450 news items found
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Finding the origin of giant black holes 20 February 2023
‘Space Antenna LISA will open an unprecedented window on the Universe,’ says astronomer Elena Maria Rossi. The mission will be the first one to detect...
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Connection central during first brainstorming session faculty strategy 16 February 2023
What is the mission of our Faculty? How do we view diversity and inclusion? And how do we think about the growth of our Faculty in the broadest sense ...
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Electric boats will make University construction projects cleaner 15 February 2023
No more smelly lorries disposing of building waste or delivering building materials to the centre of Leiden. That’s Leiden University’s ambition for i...
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Proposed decision by Minister Kuipers: Children’s heart surgery to end in Leiden 14 February 2023
Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, announced on 13 February that he plans to remove children’s heart surgery from the Centre for Co...
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Executive Board decision after University Council advice: People counters will not be switched on again 14 February 2023
The more than 370 sensors that have been hung up in Leiden University buildings to count the people present will not be switched on again. The equipme...
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Leiden math trail renewed 13 February 2023
Updated walking instructions, and refreshed texts and questions. After six years, the Leiden math trail has been revamped. From high school students t...
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‘Girls can be hackers too’ 09 February 2023
How safe are the dozens of apps on our phone? And how do we make sure organisations don’t get hacked? Cybersecurity expert Olga Gadyatskaya works on a...
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis 08 February 2023
The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came u...
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Gianne Derks new Scientific Director of the Mathematical Institute 07 February 2023
As of 1 May Gianne Derks is the new Scientific Director of the Mathematics Institute. Derks succeeds Hermen Jan Hupkes who temporarily assumed the rol...
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What if the Netherlands became vegan? 06 February 2023
Imagine no one in the Netherlands would eat animal products anymore, what would happen? And would it contribute to more climate justice? That is the t...
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants 02 February 2023
Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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The more time, the better the kidney 26 January 2023
There are never enough donor organs. And the organs that there are have to be transplanted at lightning speed. Medical science is therefore working ha...
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Elevating education: two teachers share their SKO experience 25 January 2023
This month, ten teachers received a Senior Qualification Education (SKO), including Marcellus Ubbink and Daan van der Es from our faculty. Why did the...
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Electric car batteries can help drive the clean electricity transition 24 January 2023
As early as 2030, batteries in electric vehicles could fully meet the need for short-term electricity storage around the world. By connecting them to ...
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‘We should stop celebrating diversity. It should be a given’ 24 January 2023
Language matters. It can mean that people feel they do, or do not, belong. How can inclusive communication make people feel welcome? This was the them...