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How a pathogenic bacterium searches for food 25 August 2023Bacteria whirl around in the mouths of most people, forming dental plaques and sometimes causing nasty gum infections. Treponema denticola might be a ...
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Working in a living museum 23 August 2023Roderick Bouman is collection manager of the Leiden Hortus botanicus. He keeps track of which plants there are in the garden, where they come from and...
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How can we reuse the burnt cars from the Fremantle Highway? 16 August 2023Over 2,700 cars on the cargo vessel Fremantle Highway that caught fire on 26 July have been so badly damaged that they cannot be sold. Can we recycle ...
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How cells talk by pulling on a fibre network 11 August 2023Mechanics play a larger role in blood vessel formation, and other developmental biology, than previously thought. Cells appear to respond to mechanica...
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Workshop Exploring the Role of Hype in the Future of Quantum Technology 11 August 2023Telling sensationalised stories, exaggerating benefits and understating the risks: creating ‘hype’ about something doesn't sound like something a resp...
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The role of bubble formation in sustainable hydrogen production 10 August 2023The sustainable production of hydrogen could potentially be made more efficient by adding a cleverly chosen salt to the process. Researchers at the Le...
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Rubicon grant for Remko Fermin: superconducting diodes for energy-efficient data centres 10 August 2023How can physics help reduce emissions from energy-guzzling data centres? With a Rubicon grant, physicist Remko Fermin will conduct fundamental researc...
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Uncovering galaxy evolution and the nature of dark matter 10 August 2023Dark matter represents around eighty per cent of the total mass in the Universe. Yet, we still don't really know what it's made of. Astronomer Pavel M...
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‘Building bridges between scientists: that's what we're good at’ 09 August 2023Two directors. Both professors of mathematics, but one of them is a biologist. One comes, and the other goes. Roeland Merks will succeed Arjen Doelman...
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Research: Points system makes neighbourhoods nicer to live in 07 August 2023A lot of municipalities work with a points system to encourage construction projects to take biodiversity and creating green areas into account. But t...
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Michiel Hogerheijde new Programme Director at Leiden Observatory 03 August 2023Michiel Hogerheijde will be the new Programme Director of the bachelor Astronomy starting 1 October. The appointment is for four years. Hogerheijde su...
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers 03 August 2023Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards off...
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Exotic alpine newts didn’t travel to the Netherlands themselves, but were released by humans 02 August 2023Leiden biology students have determined the origin of exotic alpine newts in the Netherlands using a special DNA technique. The animals come from diff...
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Space telescope Euclid makes first test images - astronomers are full of anticipation 01 August 2023The two instruments of ESA's space telescope Euclid have taken their first test images. The first images indicate that the space telescope will achiev...
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Biological Origami at molecular level: folding a single protein 01 August 2023Human cells are protecting their proteins from unfolding and aggregating. That's what biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his team discovered after seve...