356 search results for “mechanism metamaterials” in the Staff website
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Surprising vacuum forces in a superconductor
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Willem Boterman
Lecture
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Inspiration session - Effective flexible education
Course
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Understanding coercive nuclear reversal dynamics
PhD defence
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The role of linguistic, visual and pragmatic context when predicting language in naturalistic settings
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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LIBC SYLVIUS Lecture
Lecture
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CANCELLED: ASCL Seminar: The UN, Women’s Movements, and the Post-Conflict Response to Sexual Violence
Lecture
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Fact-Finding Missions and Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Conference
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SRS seminar series: The use of neuropsychological information and virtual reality within forensic psychiatry
Seminar series
- Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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Joan van der Waals colloquium by Marc-Olivier Renou
Lecture
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VVIK Lecture: Court politics in the Vijayanagara successor states
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Peer-review procedures as practice, decision, and governance—the road to theories of peer review
CWTS Seminar
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Rethinking Urban Renewal and Citizen Engagement: Insights from Turin
Maria Vasile's ethnographic fieldwork in Turin reveals that volunteering and citizen engagement may not empower residents or allow them to shape their cities. Her analysis of urban gardens, food markets, and food aid initiatives calls for a broader perspective on urban peripheral areas and a shift away…
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Twenty years of MIRD: four alumni speak up
Big celebration upcoming weekend: MIRD's 20th anniversary is on the cards. Four alumni from different periods tell what this unique two-year master's in International Relations and Diplomacy has brought them.
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Key for effective application of a new revolutionary cholesterol lowering drug resides in a 30 year old Leiden Patent
‘’ And then the world changed forever ,welcome to the future’’. These are the words that Kausik Ray (President of the European Atherosclerosis Society) spoke when the worldwide first dose of inclisiran, a novel SiRNA based cholesterol lowering agent, was administered at the Cardiology lipid clinic at…
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Re-occurring moments to reflect on our values: ‘It’s about commitment to culture change'
How do we navigate the continuously developing landscape in research integrity, ethics, and open science? Anna van 't Veer and Eiko Fried discuss the underlying principles and values of science with all psychology units in their Responsible Scholarship workshop.
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Medical Delta professor Andrew Webb: ‘In The Netherlands, people are much more open to cooperation’
Commercial MRI systems cost millions of euros to purchase and require highly trained technicians to operate. Prof. Andrew Webb works on accessible MRI techniques that offer new opportunities in both developed and developing countries. Webb is a professor at the Radiology Department of the LUMC and,…
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabashed, boisterous drive for the best of physics at the Institute Lorentz, at the Leiden Institute of Physics and in the full international scientific community.…
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Meijerslezing en Nieuwjaarsreceptie 2024
Meijerslezing, Meijersprijzen en Van Wersch springplankprijs en Nieuwjaarsreceptie 2024
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The week of….Ayo Adedokun
Education, Organisation
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MIRD student Ricardo: ‘Students can change the world’
During International Student Week, from 14 to 18 November, we would like to put our international students into the spotlight. Ricardo Alexandre de Jesus Vaz (21) from Portugal is in his first year at FGGA and a student in the Master International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD).
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Interview with alumna Jolien Schukking: Working as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Alumna Jolien Schukking has been working as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg since 2017. In this special role, she provides legal protection at an international level in major cases and concerning various topics. What is her job like and what motivates her?
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Looking for love: how we can fool ourselves when we are into someone
Can we truly assess whether someone finds us attractive? Cognitive psychologist Iliana Samara conducted her PhD project on romantic attraction and discovered that men, in particular, tend to overestimate the interest of their date. She explains why this may be.
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Not wrapping but folding: Bacteria also organise their DNA (but they do it a bit differently)
Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by new research from biochemists at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Biology. The discovery helps us better understand…
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Liever een verre vreemde dan een valse buur
Mensen werken niet alleen liever samen met leden van hun eigen ingroup, ze concurreren er ook liever mee, lieten Leidse onderzoekers in een sociaalpsychologische studie in 51 landen zien. Dit ‘nasty neighbor’- effect was een grote verrassing voor de onderzoekers, totdat ze in studies over dieren doken.…
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Opening Exposome-Scan research facility
Conference, Opening
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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Franchising Legal Frameworks
PhD defence
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Forum Antiquum Lecture Spring 2022: 'You can fly! The interplay between text and reader in narrative comprehension'
Lecture
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Exploration of the endocannabinoid system using metabolomics
PhD defence
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Entangled Transformations: Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Power Dynamics in Belarus
Lecture, Research seminar
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Regulation of signal transduction pathways by hypoxia in breast cancer subtypes
PhD defence
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The Needham Question: Did Needham Need to Pose It? Is He Guilty of Coloniality?
Lecture
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LTA lunch lecture - Gamification in Higher-Ed: Promises, Practices, and Pitfalls
Lecture
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SRS seminar series: Deep history of violence and security
Seminar series
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Fundamental Research on the Voltammetry of Polycrystalline Gold
PhD defence
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European Citizens’ Initiative and participatory democracy in the EU
Lecture, Seminar
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Optimal population turnover for cultural evolution depend on network size, density and learnability
Lecture
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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Artificial ''Intelligence'' versus Human Dignity: Issues of Fairness and Power in Algorithmic Decisions
Lecture
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Metacontrol in the Brain
PhD defence
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Decoding Research Software Impact
Seminar
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Closing the Gap 2022 | Responsibility in Cyberspace: Narratives and Practice
Conference
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The Rule of Law Under Challenge: The Enmeshment of National and International Trends
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Innovating Cell Pharmacy with stem cells
Lecture
- Geopolitics of predatory academia: from predatory journals to mislocated centers of scholarly communication
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Masterclass Leadership: Shakespeare & Retorica
Leadership
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Finding Your Way (In and Out of the Art World): A Phenomenology of the Art Novel
Lecture