining activities 26 October 2023
A wide range of metals need to be mined for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Researchers from Leiden University have shown that this 'concer...
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'Satisfied students give me more fulfillment than getting a research grant' 26 October 2023
Imparting students with a critical attitude and cross-curricular skills. That is what Rawi Ramautar wants to strive for as the new programme director ...
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‘When a student sees the light, that’s what fulfills me’ 26 October 2023
'Education has always been something I am very interested in,' says the passionate Michiel Hogerheijde. He was already chairman of the astronomy progr...
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer 26 October 2023
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,...
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Why do birds flock? Shedding light on collective motions in heterogeneous populations 26 October 2023
Electrifying plastic beads in a laboratory setup creates flocking behaviour similar to that observed in birds. And if you mix beads of two sizes, they...
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Koenraad Schalm new Programme Director of the Physics master 25 October 2023
Koenraad Schalm will be the new programme director of the Physics master starting 1 November. He has been appointed for a period of four years. Schalm...
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FLAMINGO: dark matter, ordinary matter, and neutrinos in the biggest cosmological simulation ever 24 October 2023
Not only dark matter, but also ordinary matter and dark energy are tracked in the largest ever cosmological computer simulation ever. In the FLAMINGO ...
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Name Faculty of Science flaunts on facade of phase 2A 24 October 2023
Since Thursday 19 October, the name Faculty of Science flaunts on the façade of phase 2A! We are getting closer and closer to the completion of the im...
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Erik Danen new Dean of the Graduate School of Science 24 October 2023
The Graduate School of Science starts 2024 with a new Dean. The Faculty Council appointed Erik Danen for the coming four years. He succeeds Eric Eliel...
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Honouring a mathematical legacy: Edixhoven fellow tries to understand millennia-old problems 19 October 2023
Not all problems are easy to solve, but with enough bright minds, you make progress step by step. ‘The kind of problems I am interested in have been o...
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Master's student Nicole ter Laak wins KNMP Studentenprijs 2023 17 October 2023
Biopharmaceutical sciences master's student Nicole ter Laak has won the KNMP Studentenprijs 2023. She wins the prize for her research project on dosin...
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How light and noise pollution disrupt aquatic life 16 October 2023
Fish populations in lakes and rivers have declined in recent decades. This is probably due to light and noise pollution. The Horizon Europe grant enab...
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The rocking researcher: Marjolein Fokkema connects disciplines with algorithms and pop songs 16 October 2023
From predicting Alzheimer’s to the growth of organisms: psychologist Marjolein Fokkema’s algorithms can be used in many disciplines. They also provide...
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New professor Suzan Verberne aims to bring large language models and search engines closer together 12 October 2023
Suzan Verberne has been appointed professor of Natural Language Processing at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) from 1 October...
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Dust cloud from two colliding ice planets dims light of parent star 11 October 2023
For the first time, an international group of astronomers have seen the heat glow of two ice giant planets colliding. They could also observe the resu...