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Academics requesting retraction of FAO report that misrepresents their research 09 April 2024Paul Behrens (Leiden University) and Matthew Hayek (New York University) have responded to an FAO report on livestock pathways which misrepresented th...
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Optimisation software 'Kernel Tuner' ready for serious use 05 April 2024LIACS assistant professor Ben van Werkhoven leads the development of software for optimising graphics processing units. By now, version 1.0 of 'Kernel...
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How EU farm subsidies favour high-emission animal products 04 April 2024More than 80 percent of the EU’s agricultural subsidies go to the production of animals or animal feed. These products are responsible for 84 percent ...
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants 04 April 2024Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants d...
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A staff exchange with your European peers: ‘Everyone could benefit from this’ 03 April 2024Fancy seeing how your job is done at a university abroad? Project Managers Christina Schlüpen and Jeannette de Wolf from the Leiden Institute of Chemi...
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Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons 03 April 2024While investigating 16 years of images of young stars from a retired astronomical camera, Leiden master's student Sam de Regt discovered that two of t...
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How cells determine the fate of proteins (and can we do it too?) 02 April 2024Cells in our bodies are often threatened by errors in our own proteins. The FLOW consortium, comprising scientists from various institutions including...
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Antwerp Honorary Doctorate for Marc Koper: Significant recognition for sustainable energy research 02 April 2024A festive and honourable visit to our southern neighbours for professor Marc Koper. On Thursday 23 March, he received an honorary doctorate at the Uni...
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With this algorithm, new medicines can be found more quickly 27 March 2024Did he dare take a gamble with his PhD research? Jeroen Methorst didn’t have to think long about it. It could fail or turn out very well. The latter i...
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‘Maybe interdisciplinarity could function as a way to change the university’ 25 March 2024This year, in a three-part symposium series, we are exploring how interdisciplinary collaboration can be promoted at the university. In the second ses...
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Stunning James Webb images show birth and death of massive stars 25 March 2024The James Webb Space Telescope continues to surprise us with stunning pictures, but of what exactly? Astronomer Nienke van der Marel shows with three ...
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Gravitation funding for five projects with Leiden researchers 25 March 2024The Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute Of the Netherlands (ANION) consortium will receive 23.6m euros in Gravitation funding for research on imp...
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No hunger, and not too much global warming? Current UN plan misses opportunities 22 March 2024The United Nations fall short in their recently published guide to address hunger without surpassing the 1.5-degree climate threshold. This initial ve...
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks 21 March 2024The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...
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New generation galaxy formation simulations on the horizon – Evgenii Chaikin received his doctorate with honours 21 March 2024Simulations of galaxy formation provide much more information about galaxies than a telescope. Simulations have been improving significantly in recent...