450 news items found
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Leiden scientists join national effort to advance nanomedicine 10 July 2025A Dutch consortium has received €6.7 million to accelerate the development of nanomedicines together with patients. Researchers from Leiden University...
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These students are showing how the Groene Hart can become a little greener 10 July 2025Should we be growing rice and building materials instead of grass for cows? From invasive crayfish to cultural heritage and groundwater levels: ten gr...
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Newly discovered enzyme could play crucial role in bacterial breakdown of plastics 09 July 2025Leiden researchers have discovered an enzyme that helps bacteria feed on everyday plastics. This common enzyme could play a crucial role in future res...
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Binary star reveals: planet formation doesn’t always happen in sync 09 July 2025A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. Th...
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Update Executive Board: Assessment of non-Dutch-taught programmes (TAO) scrapped for existing programmes 08 July 2025The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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LUMC participates in pioneering type 1 diabetes research 08 July 2025The promising early results of an international study have shown that insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells can cure the disease. The new Cure...
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In pictures: jubilee edition of Leiden Canal Concert 07 July 2025Leiden’s Rapenburg canal was transformed into a magical open-air stage for the jubilee edition of the Leiden Canal Concert, as hundreds gathered to ce...
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Dreaming of a start-up? These students are taking the plunge: ‘Just do it and see where it goes’ 04 July 2025Many students dream of running their own business. But where to start? The Master Honours Challenge ‘Entrepreneurship’ helps students figure things ou...
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What should the university do? Questions and emotions at university conversation on Israel-Palestine 02 July 2025Should we cut our ties with Israel or maintain them? The event ‘A university conversation on Israel/Palestine’ on 1 July revealed the depth of feeling...
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What will it be like to study in 2075? Uni-visionaries help shape the university’s future 02 July 2025LEGO creations, a clothesline of visions and a journey into the past and the future: just some of the highlights of Uni-vision day, where creatives de...
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A campus in bloom: new book shows spectacular metamorphosis of Leiden Bio Science Park 01 July 2025The university campus at the Leiden Bio Science Park is flourishing. Amid lush greenery, a modern and vibrant campus has taken shape. Students, resear...
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New partnership aims to enhance public sector leadership 30 June 2025The newly launched Public Leadership in Collaboration partnership has been designed to enhance leadership within and across public sector organisation...
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Leideners find more than 2,000 species in urban biodiversity inventory 30 June 2025Around 1,300 Leideners found 2,265 species during the Expeditie Stadsnutuur urban biodiversity inventory. ‘It’s been a huge success’, says scientific ...
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René Kleijn joins UN panel on resource use 30 June 2025How can we manage our natural resources more sustainably? That’s the key question behind the United Nations’ International Resource Panel (IRP). The p...
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Personalised medicine? Then you’ll need to look beyond genetics 30 June 2025Why does a medicine work well for one person, but cause side effects in another? Research by Laura de Jong shows that it’s not just our DNA that matte...