Leiden University

The Search for Life Elsewhere: Avoiding Hype and Fostering Public Understanding

The search for life beyond Earth presents unique challenges for science communication due to its interdisciplinary nature, the potential for groundbreaking discoveries, and the inherent uncertainties involved. The Lorentz Center workshop Breaking News: We Found Extraterrestrial L...

CO 2 ‐to‐CO Electrochemical Conversion With an Fe(I) Porphyrin Complex in Water

ABSTRACT Iron porphyrin complexes constitute a well‐established and versatile class of molecular electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO 2 to CO. In both organic and aqueous media, the reaction mechanism is typically proposed to involve the interaction of CO 2 with a formally de...

STARSFLUX: an all-sky catalogue of absolute spectro-photometric calibrators from 0.3 to 30 μ m

Abstract Obtaining accurate fluxes of faint sources from the ground in near- and mid-infrared wavelengths is challenging because of the rapidly changing atmospheric absorption. A common limitation is the lack of a nearby spectro-photometric calibrator. We present the STellar Abso...

AI, citizen science data and expert opinions: towards an improved fossil identification process

Accurate identification of fossils is instrumental to palaeontological research but requires expert knowledge, is time consuming and subject to human biases. Through citizen science platforms and apps, artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted identifications can mitigate those chall...