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Can placebo techniques help rheumatism patients reduce their medication? 30 June 2023From painful joints to intense fatigue: a third of rheumatism patients suffer serious effects from this chronic condition and rely long-term on medica...
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Student research projects on societal issues in Leiden 23 June 2023How safe do people feel in the parks in Leiden? Why are kids playing less outdoors? And why are people not insolating their homes? Students looked int...
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Nitrogen experts suggest switching from deposition to emission policy 16 June 2023In an essay Professors Jan Willem Erisman (Leiden University), Chris Backes (Utrecht University) and Wim de Vries (Wageningen University) suggest amen...
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Psychologists at Lowlands Science: can virtual reality trigger a psychedelic experience? 15 June 2023Fantastic plants, dizzying patterns and pulsating sounds: researchers from Leiden are going to study the effects of a simulated psychedelic trip on th...
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission 23 May 2023A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. ...
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained 08 May 2023In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections prom...
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Border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to fight climate change 22 April 2023A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming. That is the conclusion of...
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Communication about quantum technology offers many opportunities (but there are risks too) 21 April 2023Watching and analysing hundreds of TEDx talks, that too can be research. That becomes clear from the work of PhD student Aletta Meinsma, who is studyi...
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Entrepreneurship at the university for an impact on society 18 April 2023Courses, business premises for startups or help applying for patents: there are many ways the university can help students or researchers with their b...
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New centre of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society 14 April 2023Positive expectations about treatment increase the likelihood of success. The new Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden is therefore pro...
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Dorine Schellens and Peter Verstraten win the LUCAS Public Engagement Award 2023 12 April 2023The LUCAS Impact Committee, consisting of Jan van Dijkhuizen, Rick Honings, Casper de Jonge, Angus Mol, Thijs Porck and Aafje de Roest, has offered th...
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Out-of-control behaviour: why do youngsters sometimes go so far? View the vodcast by NeurolabNL 11 April 2023Earning some quick money by drug trafficking, committing an act of violence or almost collapsing under performance pressure. In the four-part Neurolab...
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The biologist who wants to sound a different note in his field 23 February 2023Hans Slabbekoorn researches animal sounds and the effect of the noise we humans make on these animals. He is also committed to making his discipline m...
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Late physics professor from Leiden frontrunner on inclusion and diversity 23 February 2023For years, the late professor Marten Durieux personally mentored and funded students from Sudan to study physics in the Netherlands. Colleague Sense J...
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Data analysis of dark web forums in the fight against child sexual abuse 20 February 2023By far the majority of users of child sexual abuse networks (or child porn forums as they are sometimes called) on the dark web do not actively commun...