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Physicists publish solution to the quantum measurement problem
9 July 2013
Quantum mechanics is a highly successful theory, but its interpretation has still not been settled. In their recent opus magnum, Theo Nieuwenhuizen (Institute of Physics, UvA) and colleagues claim to have found a ...
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UvA physicists report direct measurement of the free energy of colloidal glasses
20 June 2013
A team of physicists of the University of Amsterdam have for the first time performed a direct measurement of the free energy of a glass, in their case a hard sphere glass. They published their results as an Editor’s ...
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Physicists solve mysteries of quantum magnets
16 June 2013
A team of scientists, including prof. Jean-Sébastien Caux of the UvA’s Institute of Physics, has made a breakthrough into the properties of quantum magnets that can impact our understanding of fundamental physics. ...
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Light measures the minute motion of nanoscale vocal cords
14 June 2013
Researchers at FOM Institute AMOLF, including UvA professor Albert Polman, and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a new way to measure tiny displacements with light.
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Martí Perarnau Llobet second in 2013 UvA Thesis Prize
11 June 2013
During the University Day on June 1st, Martí Perarnau Llobet (Physics cum laude, University of Amsterdam) was awarded the second prize in the 2013 UvA Thesis Prize contest.
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PhD council IoP organizes successful symposium for young scientists
28 May 2013
On Thursday May 23rd, the PhD/postdoc council of the Institute of Physics organized its first IoP junior scientist symposium for all PhD students and postdocs in the institute. With over 40 participants, the ...
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High-tech research to Science Park Amsterdam
28 May 2013
The high-tech company ASML, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam (VU) ...
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Hydrodynamic theory predicts its own breakdown
27 May 2013
A team of physicists, including NWO Veni laureate dr. Michal P. Heller from the Institute of Physics (IoP) at the University of Amsterdam, has discovered that repeated refinements in the description of strongly ...
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Erik Verlinde new member of the KHMW
27 May 2013
Prof. Erik Verlinde of the Institute of Physics at the University of Amsterdam has been elected as a new member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities ('Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der ...
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Phd in the Spotlight: Alma Itzel Olivos Suárez
21 May 2013
On 4 June Alma Itzel Olivos Suárez (1983) will be awarded her doctorate degree at the UvA. As part of her research at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), she made a detailed survey of the ...
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FOM projectruimte grant for two Institute of Physics projects
26 Apr 2013
The Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) has awarded a 'Projectruimte' grant to the UvA scientist Dr Robert Spreeuw and Dr. Stan Bentvelsen (Institute of Physics).
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Physicists explain how honey drips from a spoon
22 Apr 2013
An international team of scientists, including prof. dr. Daniel Bonn from the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam, published a new theory and experimental results that explain why the lengthy strands ...
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Spotlight on doctoral research: Milena and Jelena Smolic
3 Apr 2013
On 17 April, the sisters Milena (1982) and Jelena (1981) Smolic defended their doctoral theses at the Institute of Physics (IoP). As part of their research, they developed new formulas that can prospectively be used ...
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STW grant for 'CSI Amsterdam'
19 Mar 2013
Researchers of the Institute of Physics at the UvA received an STW grant for a project to use blood stain patterns to allow for a better reconstruction of a crime. The project will be carried out together with ...
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Why does your paper waste-bin fill up so rapidly?
15 Mar 2013
Physicists have revealed striking similarities between the random crumpling of a piece of paper and repeated folding, explaining why your waste-bin fills up unexpectedly quick when throwing away your paper in either ...
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Physicists describe genome ejection by bacteriophage viruses
15 Mar 2013
Researchers from the Institute of Physics – UvA, Utrecht University and the University of Texas at Austin have recently reviewed the mechanism of phage genome ejection into bacterial cells in the prestigious journal ...
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‘Physica’ prize 2013 for physicists Stan Bentvelsen and Frank Linde
16 Feb 2013
Prof.dr. Stan Bentvelsen and prof.dr. Frank Linde receive the prestigious ‘Physica’ prize 2013 for their contributions to the discovery of the Higss particle with the ATLAS experiment at CERN.
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New ‘PhD in the Spotlight’ section
22 Jan 2013
A new section entitled ‘PhD in the Spotlight’ has been launched on the Faculty of Science (FNWI) website this month. It features an FNWI scientist who explains the research for which he or she will obtain a PhD that ...
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PhD in the Spotlight: Wieteke de Boer
15 Jan 2013
On 30 January, Wieteke de Boer (1983) will defend her doctoral thesis at the UvA, presenting the finding that silicon nanocrystals are capable of emitting visible light. De Boer did her research at the Institute of ...
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Anne Kox elected corresponding member of AIHS
13 Jan 2013
Anne Kox, professor of the History of Physics at the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), has been elected corresponding member of the Académie internationale d’Histoire des Sciences ...
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