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Measuring water with your smartphone 12 December 2022You might take photos and selfies with your phone's camera, or scan a QR code. But there is much more you can do with it. Astronomer Olivier Burggraaf...
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Have a look at the new building! 12 December 2022Curious to see what the new building of the Gorlaeus Building phase 2a will look like? The real result is still a year away, but these animated videos...
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The search for a ‘quantum advantage’ 12 December 2022Proving a quantum computer to be quicker than a normal one is one step closer. After a breakthrough in speeding up classical algorithms, researchers V...
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum 12 December 2022From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them m...
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What is dark matter? Dwarf galaxies offer new insight 09 December 2022It was first measured a hundred years ago and yet we still don’t know what it is: dark matter. By looking at stars in dwarf galaxies PhD candidate Bas...
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Medical Delta professor Ariane Briegel: 'I love working with people from different backgrounds' 09 December 2022Multidrug-resistant pathogens and worldwide pandemics are increasing, making infectious diseases more prevalent. To develop new treatments, deeper kno...
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'Science works better when you are diverse' 09 December 2022Aske Plaat is the scientific director of LIACS, the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Systems. He is also an ambassador for Leiden University's LG...
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Gorlaeus Building construction workers spotlighted at highest point celebration 08 December 2022On Thursday 8 December, the project teams of Leiden University and Heijmans Utiliteit, together with the construction workers of the project, celebrat...
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Nobel Prize winner visited Leiden: 'We have hosted a scientific rockstar' 08 December 2022On 28 September the famous chemists Carolyn Bertozzi visited Leiden University to speak at the LED3 seminar. Just one week later, she was announced wi...
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Nobel Prize for quantum physics: the circle for Bell's theorem is complete 08 December 2022This year's Nobel Prize in Physics goes to quantum physics research. The prize will be awarded on December 10 in Stockholm. Physicist Bas Hensen expla...
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Combining art and science in the recovery of Ukraine 08 December 2022How wonderful would it be to use art, technology and science in Ukraine's recovery? Young Ukrainians currently residing in Poland get guidance to deve...
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An EU with a higher EQ 07 December 2022How do you increase the EU’s EQ so that citizens and countries feel a greater sense of belonging and safety in the EU, and the countries work better t...
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Carel ten Cate awarded honorary membership Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology 07 December 2022Professor emeritus of Animal Behaviour Carel ten Cate is awarded honorary membership by the Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology (NVG). He received ...
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Old tradition of ‘golden PhDs’ reinstated 06 December 2022Black-and-white photographs filled with solemn young men and distinguished professors line the walls of the Grand Auditorium. Young women are missing ...
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What Leiden University is doing about gender inclusion 06 December 2022Leiden University wants to be a safe and inclusive learning and working environment for all its students and staff. In an interview with XperHR HR kno...