http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php en n.p.m.borst@science.leidenuniv.nl Copyright 2012 2012-02-06T14:50:43+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/four_vici_awards_for_leiden_researchers_two_for_our_faculty/ Four Leiden researchers have received Vici awards from the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). Each researcher’s application has been honoured with a subsidy of €1.5 million. 2012-02-06T13:50:43+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/the_sharing_paradox/ Given the fact that the internet causes opinions to spread faster, further and more efficiently, why is it that we do not all share the same views? Econophysicist Diego Garlaschelli and his colleagues have come up with an explanation. 2012-02-06T08:19:59+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/carbon_monoxide_benefits_catalysis_with_gold/ A team of chemists at Leiden university have discovered that carbon monoxide can increase the activity of gold as a catalyst. This is surprising, because carbon monoxide is toxic and, generally speaking, inhibits catalytic reactions. The researchers published their remarkable findings in the online version of the prestigious journal Nature Chemistry. 2012-01-30T09:09:11+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/merlijn_van_deen_even_scientific_lectures_are_in_french/ Physics student Merlijn van Deen, winner of a Janneke Fruin-Helb subsidy, is carrying out research for six months in Paris. ‘The challenge of the language and a first-class research institute’ were what attracted him to Paris. 2012-01-19T09:56:05+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/astronomers_map_dark_matter/ An international team of astronomers, including Prof. Koen Kuijken and Dr Henk Hoekstra, has managed for the first time to map the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the universe. 2012-01-19T09:53:06+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/leiden_through_the_eyes_of_an_international_student/ What is it like to just pack your suitcases, leave your friends and family behind, and come to study in Leiden? You can find the answer on The Leidener, a blog for and by international students. Blogger Laurence McGivern: ‘We want to show people that Leiden is more than a weird place full of Dutch people.’ 2012-01-19T09:49:37+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/research_abroad_with_a_rubicon_grant/ Promising young Leiden researchers Tim van Erven and Wouter Halfwerk, Aartjan te Velthuis and Reinout van Weeren are going to conduct research at foreign universities. A Rubicon grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research is making this possible. 2012-01-19T09:35:41+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/wouter_halfwerk_receives_a_rubicon_grant/ Behavioural biologist Wouter Halfwerk has been awarded a 2-year outgoing Rubicon-grant from NWO. He will be working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with bats and frogs to understand the evolution of multimodal communication. 2012-01-16T08:23:58+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/agreement_signed_between_cml_and_mulawarman_university/ Recently a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) - Leiden University and the Mulawarman university in Samarinda, Kalimatan province, Indonesia. The MOU will be effective for a period of five years and covers the intention to collaborate in education, research training, exchange of staff and students, joint publications and joint seminars and conferences. 2012-01-04T06:54:11+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/english/newsitem/residence_time_of_medication_on_target_molecule_more_important_than_affinit/ The effectiveness of a medication is determined not only by its affinity with the target molecule in the body but also by the time the medication remains bound to the molecule. Leiden researchers have been awarded 15 million euro to head a European consortium to develop innovative medicines based on this new concept. 2012-01-03T07:41:18+00:00