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NeCEN microscopes show how a
virus infects a cell With
one press of the button, Liesbeth Spies, representative of the
Provincial Executive, created a live connection with the
microscope 70 m away. This signalled the officialy opening the
Netherlands Centre for Electron Nanoscopy (NeCEN) on 27
October. NeCEN has two of the most advanced cryo-transmission
electron microscopes in the world. Read more |
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Herschel space telescope
detects abundant water around young star Using
the Herschel space telescope, astronomers have for the first
time found cold water vapour in the planet-forming disc around
a young star. This indicates that the disc contains large
quantities of water. There may be many more planets with water
in the universe. The research team of Leiden astronomer
Michiel Hogerheijde published their findings in
Science. Read more |
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Tracking the production of
thin films ‘live’ The
processes involved in making thin films - used in such
everyday products as smartphones and sun glasses - have to
date been a matter of trial and error. Vincent Fokkema from
the Leiden Institute of Physics has now developed a unique
instrument that makes it possible to track the processes
'live'. 'There's only one of these instruments in the
world, and it's in Leiden.' PhD defence 10
November. Read more |
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The wisdom of the
ordinary ‘The
study of mundane objects used by ordinary people on a daily
basis can play a key role in deepening our understanding of
Japanese society. And understanding Japan may just be the way
to end the West-centredness which sometimes plagues academia.’
So argues Prof. Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan
Studies, in her inaugural lecture on 11 November
2011. Read more |
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Black Theatre alive and
kicking in South Africa Black
Theatre, activist theatre by and for black South Africans,
flourished under apartheid. However, according to Francis
Rangoajane, the democratisation of South Africa has in no way
diminished the importance of this art form. PhD defence 16
November. Read more |
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