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Institute of Physics
Welcome to the Institute of Physics. Physics research and physics education at our institute covers a wide range of topics, both experimental and theoretical.
Latest news
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New puppeteering
In a new publication in Nature Communications, a team of physicists from Amsterdam, Leiden and Atlanta show how to ‘puppeteer’ lab-designed metamaterials. By only touching these materials from the outside, they are ... -
Ivo van Vulpen appointed as professor by special appointment Science Communication in Leiden
As of 1 January 2022, Dr Ivo van Vulpen will be appointed as special professor in science communication at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION). Van Vulpen will be researching science communication in general and ... -
Herish Salim wins Unilever Research Prize
Recently graduated UvA student Herish Salim has won the Unilever Research Prize 2021 for his master project work on the unexpected dynamics of salt crystalization. -
Constraining quantum measurement
The quantum world and our everyday world are very different places. In a publication that appeared as the “Editor’s Suggestion” in Physical Review A this week, UvA physicists Jasper van Wezel and Lotte Mertens and ... -
Laser cooling for quantum gases
What does it mean when we say that something is extremely cold? A physicist’s answer would be: this means that atoms and molecules barely move. For several decades now, physicists have been developing techniques to ... -
How ‘thick’ is a soup?
To be able to experience a wide range of impulses, our senses use ‘logarithmic perception’: a large increase in the impulse only leads to a small increase in what our brain perceives. A group of researchers from the ... -
Open Science grant for SciPost
The project ‘Next stage development of SciPost’s publishing infrastructure’ of Jean-Sébastien Caux (UvA-IoP) will receive an NWO Open Science grant of 50,000 euros. Caux will use the grant to further develop the ... -
NWO Open Science Fund awards six UvA projects
Six UvA projects in the field of Open Science will receive a financial boost of up to 50,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The Open Science Fund aims to support researchers in developing, testing and ... -
UvA signed Memorandum of Understanding for Quantum Application Lab
Last week a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the six partners of the Quantum Application Lab, of which the University of Amsterdam. -
Sloshing electrons in a charge density wave
In the latest edition of Physical Review B, UvA PhD candidate Xuanbo Feng (QuSoft and IoP) and colleagues write about their recent experiments on a material that can go from a normal metal state to a more exotic ...
IoP's research divisions
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IHEF: High Energy Physics
The Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF) is an integral part of Nikhef, the national institute for subatomic physics. The research focuses on both theoretical and experimental particle and astroparticle physics. -
ITFA: Theoretical Physics
At the Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA), scientists at ITFA perform research around research themes ranging from condensed matter theory to astroparticle physics. -
WZI: Experimental Physics
At the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI) for experimental physics, scientists perform research in the areas of quantum gases & quantum information, quantum materials, and soft matter.
