450 news items found
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Two planets-in-formation discovered around young star WISPIT 2 24 March 2026In the disk surrounding the young star WISPIT 2, not one but two planets are taking shape. Leiden PhD candidate Richelle van Capelleveen played a key ...
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Psychology lecturers awarded grant for ‘Family Dinner’ critical thinking app 24 March 2026Lecturers Zsuzsika Sjoerds and Sebo Uithol have been awarded a 100,000-euro Dutch National Education Institute (NKO) Scale-Up Grant for their ‘Family ...
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What does a cell eat? This new tool makes it visible 24 March 2026What if you could watch a single cell eat in real time? This could answer questions about diseases such as cancer. PhD candidate Yixuan Wang has devel...
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How vulnerable is the Netherlands to an energy crisis? 24 March 2026The Iran war has pushed up fuel prices and raised concerns about a global energy shortage. How well prepared is the Netherlands? We asked two experts,...
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From stray vultures on campus to puffins in Iceland: ‘If you look and listen closely, there are beautiful birds everywhere’ 24 March 2026As a child he already stood on a dyke in Zeeland with a pair of binoculars in hand. Pim Overgaauw, Director of Operations of the MI, loves to spend hi...
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Never home alone: which species share your house (unwanted or not)? 23 March 2026From spiders in the bathroom to mice in the kitchen, we share our homes with far more species than we realise (whether we like it or not). Researchers...
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COIL: virtual exchange between Leiden and Santiago (Chili) 23 March 2026From the first semester of 2026, Leiden University and Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, Chile) will launch three online virtual exchange programm...
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Researchers awarded NWO grants for green technology and new enzymes 23 March 2026Developing safer alternatives to harmful PFAS filters and seeking new enzymes for medical applications. Two projects with Leiden researchers have been...
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Preparing for the next pandemic: scientists discover a new class of influenza antivirals 19 March 2026Researchers from Leiden University, University of York, University of Barcelona/IQTCUB/ICREA and The Francis Crick Institute report a new class of exp...
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Five reasons to stand for the university elections 18 March 2026The university elections are coming up. If you’d like to represent the interests of students and staff in the coming year, register as a candidate on ...
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An atrium full of pies and tasters for Pi Day 17 March 2026The students and staff at the Faculty of Science celebrated Pi Day with… pie! More than twenty participants baked a pie for the first edition of the L...
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Municipal elections: vote at Leiden University 16 March 2026It’s election time again on Wednesday 18 March – this time the municipal elections. Two Leiden University buildings are being used as polling stations...
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Strong muscles start in the gut 12 March 2026Researchers from the LUMC and the Universities of Granada and Almería have found a gut bacterium that is associated with stronger muscles in people an...
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Reflecting on our university’s colonial past 12 March 2026How do colonialism and historical slavery continue to impact the university today? And what should happen next? Students and staff discussed these que...
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Smart combinations of antibiotics can slow down resistance 06 March 2026When a bacterium becomes resistant to one antibiotic, it may sometimes become more sensitive to another. This biological side-effect offers an unexpec...