1,605 search results for “discovery of the year” in the Student website
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Video: het jaar 2020 in vogelvlucht
Ook voor de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid was 2020 een bijzonder jaar. Het was een jaar waarin alles anders werd.
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Newly discovered enzyme could play crucial role in bacterial breakdown of plastics
Leiden researchers have discovered an enzyme that helps bacteria feed on everyday plastics. This common enzyme could play a crucial role in future research and eventually in addressing the global plastic crisis. The study was published in Nature Communications.
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'If you think astronomy is a man's world, then it's your job to make a change'
During her master's thesis, Nashanty Brunken (24) worked in a team with five other women. With this female team, they discovered the largest molecule so far identified in a disc. 'I have learned so much and because we are all women, it is incredibly empowering. It's very cool to see how far we've come…
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Angkor region was actually a large Medieval city
The Greater Angkor Region in contemporary Cambodia was dramatically more urbanized in the 13th century than previously thought, and home to 700.000 to 900.000 people. These discoveries were made by a research team led by Sarah Klassen. Their findings are published in Science Advances.
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Finally solved: how the body's own marijuana spreads through the brain
Since its discovery thirty years ago, it remained a mystery: how does the body’s own marijuana move between nerve cells in the brain? Mario van der Stelt and his research group have now uncovered the answer. This insight could aid the development of new treatments for pain and neurological disorders…
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Seeking new concepts to treat diseases
Scientific Director of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) Hubertus Irth: ‘We test substances and look for new concepts for treating disease.’
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50 years of Dispuut Pleyte: “At get-togethers I walked across the Rapenburg with boxes full of glasses”
Party for Dispuut Pleyte (so called after the 19th-century Dutch Egyptologist). The study association for Ancient Near Eastern studies and Classics and Ancient Civilizations celebrates its 50th anniversary. Ahead of the festive symposium on 7 June, we look back and ahead with chairman Steef Haeldermans…
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Lennart Schada von BorzyskowskiFaculty of Science
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Wessel KraaijFaculty of Science
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Another year of successful participation of Leiden Law School in the 2021 European Law Moot Court Competition
This year’s regional finals of the European Law Moot Court (ELMC) competition took place online. The 32 teams that qualified from the written rounds competed in two regional finals: the Schuman regional final on 17-20 March 2021 and the Adenauer regional final on 24-27 March 2021.
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
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Carolien RieffeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Dennis Broeders appointed 'Global Chair' at University of Bath
Dennis Broeders has been appointed 'Global Chair' at the University of Bath for the year 2023-2024.
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Leiden archaeologists in international media on early form of money in the Bronze Age
People in the Early Bonze Age used bronze artefacts as a means of payment. This is the conclusion reached by archaeologists Maikel Kuijpers and Catalin Popa in a PLOS ONE article published on 20 January. The discovery led to a surge of media reports.
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Erik Bähre on Dutch radio about the last wild Indian
An extraordinary encounter took place in 1911. American scientists discovered the last 'wild' Indian, from the Yahi tribe, who had lived in total isolation for years. As he had no name, they called him Ishi. But who was this man, and what did this discovery mean to us? Cultural anthropologist Erik Bähre…
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Symposium Findings Chalcolithic site Palloures
Discoveries at the Chalcolithic site Palloures, Cyprus will be presented to the public in free, online symposium next month. A team of archaeologists from the Netherlands (Leiden University) and Cyprus have worked at the Chalcolithic site of Palloures, in Chlorakas, Cyprus. They have uncovered the…
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Archaeologist Andy Sorensen in National Geographic Magazine about ancient fire use
When and how commenced the use of fire by early humans? Armed with stones, peat moss, and fungi, archaeologist Andy Sorensen tries to answer that question. In the February edition of the Dutch language version of National Geographic Magazine his research features in the section The Discovery.
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Itai SiegelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Semonti BhattacharyyaFaculty of Science
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Danielle ChevalierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tody UtamaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Esther KentinFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sil DoumaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Floris KeehnenFaculty of Archaeology
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Janneke WesselingFaculty of Humanities
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Dorota MokrosinskaFaculty of Humanities
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Wouter HinsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jack TillmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Carel SmithFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Donna de GroeneFaculty of Archaeology
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
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Louie BuanaFaculty of Humanities
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Clementine Breedveld-de VoogdFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Johan de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Nina BaranowskaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nick HulsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Max Willem LenssenFaculty of Archaeology
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Hendrik Jacob Roelof KapteinFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Tim LubbersFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Azra Say OtunFaculty of Archaeology
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Thomas WellsFaculty of Humanities
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Valentina AzzaràFaculty of Archaeology
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nathalie BrusgaardFaculty of Archaeology
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Hannah BliersbachFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Devon GravesFaculty of Archaeology
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Eva DrommelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Silke HenkesFaculty of Science
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Nanda AmaliaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Adam RamadhanFaculty of Humanities