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Planet found too big for its parent star01 December 2023The discovery of a planet far too large for its sun defies models about the formation of solar systems and planets. In a paper in Science, researchers...
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KHMW graduation prize for research on superconducting qubits28 November 2023Matthias Flór receives the KHMW Graduation Prize in Theoretical Physics for his master's thesis. His research on exotic superconductors at Leiden Univ...
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Canal Watch scoops communication prize28 November 2023Canal Watch (De Grachtwacht), which has been cleaning canals since 2018, has received the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Communication Initiative Award....
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Fighting gliobastoma brain tumours with two grants27 November 2023Few researchers see potential in research on glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumour. Alexander Kros brought together colleagues who are up to the cha...
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Stephan Hacker elected into the board of Assistant Professor Network Netherlands27 November 2023Dr. Stephan Hacker, an assistant professor in the department of Molecular Physiology at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry of Leiden University has bee...
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Four projects awarded science communication grants24 November 2023A climate game, a science and music festival, a mobile psychology lab and interactive sessions on anxiety in children. The Dutch Research Council (NWO...
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European grant to advance self-learning capabilities of quantum computers24 November 2023A major grant for research into machine learning algorithms for quantum computers. With this ERC Consolidator grant, Vedran Dunjko and his colleagues ...
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers23 November 2023Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.
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‘Ultimately, the goal is to develop antibiotics for tuberculosis with a lower risk of resistance’23 November 2023Tuberculosis stands as one of the most lethal infectious diseases worldwide. A significant challenge in combatting tuberculosis lies in the emergence ...
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The magic of liquid helium: this person makes ice-cold research in Leiden possible22 November 2023White clouds of ice-cold gas flowing across the floor. Magical, but be careful not to freeze your fingers off. We are of course talking about liquid n...
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Caught in living cells: how bacteria regulate their genes to defend themselves21 November 2023For the first time, it was shown in living cells how the bacterium E. coli regulates genes that help it survive in a new environment. Biochemist Fatem...
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate20 November 2023Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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Seeking new concepts to treat diseases20 November 2023Drug development is a long process that begins with fundamental research. The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) is considered to be one...
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Joke Bouwstra is the first woman to receive the Dr Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize: 'Wonderful to be in a line of distinguished scientists'16 November 2023Emeritus professor Joke Bouwstra (LACDR) will receive this year's Dr Saal van Zwanenberg Ereprijs: a tribute to her years of fundamental research on t...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees sand clouds on 'cotton candy planet' WASP-107b16 November 2023A team of European astronomers has found a silicate-based weather system on a cloudy gas planet around the star WASP-107. It is the first time astrono...