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Space telescope Euclid makes first test images - astronomers are full of anticipation 01 August 2023
The two instruments of ESA's space telescope Euclid have taken their first test images. The first images indicate that the space telescope will achiev...
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What was there first? Water or planets? 28 July 2023
Could water be present in planet-forming disks before the formation of rocky planets? The James Webb Space Telescope may have found evidence for that....
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Tracking the origin and evolution of molecules in space 28 July 2023
How do molecules originate and evolve in space? And how does that ultimately determine the chemical composition of planets and their atmospheres? The ...
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Hollywood strike: Is AI really a threat to actors? 19 July 2023
Better pay and new agreements with streaming platforms: the actors’ strike that brought Hollywood to a standstill a few days ago is mainly about money...
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‘Make science communication more work and less hobby’ 14 July 2023
Young researchers met this month for the fifth Science Communication Summer School. ‘This is the first time some participants get to meet other resear...
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague 10 July 2023
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July to an audience of students and teachers, Africa...
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’ 07 July 2023
What is it like to work on the fundamental questions about the universe? On July 1, the Euclid satellite launched successfully. This mission from the ...
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Jasper's day 06 July 2023
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht 05 July 2023
For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a ...
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This is how physicists use light to build complex structures 04 July 2023
PhD candidate Petr Steindl creates complex structures of light using single photons. As a teenager, he wanted to study Czech poetry but decided on qua...
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These are the nominees for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023 04 July 2023
Paul Gobée (LUMC), Kirsty Rolfe (Humanities) and Frank Takes (Science) have been nominated for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023.
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A piece of rubber can't count. Right? 03 July 2023
A block of rubber that can count to ten and even remember the order in which it is pressed. Physicists Martin van Hecke and Lennard Kwakernaak (Leiden...
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Abolition of slavery Memorial Year has begun 01 July 2023
2023 is an important year for Leiden University, our students and staff, and for the Netherlands in general. On 1 July – Keti Koti – it will be exactl...
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National Student Survey: Leiden University students are satisfied with their study programme 30 June 2023
The first results of the National Student Survey (Nationale Studenten Enquête: NSE) reveal that students at Leiden University are satisfied with their...
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Sjoert van Velzen receives Vidi grant to solve 'riddles from the universe' 29 June 2023
Minuscule elementary particles from space colliding with Earth can give us an insight into the distant objects they come from. But first, you need to ...