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What does a quantum theory of gravity have in common with electrons in a ’strange’ metal? At first sight: not much, but this week in Nature a Dutch NWO consortium, including researchers Jake Ayres, Maarten Berben and ...

On July 14, the new quantum innovation hub Quantum.Amsterdam, established by the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and research center QuSoft, raised the flag together with Quantum ...

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants worth €800,000 each to 13 experienced researchers from the UvA and the Amsterdam UMC, location AMC. The grants will enable them to develop their own innovative ...

IoP's research divisions

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.

At the Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA), scientists at ITFA perform research around research themes ranging from condensed matter theory to astroparticle 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.

Research

IoP is home to a number of excellent research groups, ranging from Soft Matter to String Theory.

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Education

Teaching the beauty of physics to the next generation plays a central role at the Institute of Physics.

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From quantum gravity to strange metals

Quantum.Amsterdam and Quantum Delta NL celebrate their close collaboration

NWO-Vidi grants worth €800,000 for 13 UvA researchers

IHEF: High Energy Physics

ITFA: Theoretical Physics

WZI: Experimental Physics

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