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Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique 06 May 2024An international team of researchers led by astronomers from Leiden University (the Netherlands) has produced the first sharp radio maps of the univer...
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Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses 01 May 2024What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for...
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Green light to build revolutionary new experiment at CERN to search for unknown particles 30 April 2024After many years of preparations, CERN has approved a groundbreaking new experiment: the Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP). Physicist Alexey Boyarsky...
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Surprise: No methane on the night side of exoplanet WASP-43b 30 April 2024The night side of exoplanet WASP-43b, to the surprise of astronomers, does not appear to contain methane. It is likely that extreme winds do not allow...
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A computational tool that will transform bacterial genome analysis 26 April 2024Whether a microbe is beneficial or harmful to a plant can now be predicted with high accuracy thanks to bacLIFE. This bioinformatic tool with an intui...
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Student tower opened with café, common room and spectacular views 26 April 2024The 289 students who recently moved into the tower on Kolffpad at the Leiden Bio Science Park are sitting pretty. They have the keys to a self-contain...
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Remarkable achievement: Leiden professor appointed AAAS Fellow 26 April 2024Carlo Beenakker has been appointed a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the organisation behind the journal Sci...
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Simulation of infant gut makes predictions about optimal milk 25 April 2024David Versluis successfully simulated an infant gut virtually. This is crucial for research on improvements in formula milk. Currently, such research ...
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Making sustainable biotechnology a reality: joined forces aim to improve biocatalysts 24 April 2024Everything biobased: Plastic, medicine and fuel. It seems like a futuristic utopia. But for how long? A collaboration of researchers now proposes an ...
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Buzzing decline: Dutch landscape is losing insect-pollinated plants 22 April 2024The Netherlands is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analys...
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Gilles van Wezel steps down as SD of the IBL: Hubertus Irth appointed as temporary replacement 22 April 2024Gilles van Wezel will step down as Scientific Director (SD) of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) as of June 17th. He has held this position since ...
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Carbohydrate chemistry champion: Hermen Overkleeft claims prestigious award 19 April 2024Professor Hermen Overkleeft has received the esteemed Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry for 2024 by the International Carb...
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What’s Your Story?: diversiteit in een kaartspel 18 April 2024The JEDI Fund supports projects that promote diversity and inclusivity within the university. One of these projects is the card game called ‘What’s Yo...
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With 30 million dollars, this consortium aims to tackle tuberculosis 17 April 2024Thanks to a clever research method, progress is being made in the quest for better tuberculosis medications. Within an American consortium that receiv...
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The Netherlands and China work together to improve their wastewater management 17 April 2024Netherlands and China can learn from each other to handle household and livestock wastewater more sensibly. In the FOREWARD project, scientists from L...