Overall dispersion in LCA as result of inherent uncertainties, spread and unrepresentativeness.

Anthropogenic noise negatively affects wildlife in a wide range of taxonomic groups.

In condensed matter systems electron-electron interactions, negligible in everyday metals, can dramatically alter the electronic behavior of the system. Examples of such altered behavior include high-temperature superconductivity and modulation of the electron density.

Het Leidse Babylab-team vertelt in het Leidsch Dagblad over het Babylab van de Universiteit Leiden en het 'Many Babies Consortium'. Het samenwerkingsverband herhaalt belangrijke onderzoeken op het gebied van taalontwikkeling en sociale cognitie.

LIBC PUBLIEKSDAG 'DRUGS & THE BRAIN' (in Dutch)

OB associations are loose groups of young, massive stars. They constitute the last stage of the massive starformation process, and the context in which new stars are formed.

Altijd dezelfde route naar werk nemen, in restaurants voor dat ene gerecht gaan en ’s zomers naar dezelfde vakantiebestemming: herkenbaar voor wie niet van onzekerheid houdt. Onderzoekers ontdekken nu dat die afkeer van onzekerheid beïnvloedt hoe we de wereld begrijpen.

Promotor: P.M. Brakefield

Ieder jaar organiseert het LIBC een Publieksdag om onderzoeksresultaten op het gebied van hersenen en cognitie te delen met het grote publiek

Het Instituut Psychologie verzorgt innovatief en interdisciplinair onderzoek en onderwijs binnen de psychologie en aanverwante vakgebieden.

Biodiversity enables ecosystems to thrive through the synergy of functional differences among organisms. While human well-being strongly depends on biodiversity-driven ecosystem services, human actions are also at the root of current unprecedented biodiversity declines.

Triplet superconductivity refers to a condensate of equal-spin Cooper pairs (pairs of electrons with equal spin).

In this thesis we use Josephson and noise scanning tunneling microscopy for the study of conventional, unconventional (iron-based) and disordered superconductors. On the one hand, Josephson scanning tunneling microscopy allows us to directly visualize the superfluid density with high spatial resolut…

Food security is challenged by a growing global population and by climate change. Drought and soil salinity are considered the most important ones that inhibit crop yield and distribution. Worryingly, climate change is predicted to increase not only their frequency and severity, but also their co-occurrence,…

Endocannabinoids are lipid messengers that modulate various physiological functions by activating the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors. While the metabolism of endocannabinoids and their action at the CB receptors is fairly well studied, the molecular mechanisms governing their release and transport…

Galaxies in the Universe are distributed along the intricate framework of the Cosmic Web. Groups and clusters of galaxies comprise the densest regions in this network, and therefore, are excellent cosmic laboratories to study different aspects of galaxy evolution in extreme environments.

The Low Frequency Array enables studies of low-frequency carbon radio recombination lines with unprecedented sensitivity, spectral and spatial resolution.

De sociale ontwikkeling is één van de belangrijkste domeinen van kwetsbaarheid bij Jonge kinderen met een extra X- of Y-chromosoom. Het is daardoor voor hen uitdagender om sociale signalen te signaleren in hun omgeving, die te verwerken en er gepast op te reageren.

Het LIBC is actief betrokken bij training & onderwijs op het gebied van hersenen en cognitie.

Het Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition is een netwerk dat zich richt op het stimuleren van interdisciplinaire uitwisseling van kennis en expertise over onderwerpen gerelateerd aan hersenen en cognitie wordt gestimuleerd. Daarnaast maakt het zich sterk voor wetenschappelijke valorisatie en outreach.…

Is schermtijd voor papegaaien binnenkort een ding? Amerikaanse wetenschappers onderzoeken hoe papegaaien gamen of videobellen met een tablet. Evolutiebioloog Nick Dam praat erover in de uitzending van Nieuwsweekend op Radio1. Ook vertelt hij over zijn eigen onderzoek naar zingende papegaaien.

Het onderzoek van de sectie Cognitieve Psychologie is onder te verdelen in twee domeinen.

To contribute to the body of knowledge aiming at a better coverage of ecosystem service assessment in LCA studies, this thesis dives into the challenges of incorporating existing ecosystem service methods within the impact assessment phase of the conventional LCA framework.

Mechanical metamaterials are carefully engineered materials whose properties are controlled by their structure, not by their composition, which allows using metamaterials to study and control physical effects in detail⁠.

In this thesis, I focused on studying the above- and belowground interactions of J. vulgaris from a plant-soil feedback (hereafter, PSF) perspective. I investigated the temporal variation of negative PSF and examined the effects of root-associated bacteria on plant performance and aboveground herbiv…

Promotor: Ed F. Deprettere, Co-promotor: Todor P. Stefanov

My PhD project studies how the temporally sequential Hox gene expression is regulated during head-tail patterning of the frog embryo.

This thesis is a (biased) journey through very different topics in astrophysics: quasars and new populations of active galactic nuclei, gravitational waves from merging black holes, and protoplanetary discs around young stars.

Promotores: C. J. ten Cate; M. A. Ainslie. Co-promotor: W. Slabbekoorn

One of the key limitations of the direct imaging of exoplanets at small angular separations are quasi-static speckles that originate from evolving non-common path aberrations (NCPA) to which the primary adaptive optics system is inherently blind. The main focus of this thesis is the development and…

One of the effects of climate change is the phenomenon of desertification, a process that occurs in semi-arid and arid areas and causes land degradation as well as vegetation loss. Due to the lack of resources, vegetation self-organizes to sustain itself by forming large-scale spatial patterns.

Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester

We study the interplay of topology and geometry with chirality for several passive and active systems, employing both analytical and numerical methods.

Promotor: Prof.dr. K.H. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H.Hoekstra

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo

Despite being the object of intense study, embryonic development has been difficult to model due to a number of reasons. First, complex tissues can be comprised of many cell types, of which we probably only know a subset.

Vast, often populated, areas in dryland ecosystems face the dangers of desertification.

A century ago, it was unclear whether the stars in the sky were clustered in groups, or widely spread in the universe.

By growing in a soil plants change the biotic and abiotic properties of the soil in which they grow.

The soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are renowned for their production of useful secondary metabolites including antibiotics. The work described in this thesis provides new insights on the role and regulation of antibiotic production and resistance in these bacteria.

Surface plasmons (SPs) are surface waves at the interface between a dielectric and a good metal, and are formed by the interaction between light and the free electrons at the metal-dielectric interface. They provide strong field confinement for optical fields, opening new possibilities for enhanced…

Conventional food supplies procured from rural areas are increasingly vulnerable to disruptions caused by extreme weather, geopolitical instability, and logistical bottlenecks.

Metal-organic compounds hold great promise as photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) agents, leveraging their unique geometric and electronic properties to achieve precise spatiotemporal control over drug activation.