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Leiden industrial ecologist and Italian pharma company receive an EU grant to realise sustainable drug production 20 July 2023
With a €1.5 million European grant, industrial ecologist Stefano Cucurachi will work on more sustainable production methods for the pharmaceutical ind...
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Hollywood strike: Is AI really a threat to actors? 19 July 2023
Better pay and new agreements with streaming platforms: the actors’ strike that brought Hollywood to a standstill a few days ago is mainly about money...
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‘Make science communication more work and less hobby’ 14 July 2023
Young researchers met this month for the fifth Science Communication Summer School. ‘This is the first time some participants get to meet other resear...
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Rebellious birds make nests from anti-bird spikes 13 July 2023
The latest innovation in nest building: bird nests made from anti-bird spikes. Researchers from Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the Natural History ...
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New treatments for life-threatening disease sepsis 12 July 2023
Due to the increasing resistance to certain antibiotics, the life-threatening condition sepsis is becoming harder to treat. For her PhD project, Leide...
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Using data science to promote a healthy life style 11 July 2023
Movement behaviours, such as physical activity, sleep, and the amount of time we sit each day, impact our health. Recently, more researchers are looki...
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Friend or foe? The role of AI in mitigating biases in HR 11 July 2023
AI is already being widely used in HR processes, but it is unclear whether these applications contribute to fair and inclusive decision making. Leiden...
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’ 07 July 2023
What is it like to work on the fundamental questions about the universe? On July 1, the Euclid satellite launched successfully. This mission from the ...
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Professor Ester van der Voet Honored with International Society Award in Industrial Ecology 06 July 2023
Ester van der Voet received the International Society Award in Industrial Ecology. She is awarded this price for her outstanding contributions and lea...
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Rawi Ramautar new Programme Director of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences bachelor’s program 06 July 2023
Rawi Ramautar will be the new Programme Director of the bachelor of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences starting September 1. The appointment is for four year...
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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht 05 July 2023
For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a ...
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Grant Elise Mathilde Fund & LUF: Using virus to kill bacteria: design of innovative phage-antibiotic combination treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance 05 July 2023
Phage therapy is a novel yet unmatured therapeutic approach in the face of the crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Dr. Tingjie Guo received a gr...
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This is how physicists use light to build complex structures 04 July 2023
PhD candidate Petr Steindl creates complex structures of light using single photons. As a teenager, he wanted to study Czech poetry but decided on qua...
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These are the nominees for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023 04 July 2023
Paul Gobée (LUMC), Kirsty Rolfe (Humanities) and Frank Takes (Science) have been nominated for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023.
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A piece of rubber can't count. Right? 03 July 2023
A block of rubber that can count to ten and even remember the order in which it is pressed. Physicists Martin van Hecke and Lennard Kwakernaak (Leiden...