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Programming problem patched: Leiden PhD candidate discovers breakthrough in software security 27 May 2024
By chance, computer scientist Hans-Dieter Hiep (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) discovered a ‘gaping...
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’ 27 May 2024
Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always rema...
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Taarique teaches career planning but doesn’t want students to plan their future too strictly: ‘Keep on experimenting’ 27 May 2024
In the ‘Educatips’ column, psychology lecturers share their most important insights on teaching. This month: Taarique Debidin thinks making contact wi...
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Collaboration across borders: virtual learning between Leiden University College and Myanmar 27 May 2024
Being in class with students more than 8,000 kilometres away might sound impossible, but Jyothi Thrivikraman, Assistant Professor at Leiden University...
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Ecology PhD student wins Dutch award for investigative journalism 24 May 2024
PhD student and research journalist Sebastiaan Grosscurt won a Tegel in May. In the data category, Grosscurt and his colleagues won the prestigious Du...
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Why search engines and chatbots are becoming more alike 24 May 2024
Search engines are getting better at answering our questions. And chatbots are increasingly likely to search the internet for relevant sources. ‘Searc...
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Why vote in the upcoming European elections? European Law (LL.M.) students explain 24 May 2024
Between 6 and 9 June, you’ll be able to vote in the European elections. But what can you expect from these elections? What are the most important topi...
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist 24 May 2024
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four co...
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NWO Summit Grant to investigate fundamental quantum limits 24 May 2024
A consortium including Leiden physicists Carlo Beenakker and Bas Hensen receives an NWO Summit Grant of 35 million euros over the course of ten years....
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Op-ed by Christa Tobler on EU Law Live about intersectionality in the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment 23 May 2024
EU Law Live is holding an online symposium on the theme of 'Climate Protection as a European Fundamental Right under the ECHR', with staggered online ...
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Ministry of BZK establishes two new professor chairs for the Kingdom 23 May 2024
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is establishing two new professor chairs for the Kingdom. There will be a political sciences/...
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First scientific images Euclid telescope exceed all expectations 23 May 2024
Space telescope Euclid is capable of unravelling the secrets of the universe. That is what the images published by ESA today show, according to astron...
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Climate-proof Mediterranean garden in the Hortus opened by André Kuipers 23 May 2024
On 22 May, astronaut André Kuipers opened the new Mediterranean garden in the Hortus. With this water-efficient garden, the Hortus aims to offer ins...
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Remote sensing for Roman Mallorca with a Chastelain-Nobach fund 23 May 2024
For the past 2 years, Dr Letty ten Harkel has been jointly running an excavation project of a suspected Roman villa site on the Balearic island of Mal...
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Academic freedom, protests and a safe campus: where are we and how are we going to move forward? 22 May 2024
Leiden University has had a turbulent week. There have been protests inside and outside our buildings that have evoked reactions, and students and sta...