In the media
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Two Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year 05 January 2023Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year. According to the Leidsch Dagblad newspaper, the...
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Are the brains of males different from those of females? Psychologists produce a podcast on brain research and mental health 20 December 2022Women are more often diagnosed with depression, whereas ADHD is much more frequently detected in men. And there are other more striking differences. W...
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The search for a ‘quantum advantage’ 12 December 2022Proving a quantum computer to be quicker than a normal one is one step closer. After a breakthrough in speeding up classical algorithms, researchers V...
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Aart Hendriks not ruling out compulsory vaccination 01 December 2021Now the number of people with COVID-19 is increasing and we are faced with stricter measures once again, the question arises whether compulsory vaccin...
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Leiden research into corona waste ends up in New York Times 18 November 2021Face masks and plastic gloves are supposed to protect us from corona, but they are becoming an increasing problem for the environment. In a special se...
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Peter van der Putten on Robo Rabbi and a robot that performs funeral rituals 16 November 2021Can a robot rekindle the waning interest in Buddhism in Japan? University lecturer Peter van der Putten researches the philosophical and social questi...
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Football is simple. What is difficult is playing simple football. 16 June 2021And that is what scientist Rens Meerhoff of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) explains in the NPO Radio 1 programme Focus. He ...
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Felienne Hermans explains why you should talk to your computer 11 January 2021Why should you talk to your computer? When children start learning how to read, they do so by using their voice and speaking the words out loud. In th...
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Leiden Classics: Einstein & Friends 25 September 2015
Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhib...