Sometimes old equipment which is no longer used can get a new life and be useful elsewhere. Such was the case for a sputtering machine, bought long ago by IoP-physicist Jeroen Goedkoop and used for research by his ...

Research led by the University of Amsterdam has demonstrated that elusive radiation coming from black holes can be studied by mimicking it in the lab.

Given a 3D piece of origami, can you flatten it without damaging it? Just by looking at the design, the answer is hard to predict, because each and every fold in the design has to be compatible with flattening. This ...

During the recent meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the Netherlands' Physical Society (NNV AMO), former UvA-IoP master student Thies Plaßmann was awarded the annual NNV AMO master ...

Pour coffee into a mug and you might notice that the liquid cascading from the jug resembles droplets linked in a chain. Such oscillating “waterfalls” crop up frequently in our daily lives, but their origin is still ...

At the annual Dutch chemistry conference Chains, the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV) announced that Erik Garnett (UvA-IoP and AMOLF) is the recipient of the KNCV Gold Medal. Garnett receives the award for ...

Chemists and physicists at the University of Amsterdam shed light on a crucial aspect of friction: how things begin to slide. Using fluorescence microscopy and dedicated fluorescent molecules, they are able to ...

A team of researchers, including UvA physicists and astronomers, has studied gamma rays caused by the Sagittarius Dwarf, a small neighbouring galaxy of our Milky Way. They showed that all the observed gamma radiation ...

This summer, The NWO Domain Board Science approved 21 grant applications in the Open Competition Domain Science-XL programme (ENW-XL). Together, the projects have been granted about 60 million euros. Four of the ...

The physics of collective motion has been well-studied for the last thirty years. Until now, scientists have focused on the study of ‘fluid’ movements, such as those of flocks of birds or schools of fish. Using an ...