National Institute for Subatomic Physics
Welcome to Nikhef. We are the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics. Our institute performs research into the elementary building blocks of our Universe, their mutual forces and the structure of space and time.
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Nobelprize winner Martinus Veltman passes away at 89
In his hometown Bilthoven the Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner Martinus Veltman died on Monday. Veltman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 for his pioneering…
In memoriam Martinus ‘Tini’ Veltman (1931-2021)
The influence of Martinus Veltman on particle physics is difficult to overestimate. Non-abelean gauge theories now form the basis under the Standard Model. Experimental particle research worldwide is…
Light-highway of the future is already in place between Nikhef and CERN
SURF and Nikhef have established a new data connection with accelerator lab CERN in Geneva, which can transmit up to 400 Gigabits per second. That is four times…