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  • Quantum LEGO: building ultracold molecules

    11 June 2018

    Physicists dream of having a rich supply of ultracold molecules with specific electronic properties. A dense gas of such particles would have exciting applications in tests of fundamental physics, quantum-controlled ...

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  • Amsterdam physicists capture light in the eye of the storm

    4 June 2018

    It is quiet in the eye of a hurricane. A hurricane and its eye are intimately connected. Yet, it turns out that not only hurricanes have these eyes. Physicists from the University of Amsterdam and research institute ...

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  • Vidi grant awarded to 11 UvA and AMC researchers

    1 June 2018

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant worth 800,000 euros to 11 experienced researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). The grant ...

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  • New results of dark matter detector XENON1T

    28 May 2018

    Scientists of the XENON-collaboration, which involves several UvA physicists, have presented new results of the most sensitive dark matter experiment in the world, eight times more sensitive than similar earlier ...

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  • Amsterdam students to explore quantum-optical chemical catalysis

    26 May 2018

    As part of the Top Sector Chemistry Student Competition 2018, three Amsterdam students plan to apply quantum optical concepts to chemical catalysis and in doing so open up a new route for sustainable chemical ...

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  • Ellen Backus receives Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein prize

    21 May 2018

    The German Bunsen Society has awarded the Nernst-Haber-Bodenstein prize to physicist Ellen Backus, for her original and unique experimental contribution to unravel the structure and dynamics of molecules, especially ...

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  • The slipperiness of ice explained

    8 May 2018

    Everybody knows that sliding on ice or snow is much easier than sliding on most other surfaces. But why is the ice surface slippery? This question has engaged scientists for more than a century and continues to be ...

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  • Corentin Coulais nominated for New Scientist talent award

    24 Apr 2018

    UvA physicist Corentin Coulais has been nominated for the title of Scientific Talent 2018, a competition organised by the New Scientist magazine. Coulais, who researches machine materials, is among 25 nominees from ...

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  • Neutrino telescope KM3NeT receives 12.7 Million Euro NWO grant

    12 Apr 2018

    The Dutch contribution to the neutrino telescope KM3NeT, in which several UvA-researchers are involved, has received an investment grant of 12.7 Million Euro. KM3NeT is one of the ten top research facilities in NWO’s ...

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  • Projectruimte grants for Rene Gerritsma and Wouter Waalewijn

    19 Mar 2018

    NWO awarded Projectruimte grants to UvA physicists Rene Gerritsma and Wouter Waalewijn. Gerritsma receives the grant for his research on trapped ions in optical micro-traps; Waalewijn will use the grant to study new ...

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  • Dutch-American experiment indicates existence of two kinds of supercooled water

    8 Mar 2018

    25 years ago, research predicted that liquid water at extremely low temperature and high pressure might occur in two different states, but so far this has never been confirmed experimentally. Researchers from the ...

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  • Pierfrancesco Butti wins ATLAS Thesis Award

    2 Mar 2018

    Physicist Pierfrancesco Butti is one of five winners of the ATLAS Thesis Award, an award for PhD theses that contribute to the international ATLAS particle detector experiment at CERN in Geneva. Butti did his award ...

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  • Friction: Da Vinci revisited

    1 Mar 2018

    The concept of friction was already investigated five hundred years ago by Leonardo da Vinci. His most important result, the proportionality of friction to normal force, is still used extensively today. UvA ...

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  • Many colours from a single dot

    15 Feb 2018

    Physicists Bart van Dam and Katerina Newell (Dohnalova), in collaboration with Emanuele Marino and Peter Schall (all UvA-IoP) and colleagues from the University of Twente and Jiljin University in China, have shown ...

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  • NWO START-UP grant for Rene Gerritsma

    12 Feb 2018

    NWO has awarded a START-UP grant to Rene Gerritsma. The UvA physicist received the award for his project 'Trapped ions in a Fermi sea'. The new START-UP programme, intended for recently appointed professors, ...

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  • Millions for sustainable materials

    23 Jan 2018

    With a contribution from the NWO 'Materials for Sustainability' programme (Mat4Sus), four projects that include researchers from the UvA are about to begin. Mat4Sus encourages interdisciplinary material research to ...

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  • Ellen Backus, professor by special appointment of Non-Linear Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces

    22 Jan 2018

    Dr E.H.G. Backus (1978) has been named professor by special appointment of Non-Linear Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces at the University of Amsterdam (UvA)'s Faculty of Science. This chair was designated on ...

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  • New input for quantum simulations

    18 Jan 2018

    An international group of researchers, including UvA physicist Michael Walter, have devised new methods to create interesting input states for quantum computations and simulations. The new methods can be used to ...

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  • Erik Garnett, professor by special appointment of Nanoscale Photovoltaics

    3 Jan 2018

    Dr E.C. Garnett (1982) has been named professor by special appointment of Nanoscale Photovoltaics at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. The chair was established on behalf of the Foundation for ...

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  • Spontaneous Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons

    8 Dec 2017

    Excitons are pairs of electrons and holes inside a solid material that together behave like a single particle. It has long been suspected that when many such excitons exist in the same piece of matter, they can form ...

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  • Towards a continuous atom laser

    2 Dec 2017

    Ever since its invention, the laser has been an invaluable tool in physics. It is expected that an atom laser - with the light waves replaced by the quantum waves of atoms - could have similarly important ...

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  • Simulating high temperature superconductors

    1 Dec 2017

    Superconductivity, the effortless transport of electric charge, has many potential technological applications. Unfortunately, most materials that show superconductive behavior only do so at very low temperatures. An ...

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  • Ice skating on water, even when it is really cold

    28 Nov 2017

    The outermost layer of ice behaves like liquid water, even at a temperature of –30°C. AMOLF/UvA researchers Wilbert Smit and Huib Bakker have irrefutably demonstrated this using a modern surface-sensitive measuring ...

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  • Topological insulators: one glimpse is enough

    20 Nov 2017

    The Nobel Prize for physics in 2016 was awarded for the theory of topological matter. Topological insulators are new materials with special electronic properties and are of great fundamental and applications-oriented ...

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  • A cellular traffic jam

    17 Nov 2017

    To keep a cell alive, molecular motor proteins constantly transport building blocks and waste across the cell, along its biopolymer network. Because of the high density of these proteins, jamming effects are believed ...

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  • Black holes - captured in space and time

    14 Nov 2017

    The universe captures our imagination and black holes are a continuous source of fascination. Marcel Vonk, theoretical physicist at the Institute of Physics, wrote a richly illustrated popular science book (in Dutch) ...

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  • Lecturer in the Spotlight: Florian Schreck

    7 Nov 2017

    Experimental physicist Florian Schreck is lecturer in the quantum mechanics course in the second year of the Physics and Astronomy Bachelor’s programme. In the Master’s programme he teaches courses on Fermi quantum ...

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  • Is 'biological water' the same as plain tap water?

    12 Oct 2017

    Everyone knows that plants and animals consist mostly of water. Does this water behave the same as normal tap water? To find out, researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer ...

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  • Making light from 'useless' heat

    10 Oct 2017

    Heat is generally considered the most 'useless' form of energy. Light, on the other hand, is a very useful form: it can easily transport energy over large distances and without loss. An international team of ...

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  • IoP researchers clarify small-scale behavior of silicon nanocrystals

    25 Sept 2017

    Nanocrystals - materials at the nanometer scale - have many interesting electronic and optical properties. Recently, there has been some debate about the change in optical properties of silicon nanocrystals when ...

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  • Bigger is different: the unusual physics of mechanical metamaterials

    25 Sept 2017

    Mechanical metamaterials, which exhibit unusual properties such as shape morphing and programmability, have been found to display further surprising features. When the materials are a step in size larger, new rules ...

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  • Rudy Wijnands, professor of Observational High-Energy Astrophysics

    18 Sept 2017

    Dr R.A.D. Wijnands (1971) has been appointed professor of Observational High-Energy Astrophysics, in particular Relativistic Compact Objects, at the University of Amsterdam (UvA)'s Faculty of Science. This pertains ...

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  • Lecturer in the Spotlight: Annemieke Petrignani

    5 Sept 2017

    Annemieke Petrignani studies organic chemistry in space. She lectures on interstellar and circumstellar matter in the Physics & Astronomy Master's programme. She is also one of the initiators of How to Make an Alien: ...

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  • Nanoparticles give solar panels a green color

    22 Aug 2017

    Researchers from AMOLF, University of Amsterdam and Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands have developed a technology to create efficient bright green colored solar panels. The results are published in the ...

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  • Seventeen UvA and AMC-UvA researchers awarded Veni grants

    28 July 2017

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni grants worth up to €250,000 to 17 UvA and AMC-UvA researchers who recently obtained their doctorate. The grants give promising young ...

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  • Lecturer in the Spotlight: Joëlle Kessels

    23 June 2017

    Joëlle Kessels is Academic Skills Coordinator for the Bachelor’s programme in Physics and Astronomy. She also coordinates the Orientation course, which offers second- and third-year students the opportunity to ...

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  • Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu brings energy transition a step closer

    23 June 2017

    ‘As soon as an economically better solution has been found for the use of fossil fuels, the transition to a fossil free economy will be irreversible’. During the public lecture that he gave to the Faculty of Science, ...

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  • Six UvA students selected for Huawei summer internship in China

    16 June 2017

    Six students at the University of Amsterdam have been selected for a summer internship at Huawei headquarters in China. In the Huawei Seeds for the Future programme, they will have the unique opportunity to ...

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  • UvA researchers devise new strategy to search for ancient black holes

    12 June 2017

    An interdisciplinary team of physicists and astronomers at the University of Amsterdam’s GRAPPA Center of Excellence for Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics has devised a new strategy to search for 'primordial' ...

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  • UvA physicists involved in NWO programme for tandem solar cells

    7 June 2017

    NWO has made a €2 million grant available for a strategic programme in the field of solar cell technology, the Joint Solar Programme III (JSP3). The aim of the programme, in which the group of Tom Gregorkiewicz of ...

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  • Els Koffeman, professor of Instrumentation in Particle Physics

    7 June 2017

    Prof. E.N. Koffeman (1967) has been appointed professor of Instrumentation in Particle Physics at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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  • Getting a grip on the compaction of wires

    6 June 2017

    An international team of physicists, involving Daniel Bonn and Mehdi Habibi of the UvA Institute of Physics, has shown how the complicated problem of close packing of wires can be better understood. Using a ...

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  • Vidi grant awarded to nine UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

    30 May 2017

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant worth 800,000 euros to nine researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Academic Medical Center (AMC). The grant will enable ...

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  • Sera Markoff, professor of Theoretical High-Energy Astrophysics

    24 May 2017

    Dr S. Markoff (1971) has been appointed professor of Theoretical High-Energy Astrophysics, with a focus on relativistic compact objects and astroparticle physics, at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of ...

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  • UvA-physicists present promising results of dark matter detector XENON1T

    22 May 2017

    A group of international researchers has presented the first results of research that is conducted with XENON1T, the most sensitive dark matter detector in the world. Several UvA- and Nikhef-scientists are involved ...

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  • Paul de Jong appointed new director Institute of Physics

    19 May 2017

    Paul de Jong, professor of Experimental High Energy Physics beyond the Standard Model, has been appointed as director of the Institute of Physics (IoP) as of 18 May 2017 for a period of two years.

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  • Projectruimte grant NWO for Anne de Visser

    16 May 2017

    Dr Anne de Visser (Institute of Physics) has received an NWO "projectruimte" grant. His grant proposal, "Nematic superconductivity in topological materials", is aimed at a better understanding of unconventional forms ...

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  • Quantum Software Consortium receives 18.8 million euro in the Gravitation Programme

    8 May 2017

    The ministry for Education, Culture and Science has awarded a Gravitation grant for large-scale research on quantum software. This grant of 18.8 million euro unites researchers from QuSoft, CWI, Leiden University, ...

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  • Shin'ichiro Ando receives prestigious young scientist grant

    10 Apr 2017

    Physicist Shin'ichiro Ando was awarded the prestigious Japanese Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists. Ando, a member of the center of excellence for Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, will use the grant ...

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  • The dynamic surface tension of water

    3 Apr 2017

    The surface tension of a liquid is a measure of the cohesive forces that hold the molecules together. It is responsible for a water drop assuming a spherical shape and for the effects of surfactants to produce ...

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  • ERC Advanced Grant awarded to three UvA professors

    28 Mar 2017

    The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to theoretical physicist Jean-Sébastien Caux, clinical psychologist Merel Kindt, and mathematical psychologist Eric-Jan Wagenmakers.

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  • Krassimir Velikov, professor by special appointment of Physics of Soft Matter

    15 Mar 2017

    Dr K.P. Velikov (1970) has been named professor by special appointment of Physics of Soft Matter at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. This chair was established on behalf of the Van der ...

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  • A new approach to the quantum measurement problem

    14 Mar 2017

    Quantum mechanics is a probabilistic theory that does not describe individual events. Yet when we perform a single measurement, we find a well-defined outcome. This apparent contradiction, known as the measurement ...

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  • How did dark matter come to matter?

    1 Mar 2017

    PhD student Jaco de Swart, astroparticle physicist Gianfranco Bertone and historian of science Jeroen van Dongen study the history of 'how dark matter came to matter'. Their first results are published in an article ...

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  • Magnetic lattices bring atoms closer together

    21 Feb 2017

    Quantum simulations are useful for everyone. This is the message Arthur La Rooij wants to convey in his PhD thesis, which he will defend on Friday 24 February at the University of Amsterdam.

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  • Thirteen researchers to visit UvA with Marie Curie Fellowship

    7 Feb 2017

    Thirteen promising researchers have received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The projects focus, among other things, on the formation of ...

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  • Robustness of quantum mechanics under perturbations investigated

    6 Feb 2017

    To what extent does a small perturbation influence the dynamical properties of a system? One of the most important results in classical mechanics, the Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem, states that dynamical systems ...

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  • Anne Kox elected member of Academia Europaea

    2 Jan 2017

    Anne Kox, emeritus professor of the History of Physics at the Institute of Physics, has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea, a European Academy of Humanities, Letters and Sciences.

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  • Physics students explain soft matter phenomena on video

    20 Dec 2016

    Ever wanted to know why spilled coffee leaves ring-like stains? Whether you can drown in quicksand? Why atomic bombs cause mushroom-shaped clouds? Then have a look at a new youtube channel completely produced by ...

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  • Prestigious Nozik fellowship for Rens Limpens

    20 Dec 2016

    The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has awarded the prestigious Nozik postdoctoral fellowship grant to Rens Limpens, a former UvA-PhD student from the Optoelectronic Materials group of Tom Gregorkiewicz.

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  • No trace of dark matter in gamma-ray background

    19 Dec 2016

    Researchers from the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) GRAPPA Center of Excellence have just published the most precise analysis of the fluctuations in the gamma-ray background to date. By making use of more than six ...

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  • Jan de Boer member of new NWO domain board Physical and Natural Sciences

    16 Dec 2016

    As per 1 February 2017, Prof. Jan de Boer of the Institute of Physics will be a member of the new NWO domain board for Physical and Natural Sciences. De Boer is currently a member of the Executive Board of the FOM ...

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  • Three UvA researchers receive prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

    13 Dec 2016

    The European Research Council has awarded a prestigious Consolidator Grant to UvA researchers Ben Freivogel, Guy Geltner and Christa Testerink.

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  • Lecturer in the Spotlight: Jeroen van Dongen

    6 Dec 2016

    Physicist and science historian Jeroen van Dongen (IoP) conducts research into the history and philosophy of gravitation. Together with Rens Bod (ILLC) and Julia Kursell (Faculty of Humanities), he is co-director of ...

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  • Annemarie Berkhout wins Pieter Zeeman Prize for best Master's thesis

    5 Dec 2016

    Annemarie Berkhout has won the Pieter Zeeman Prize 2016. This biennial prize is awarded to the best Master's thesis in physics produced at the UvA. Berkhout did her thesis research at AMOLF in the group of Erik Garnett.

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  • UvA physicists succesful in 2016 call for FOM ‘Vrije Programma's’

    27 Nov 2016

    Two proposals in which UvA physicists are involved have been granted in the 2016 round for FOM ‘Vrije Programma's’. Among the seven funded proposals are the ‘Strange metals’ programme in which Dr Erik van Heumen and ...

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  • Strange behaviour of biomaterials under stress now better understood

    22 Nov 2016

    If you twist a piano or guitar string, it will become longer. Most materials behave in this way. Apply a torsion, and they will tend to elongate. Some special materials behave in the opposite way, though. They ...

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  • Paul Planken appointed as fellow of the Optical Society of America

    11 Nov 2016

    Paul Planken, professor in Nanophotonics at the Institute of Physics, has been appointed as a fellow by the Optical Society of America (OSA). Planken was appointed for his contributions in terahertz time-domain ...

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  • Wouter Verkerke, professor by special appointment of Data Analysis in the field of particle and astroparticle physics

    11 Nov 2016

    Dr W. Verkerke (1970) has been appointed professor by special appointment of Data Analysis in the field of particle physics and astroparticle physics at the Faculty of Science (FNWI) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

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  • New impulse for Dutch-Danish quantum research

    10 Nov 2016

    Dutch-Danish quantum research will get a new impulse. At the official opening of the Villum Centre of Excellence for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory in Copenhagen, QMATH, a Memorandum of Understanding has been ...

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  • New theory of gravity might explain dark matter

    8 Nov 2016

    A new theory of gravity might explain the curious motions of stars in galaxies. Emergent gravity, as the new theory is called, predicts the exact same deviation of motions that is usually explained by inserting dark ...

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  • Auke Pieter Colijn appointed as professor by special appointment in Experimental Astroparticle Physics in Utrecht

    3 Nov 2016

    As of 1 November 2016, UvA-researcher Auke Pieter Colijn has been appointed as a Professor by Special Appointment on the Nikhef chair in Experimental Astroparticle Physics in the Institute for Subatomic Physics at ...

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  • Art meets science in Amsterdam Science #4

    3 Nov 2016

    The fourth edition of the popular science magazine Amsterdam Science is out now. This issue explores the interfaces where science and art meet.

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  • Open access platform SciPost launches inaugural edition of first journal

    27 Oct 2016

    The inaugural edition of SciPost Physics, a free scientific journal for both authors and readers, will be officially released today. This two-way open access journal forms part of the unique open access scientific ...

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  • Observing interaction at the nanoscale

    26 Oct 2016

    Researchers from the University of Amsterdam, in collaboration with their Japanese partners, have determined directly the relation between the band gap energy of single cesium lead bromide nanocrystals and their size ...

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  • Amsterdam investing in innovation and entrepreneurship

    15 Sept 2016

    IXA valorisation centre (a collaboration between the University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied ...

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  • ERC Starting Grants for seven UvA researchers

    13 Sept 2016

    The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to seven researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA). This individual grant, which is about 1.5 million euros for each project, offers talented ...

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  • Metal to insulator transition understood

    12 Sept 2016

    Physicists have for the first time succeeded in directly visualising on small scales how a material abruptly changes its state from conducting to insulating at low temperatures. Researchers Erik van Heumen of the ...

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  • Lecturer in the Spotlight: Lex Kaper

    2 Sept 2016

    Astronomer Lex Kaper teaches Astrophysics in the second year of the Bachelor's in Physics and Astronomy and the Observation Project in the Master's programme, in which students spend ten nights working at the ...

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  • Atomic stresses in materials visualised

    9 Aug 2016

    Microscopic atomic-scale stresses are crucial in determining the hardness and mechanical properties of materials. While this effect is empirically known since the fabrication of weapons and agricultural tools in the ...

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  • Boxing with drops of tin

    1 Aug 2016

    A study into the acceleration and deformation of microscopically small tin drops by an intense laser pulse resulted in the first scientific publication from the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARNCL), ...

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  • Two junior research positions awarded within QuSoft

    25 July 2016

    QuSoft, the new Dutch research center for quantum software, has awarded two junior research positions. After an internal call, the proposals were evaluated by an expert jury who selected the best two proposals.

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  • Veni grants for 22 UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

    15 July 2016

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to 22 researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Academic Medical Center. The grants – amounting to 250,000 euros for each ...

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  • UvA researchers prove existence of gravitational vortex

    13 July 2016

    An international team of researchers, which includes 4 astronomers from the University of Amsterdam, has proven the existence of a gravitational vortex surrounding a black hole. This discovery explains a mystery that ...

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  • Superconductor’s strange behaviour results in new laboratory tool

    28 June 2016

    Researchers from the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba (Japan) have discovered an exceptional new quantum state ...

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  • PhD students from the Institute of Physics crowned champions in the 100m butterfly and the pole dancing doubles

    6 June 2016

    Elinore de Jong and Chris de Weerd, PhD students at the Institute of Physics, have recently been renamed Dutch champions in the 100 meter butterfly and pole dancing doubles respectively, demonstrating that it is ...

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  • Frank Linde selected to join the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

    24 May 2016

    Physicist Prof. Frank Linde (UvA-IoP) has been selected to join the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), together with UvA Professors Anita Hardon and Claes de Vreese. KNAW Members, prominent ...

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  • Eleven NWO Vidi grants awarded to UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

    13 May 2016

    Eleven scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Academic Medical Centre (AMC-UvA) will each receive an €800,000 Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), to develop ...

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  • Science Education at UvA-VU: Master's in Physics & Astronomy

    10 May 2016

    A single MSc programme for all physics and astronomy students in Amsterdam – it will soon become reality at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU Amsterdam. In September 2016, the UvA's Master's degrees in Physics ...

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  • Physics Alumni Day

    3 May 2016

    On 23 April, the first Physics Alumni Day took place with tours and lectures by Florian Schreck and Mark Golden. Alumnus Jo van den Brand (Nikhef and VU) gave an overview of results in gravitational waves.

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  • Bert Vercnocke wins FameLab Netherlands

    26 Apr 2016

    Science is everything but boring. The living proof lies in Bert Vercnocke’s enthusiastic pitch on string theory last Friday, 22 April. With this pitch, he outshone his fellow finalists during the Dutch final of ...

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  • Successfull Master of physics and astronomy symposium

    25 Apr 2016

    On Friday April 15 the yearly Amsterdam Master of Physics and Astronomy Symposium took place, this time at the Vrije Universiteit. Students from the masters Physics as well as the master Astronomy&Astrophysics from ...

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  • Vote for Jurn or Bert as best ‘storytellers of science ’

    12 Apr 2016

    UvA-researchers Jurn Heinen and Bert Verknocke are taking part in the national finals of FameLab. In this competition young scientists take up the challenge to be crowned the best ambassador of science. Part of the ...

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  • A 'power house' at the centre of the Milky Way accelerates petaelectronvolt protons

    17 Mar 2016

    An international team of scientists, including David Berge, Jacco Vink, David Salek, Rachel Simoni and Mark Bryan of the University of Amsterdam, has discovered a source accelerating Galactic cosmic rays to energies ...

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  • Jurn Heinen and Bert Vercnocke win FameLab Amsterdam

    14 Mar 2016

    A professional jury of scientists and science communication professionals chose Jurn Heinen (PhD candidate at UvA-HIMS) and Bert Vercnocke (postdoc at UvA-IOP) as the winners of the first Amsterdam heat of FameLab. ...

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  • Daniel Baumann, professor of Theoretical Cosmology

    7 Mar 2016

    Daniel Baumann has been appointed professor of Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science. The chair is meant to strengthen the UvA’s Institute of Physics and will be closely ...

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  • Material deformation at atomic scale resembles avalanches

    17 Feb 2016

    The rearrangement of particles in materials during deformation, such as when a spoon is bent, doesn’t occur independently, but rather resembles highly collective avalanches that span the entire material. This is the ...

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  • Vici grant for Sera Markoff

    16 Feb 2016

    Dr Sera Markoff, Associate Professor at the UvA Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, and a member of the GRAPPA Center of Excellence, was awarded a prestigious Vici grant. Markoff receives the grant for her ...

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  • Marie Curie Fellowship awarded to nine UvA researchers

    15 Feb 2016

    The European Commission has awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to 9 researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The fellowship forms part of the Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme.

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  • Science Education at UvA-VU: Bachelor’s in Physics and Astronomy

    9 Feb 2016

    This month the Bachelor's in Physics and Astronomy: an interview with Marcel Vreeswijk, programme director of the joint Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy at the UvA and VU. 'By working together with our ...

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  • Millisecond pulsars are likely to account for dark matter signal in galactic centre

    3 Feb 2016

    The puzzling excess of gamma rays from the centre of the Milky Way probably originates from rapidly rotating neutron stars, or millisecond pulsars, and not from dark matter annihilation, as previously claimed. This ...

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  • FOM Physics Poster Prize for Diego Cohen-Maldonado

    22 Jan 2016

    Diego Cohen-Maldonado, PhD student in theoretical physics at the Insitute of Physics, was assigned the FOM Physics Poster Prize 2016. The prize, 750 euro, was awarded at the tenth edition of Physics@FOM in Veldhoven, ...

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  • Grant for History of Knowledge research project

    12 Jan 2016

    Professors Rens Bod (Institute for Logic, Language and Computation) and Jeroen van Dongen (Institute of Physics) received a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for their project 'The ...

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  • FOM 'Projectruimte' grants for UvA physicists

    18 Dec 2015

    The Foundation FOM has awarded 'Projectruimte' grants to three researchers Dr Katerina Dohnalová, Prof. Eric Laenen and Dr Marcel Vreeswijk of the UvA's Institute of Physics.

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  • QuSoft: new research center for quantum software

    3 Dec 2015

    QuSoft, the first research center dedicated to quantum software, will officially be launched later today. A joint initiative between Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Vrije ...

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  • Physicists immortalise Einstein's Gravity equation as graffiti

    23 Nov 2015

    On Tuesday 24 November, professor Robbert Dijkgraaf (IAS, Princeton) will unveil a painted version of Einstein’s Field Equation on Museum Boerhaave’s outside wall. This launches a series of at least ten physics ...

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  • ERC Starting grants for Wouter Waalewijn and Philippe Corboz

    20 Nov 2015

    The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Starting Grant to Wouter Waalewijn and Philippe Corboz of the UvA's Institute of Physics.

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  • Royal decoration for Wim Sinke

    19 Nov 2015

    Prof. W.C. (Wim) Sinke has received a royal decoration for his exceptional contribution to society as a director of research and development in the field of sustainable energy.

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  • ERC Starting Grants awarded to six UvA researchers

    17 Nov 2015

    The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to six researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

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  • Highly sensitive experiment to detect dark matter

    17 Nov 2015

    An international collaboration of scientists, with UvA professor Patrick Decowski and his team, inaugurated the new XENON1T experiment in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy. It is designed to search with ...

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  • Nano particles unexpectedly enable light to move more quickly

    13 Nov 2015

    Researchers at AMOLF have discovered a surprising effect during experiments in which circulating light is ‘locked’ in a cavity. They found that the presence of nano particles near the cavity can increase the speed of ...

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  • New method helps to reconstruct events at crime scenes

    12 Nov 2015

    It may be possible to reconstruct events at a crime scene by analysing bloodstain patterns. A new method makes it possible to determine the height of the source of blood droplets more accurately.

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  • UvA physicist Patrick Decowski among awardees of 2016 Breakthrough Prizes

    10 Nov 2015

    The 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to five experiments investigating neutrino oscillation and will be shared equally among all five. UvA professor Patrick Decowski is among the awardees, ...

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  • Snellius Medal awarded to Dutch ATLAS Group

    2 Nov 2015

    The Society for the Advancement of Science, Medicine and Surgery of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has awarded the 2015 Snellius Medal to the Dutch ATLAS Group. The ATLAS researchers will receive the medal, which ...

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  • Science Research at UvA-VU: Nikhef

    20 Oct 2015

    What happened after the Big Bang? Where did all the antimatter go? What is dark matter made of? These are some of the fundamental questions of subatomic physics. Gerhard Raven, Professor of Experimental High Energy ...

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  • Nominations for clever minds

    10 Oct 2015

    Three female scientists from the Faculty of Science (FNWI) have been nominated as 'clever minds' for a Viva400 award. The VIVA400, named after the eponymous journal, is an annual vote for successful and ...

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  • Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship for 14 Faculty of Science students

    6 Oct 2015

    On Thursday 1 October, fourteen Faculty of Science students received the Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship from Rector Magnificus Dymph van den Boom. The Amsterdam Science Talent Scholarship was founded by the ...

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  • NICAS: New research centre for Conservation, Art and Science

    29 Sept 2015

    On Friday 25 September the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture & Science Jet Bussemaker officially launched NICAS, the Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science. The University of Amsterdam is one of ...

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  • Science Research at UvA-VU: Amsterdam Soft-Bio Initiative

    7 Sept 2015

    'We’re great and we should take some credit for that,' says Daniel Bonn, Director of the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and as Professor of Complex Fluids, one of the founders of the ...

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  • New XENON100 search method excludes dark matter detection claim

    25 Aug 2015

    A new analysis of the international experimental high-energy physics collaboration XENON100, to which UvA physicists contribute, refutes a long-standing claim of dark matter detection. The results were published in ...

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  • Veni grants awarded to 23 UvA and AMC researchers

    17 July 2015

    Twenty-three recent doctorate recipients have been awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the UvA’s Academic Medical ...

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  • Veni grant for 10 Faculty of Science researchers

    17 July 2015

    Twenty-three recent doctorate recipients have been awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for research at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the UvA’s Academic Medical ...

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  • Rubicon grant awarded to two young UvA researchers

    7 July 2015

    Economist Eszter Czibor and theoretical physicist Benjamin Mosk of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have both been awarded a Rubicon grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Science Research (NWO). The grant will ...

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  • Rubicon grant for Benjamin Mosk

    7 July 2015

    A Rubicon grant was awarded to UvA PhD-candidate Benjamin Mosk for his research proposal ‘Gravity by Entanglement’, by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research NWO. The grant provides funding for two years ...

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  • Science Research at UvA-VU: ARCNL

    19 June 2015

    Dr Stefan Witte is researcher at the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL), where physicists from the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam cooperate closely in the field of ...

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  • PhD in the Spotlight: Rosemarie Aben

    9 June 2015

    Rosemarie Aben (1985) will be awarded her doctorate at the University of Amsterdam on 17 June. Her doctoral research was carried out at the Institute of Physics (IoP) and the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic ...

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  • Nick Laan and Karla de Bruin receive AmSIA 2015 Runner Up prize

    1 June 2015

    During the award ceremony of the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award on Wednesday, 27 May 2015, Nick Laan and Karla de Bruin (Institute of Physics and Netherlands Forensic Institute) received the Runner Up prize of ...

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  • Start up grant for Katerina Dohnalová

    1 June 2015

    The Netherlands Special Envoy for startups Neelie Kroes awarded Katerina Dohnalová, tenure track assistant professor at the UvA’s Institute of Physics with a startup grant of €100,000. Neelie Kroes awarded in total ...

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  • Combined Higgs measurements ATLAS and CMS jointly published in Physical Review Letters

    30 May 2015

    The renowned journal Physical Review Letters recently published the first combined article by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, describing the measurements of the mass of the ...

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  • New FOM programme investigates the physical behaviour of everyday products

    26 May 2015

    On 1 June, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), NWO Earth and Life Sciences (ALW) and Unilever will start a strategic joint research programme into understanding hybrid soft materials. UvA ...

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  • Vidi grant for twenty UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

    18 May 2015

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant to twenty researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). Each researcher will receive ...

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  • Researchers identify way electrons form crystals within crystals

    7 May 2015

    Researchers from the UvA's Institute of Physics (IoP), together with international collaborators, have identified the way in which electrons form crystals within crystals. Their findings, described in two recent ...

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  • Physicists develop efficient calculation method for particle collisions

    4 May 2015

    Theoretical physicists Eric Laenen, Kasper Larsen and Robbert Rietkerk of the University of Amsterdam, FOM Institute Nikhef and the ETH Zurich have developed a method to efficiently compute relevant information about ...

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  • STW grant for UvA physicists Gregorkiewicz and Sinke

    29 Apr 2015

    UvA professors Tom Gregorkiewicz (Institute of Physics, IoP) and Wim Sinke (IoP and Energy Research Centre for the Netherlands, ECN) have received a grant in the Open Technology programme of the Dutch Technology ...

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  • UvA programmes rise in latest QS World University Rankings

    29 Apr 2015

    In the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, Communication & Media Studies are ranked 8th globally. Last year these subject areas, which are bundled by QS, were ranked in 10th place. Several ...

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  • Patrick Decowski, professor of Experimental Astroparticle Physics

    13 Apr 2015

    Dr M.P. Decowski has been appointed professor of Experimental Astroparticle Physics at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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  • Science faculties UvA-VU launch popular science magazine

    26 Mar 2015

    The first issue of the popular science magazine ‘Amsterdam Science’ was officially released earlier today during the Dies Natalis celebrations of the UvA’s Faculty of Science. A joint initiative of the University of ...

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  • Three Faculty of Science researcher amongst Vici recipients

    17 Feb 2015

    Biologist Frank Takken (Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences) and physicists Florian Schreck (Institute of Physics, IoP) Femius Koenderink (IoP and FOM-institute AMOLF), all affiliated with the Faculty of Science ...

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  • Getting 2 for 1: 'bonus' electrons in germanium nanocrystals can lead to better solar cells

    13 Feb 2015

    Researchers of the UvA's Institute of Physics, Foundation FOM, the Delft University of Technology and the University of the Algarve have discovered that when light hits germanium nanocrystals, the crystals produce ...

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  • Vici grant awarded to five UvA researchers

    13 Feb 2015

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a prestigious Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros to five researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

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  • Joost Frenken appointed professor of Nanoscale Surface Physics at VU and the UvA

    10 Feb 2015

    Prof. Joost Frenken (director of the ARCNL) has been appointed professor of Nanoscale Surface Physics at both VU University Amsterdam (VU) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

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  • First proof of dark matter in innermost region of Milky Way

    9 Feb 2015

    An international team of researchers, which includes UvA physicist Gianfranco Bertone, has obtained the first observational proof of the presence of dark matter in the innermost part of the Milky Way, where our own ...

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  • Science Research at UvA-VU: SOLARDAM

    9 Feb 2015

    The year started auspiciously for SOLARDAM: two years after its founding, the consortium received seed capital for eight postdocs. The initiators are anxious for them to start as soon as they can. 'We're all ...

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  • PhD-candidate University of Amsterdam ‘gives face to science’

    6 Feb 2015

    Physicist Hugo Doeleman, PhD-candidate at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute of Physics (IoP) and FOM-institute AMOLF is one of the new young researchers featured on the website Faces of Science. In his first ...

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  • Horizon 2020 Grants for Faculty of Science researchers

    3 Feb 2015

    Horizon 2020, the EU programme for research and innovation, has granted three Faculty of Science projects a total of more than EUR 1.5 million. These projects are concerned with large-scale database applications ...

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  • Molecules shed light on the secrets of friction

    29 Jan 2015

    Researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) have developed a new microscopy method that enables the visualization of nanoscale contacts between two ...

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  • Jan de Boer new member of FOM's Executive Board

    25 Jan 2015

    As per 1 January 2015 IoP professor Jan de Boer has taken up a seat as member of the Executive Board of the FOM Foundation. He was already member of the Board of Directors as of 1 May 2014. He succeeds professor ...

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  • Peter Schall, professor of Soft Condensed Matter Physics

    22 Jan 2015

    Dr P. Schall (1971) has been appointed professor of Soft Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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  • Professor Frank Linde leads consortium on astroparticle physics

    20 Jan 2015

    The General Assembly of the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC) appointed Professor Frank Linde (Nikhef/UvA-IoP) as its new chair on 9 January. APPEC is a consortium of 14 European research ...

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  • SOLARDAM consortium receives AAA funding

    13 Jan 2015

    The SOLARDAM consortium, which includes FNWI institutes IoP, HIMS and SILS, has received initial funding from the Amsterdam Academic Alliance (AAA). With this funding for SOLARDAM, VU and UvA have the unique ...

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  • New app lets you swipe through dark matter

    12 Jan 2015

    What is dark matter actually? Chances are that the answer to this question – and a lot more information – can be found in the new app ‘Dark Matter - Behind the Scenes of the Universe’. Developed by UvA researcher ...

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  • MISTI Global Seed Fund for physicist Waalewijn and colleagues

    3 Jan 2015

    UvA physicist Dr Wouter Waalewijn, together with his colleagues Prof. Iain Stewart (MIT) and Dr Frank Tackmann (DESY), received a grant from the MISTI Global Seed Fund. The grant is aimed at promoting and supporting ...

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  • ERC Starting Grants for nine UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

    11 Dec 2014

    The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to nine researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC-UvA).

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  • Spotlight on PhD: Janaina Gianfelice de Castro

    8 Dec 2014

    On 11 December, Janaina Gianfelice de Castro (1982) will be awarded her doctorate at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). During her research at the Institute of Physics (IoP), she explored the breakage behaviour of ...

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  • IvI and IoP obtain FOM/Shell Computational Science grant

    4 Dec 2014

    The Computational Science Lab within the UvA's Informatics Institute (Prof. Alfons Hoekstra and Dr Eric Lorenz) and the Soft Matter group of the Institute of Physics (Prof. Daniel Bonn and Dr Rudolf Sprik) obtained a ...

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  • ERC Starting Grants awarded to Faculty of Science researchers

    3 Dec 2014

    The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants to the following researchers at the Faculty of Science: Dr Miranda Cheng (IoP and KdVI), Dr Anna Watts (API) and Dr Shimon Whiteson (IvI). With a value ...

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  • Pieter Zeeman Prize for physics alumnus Berend Zwartsenberg

    25 Nov 2014

    The biennial Pieter Zeeman Prize for the best Master thesis in physics has been awarded to Berend Zwartsenberg for his thesis entitled 'Taking control of the surface electronic structure of 3D topological insulators'.

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  • UvA physicists successful in 2014 call for FOM 'Vrije Programma's'

    24 Nov 2014

    The proposal for the FOM 'Vrije Programma' grant called 'Higgs as a probe and portal' by UvA professor Eric Laenen, has been granted in the 2014 round. Five other proposals have been selected for funding, including ...

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  • FOM 'Projectruimte' grant for UvA physicist Ben Freivogel

    18 Nov 2014

    The Foundation FOM has awarded a 'Projectruimte' grant to Dr Ben Freivogel for his proposal 'Quantifying violations of causality in quantum gravity'.

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  • Opening Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography

    27 Oct 2014

    On Tuesday, 11 November 2014, the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) in Amsterdam will be officially opened by Sander Dekker, State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science, and Martin van den ...

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  • Bert Vercnocke receives ASL Prize for Science and Technology

    7 Oct 2014

    Theoretical physicist Bert Vercnocke (UvA Institute of Physics) received the prize for his PhD thesis Hidden structures of black holes. Vercnocke worked on his thesis at the KU Leuven. The prize is granted once ...

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  • Wieteke de Boer receives STW Simon Stevin Gezel Prize 2014

    7 Oct 2014

    On 2 October 2014 Wieteke de Boer was elected Simon Stevin Gezel 2014 by the visitors of the STW annual congress for her PhD research that she did at the UvA’s Institute of Physics.

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  • Physicist Nick de Jong receives Best Speaker award at E-MRS 2014

    25 Sept 2014

    At the recent Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) in Warsaw, PhD student Nick de Jong (UvA Institute of Physics) won the Graduate Student Award for the Best Oral Presentation in the ...

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  • Paul Planken, professor of Nanophotonics

    18 Sept 2014

    Professor P.C.M. Planken (1964) has been appointed professor of Nanophotonics at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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  • First Horizon2020 granted to UvA for Quantum Simulation project

    1 Sept 2014

    Robert Spreeuw of the UvA’s Institute of Physics (IoP) is partner in the first Horizon2020 granted to UvA for the research project Rydberg Quantum Simulators (RYSQ).

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  • PhD in the Spotlight: Priscilla Pani

    22 Aug 2014

    On 10 September, Priscilla Pani (b. 1986) will be awarded her doctorate at the UvA. As part of her doctoral research at the Institute of Physics (IoP) and the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef), ...

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  • Stan Bentvelsen new director of Nikhef

    14 Aug 2014

    Professor Stan Bentvelsen (University of Amsterdam / Nikhef) has been appointed director of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef with effect from 1 December 2014. He succeeds professor Frank Linde, ...

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  • Towards more efficient solar cells

    13 Aug 2014

    A layer of silicon nanocrystals and erbium ions may help solar cells to extract more energy from the ultraviolet (UV, high-energy) part of the solar spectrum. Experimental physicists from the University of Amsterdam, ...

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  • Lowlands University presents: Ewald Engelen, Frank Linde and Wouter Vansteelant

    11 Aug 2014

    Coolpolitics and Lowlands will give a stage to science at Lowlands 2014. At Lowlands University, UvA researchers Ewald Engelen, Frank Linde and Wouter Vansteeland will give lectures on global inequality, the Higgs ...

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  • Veni grant for Benjamin Pasquiou and Fabio Zandanel

    29 July 2014

    Two postdoctoral researchers from the Institute of Physics have received a prestigious Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the 2014 call: Benjamin Pasquiou (experimental ...

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  • Rector magnificus inaugurates new physics labs of Florian Schreck

    16 July 2014

    On 15 July, UvA rector magnificus prof. Dymph van den Boom inaugurated the new lab facilities of prof. Florian Schreck at the Institute of Physics.

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  • NWO Astroparticle Physics grants for Berge and Markoff

    10 July 2014

    NWO Physical Sciences (EW) has awarded 1.5 million euros to various projects at the interface of astronomy and physics, where scientists will investigate high-energy objects, such as neutron stars and black holes. ...

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  • Theo Nieuwenhuizen announced Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIP

    4 July 2014

    Dr. Theo Nieuwenhuizen, associate professor at the UvA's Institute of Physics, has received a Distinguished Visiting Full Professorship from the International Institute of Physics (IIP) at Natal, Brazil. The ...

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  • Multi-million euro grant for large-scale research facilities

    3 July 2014

    Three teams of scientists, including several from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), have been awarded a total of €39.2 million to establish or improve large-scale research facilities. The investment, which is part ...

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  • NWO funds Nikhef contribution to upgrade LHC experiments

    2 July 2014

    State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science, Sander Dekker, and NWO Chair Jos Engelen, announced today that Nikhef has been awarded a grant of 15.2 million euros. This investment is part of the National ...

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  • Successful public symposium 'History and Future of Dark Matter'

    26 June 2014

    The public symposium on the History and Future of Dark Matter, held on Sunday June 22nd in the beautiful Koepelkerk, was a wonderful prelude to the Astroparticle Physics conference (23-28 June in Amsterdam). The ...

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  • Successful workshop on 'Crystallization in Porous media'

    24 June 2014

    The fourth international workshop on Crystallization in Porous media, CRYSPOM IV, was this year held in Amsterdam, organised and sponsored by the UvA’s Institute of Physics together with the Rijksmuseum. The goal of ...

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  • Two FOM 'Projectruimte' grants for UvA physicists

    23 June 2014

    The Foundation FOM has awarded the two proposals in the 'Projectruimte' call of Dr. Diego Hofman and Prof. Jean-Sébastien Caux. With two out of in total five grants in this national call, the Institute of Physics of ...

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  • Wim Beenakker, professor by special appointment of Experimental High-Energy Physics

    26 May 2014

    Dr W.J.P. Beenakker (1962) has been appointed professor by special appointment of Experimental High-Energy Physics at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Science (FNWI). The chair was established on ...

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  • Rianne van den Berg (IoP) wins 2014 QM&QI Young Speaker's Prize

    23 May 2014

    During an interdisciplinary workshop organised by the UvA research priority area Quantum Matter & Quantum Information, on 23 May at CWI, Rianne van den Berg of the Institute of Physics has won the 2014 QM&QI Young ...

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  • Triple NWO Vidi success for IoP theoretical physicists

    19 May 2014

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant to an impressive total of three theoretical physicists at the Institute of Physics: Dr Alejandra Castro, Dr Christoph Weniger, and ...

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  • NWO ECHO grant for Fred Brouwer (HIMS) and Daniel Bonn

    13 May 2014

    Together with Fred Brouwer (HIMS), Daniel Bonn is awarded an NWO ECHO grant within the focus area "Chemistry in relation to Physics/Materials".

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  • UvA and VU launching joint Bachelor's programme in Physics and Astronomy

    12 May 2014

    As from September 2014, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam (VU) will be offering a joint Bachelor's programme in Physics and Astronomy. The two universities' existing programmes have ...

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  • Albert Polman wins MRS 'Innovation in Materials Characterization Award'

    7 May 2014

    UvA physicist and AMOLF group leader Albert Polman received the 2014 Innovation in Materials Characterization Award during the annual meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), held in San Fransisco from 21-24 ...

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  • Ancient Egyptians transported pyramid stones over wet sand

    29 Apr 2014

    Physicists from the University of Amsterdam have discovered that the ancient Egyptians used a clever trick to make it easier to transport heavy pyramid stones by sledge, allowing them to halve the number of workers ...

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  • Royal Decoration for Prof. Anne Kox

    25 Apr 2014

    On Friday the 25th April, Anne Kox, professor of the History of Physics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, was honoured with a Royal Decoration.

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  • Albert Polman awarded 2014 Physica Prize

    29 Jan 2014

    UvA physicist Albert Polman has been awarded the 2014 Physica Prize. Polman, a current group leader and previous director of the Foundation for Fundamental Research’s (FOM) AMOLF institute, receives the Physica Prize ...

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  • NWO Vici grant for UvA phycisist Peter Schall

    28 Jan 2014

    Dr Peter Schall, associate professor at the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam, has been awarded a prestigious Vici grant of 1.5 MEuro from NWO for his research project 'Nanoarchitectures: Smart ...

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  • UvA physicist makes one of 10 most important physics breakthroughs of 2013

    17 Dec 2013

    UvA physicist Florian Schreck has made one of the most significant physics discoveries of the year. This is according to 'Physics World', the journal of the British Institute of Physics (IOP), which has added ...

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  • ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to six UvA and AMC-UvA researchers

    12 Dec 2013

    The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded prestigious Consolidator Grants to six researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam Medical Center (AMC-UvA). The recipients are astronomer Joeri van ...

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  • Three ERC Consolidator grants awarded to Faculty of Science researchers

    2 Dec 2013

    The European Research Council (ERC) awarded a Consolidator Grant to Prof. Florian Schreck, Prof. Ronald de Wolf and Dr Joeri van Leeuwen of the UvA Faculty of Science.

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  • UvA physicists successful in 2013 call for FOM 'Vrije Programma's'

    26 Nov 2013

    The proposal for the FOM 'Vrije Programma' called 'Rydberg Atoms on a Lattice', submitted by programme leader Dr Robert Spreeuw, has been granted in the 2013 round. Four other proposals have been selected for ...

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  • Florian Schreck, professor of Experimental Quantum Physics

    26 Nov 2013

    Dr F. (Florian) Schreck (1972) has been appointed professor of Experimental Quantum Physics at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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  • Jeroen van Dongen, professor of History of Science

    11 Nov 2013

    Dr J.A.E.F. van Dongen (1974) has been appointed professor of History of Science, with a special focus on Physics, at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Science.

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  • Book presentation ‘Behind the Scenes of the Universe’

    10 Nov 2013

    UvA physicist Gianfranco Bertone presented his popular science book ‘Behind the Scenes of the Universe: From the Higgs to Dark Matter’ to an enthusiastic audience, including the UvA's rector magnificus Prof. Dymph ...

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  • Advanced Research Centre for NanoLithography to commence work on 1 January 2014

    7 Nov 2013

    The Advanced Research Centre for NanoLithography (ARCNL), which is a new partnership between ASML, FOM, NWO, the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, will commence work on 1 January 2014. ARCNL is a ...

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  • José Paredes Rojas physics tutor of the year

    5 Nov 2013

    José Paredes Rojas, a PhD student in the Soft Matter group of Daniel Bonn on the brink of defending his thesis, has won this year's prestigious 'tutor of the year' title. The title is awarded by the students in the ...

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  • UvA physicist Elinore de Jong wins national swimming championship

    5 Nov 2013

    Elinore de Jong, a PhD student in the group of prof. Tom Gregorkiewicz (Institute of Physics) has ended first at both the 50m and 100m butterfly distances of the Dutch national swimming championships.

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  • Kick-off event Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics

    4 Nov 2013

    The D-ITP Kick-off took place on the 31st October 2013 at Westerliefde, Amsterdam.

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  • Martin Frimmer receives FOM Physics Thesis Prize 2013

    29 Oct 2013

    The FOM Foundation has awarded the FOM Physics Thesis Prize 2013 to dr. Martin Frimmer. Frimmer, a former PhD student in the group of prof. Femius Koenderink at AMOLF, graduated in 2012 at the University of Amsterdam ...

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