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Particle physicist Ivo van Vulpen of Nikhef comments in the Volkskrant (in Dutch) on measurements at CERN of falling antimatter. He talked to BNR Nieuwsradio Wetenschap Vandaag later…

This week, Nikhef launched a new website that encompasses all the outreach activities that Nikhef organises for different target audiences; teachers, secondary school students and the general public….

The KM3NeT neutrino telescope, one of Nikhef’s major experiments, features prominently on the cover of the 2022 board report of institute organization NWO-I. The annual report provides NWO-I’s…

Marco Kraan of the Dutch research institute Nikhef developed artistic impressions of gravitational wave detectors that are used around the world. How a mechanical designer makes art out…

Deep underground, near Geneva, scientists at CERN are putting physical theories to the test. Radboud University researchers, such as particle physicist Frank Filthaut, also use these unique facilities….

The proton is one of the most common particles in the universe. It is one of the main building blocks of an atom. You find them in the…

Former Nikhef staff member Jan-Willem van Holten has published a Dutch translation of the Marquise du Chastellet’s 1742 standard work Institutions Physiques, on the natural philosophy and physics…

Einstein Telescope Euregio Maas-Rhine has published its first ET Newsletter, with the latest news about the project. In his opening column, scientific director Stan Bentvelsen of the Einstein…

Today, 11 July 2023, Nikhef PhD student Rasa Muller (KM3NeT/neutrinos) defended her thesis “Getting to the point – First cosmic neutrino source search with the KM3NeT/ARCA detector” at…

Joan Heemskerk, one of the pioneers of web-based art, has been selected as the winner of this year’s edition. Following an international open call launched in collaboration with Copenhagen Contemporary…

At BNR news radio, Nikhef’s ICT architect Tristan Suerink talked about the European supercomputer that is in the making: a supercomputer more powerful than 5 million modern laptops….

Last week, Nikhef researcher Dylan van Arneman was invited to participate in an episode of the talkshow Nadia on NPO1. As a “young CERN scientist” he was part…

Limburg hopes for super telescope deep under löss Limburg and The Hague hope the European Einstein Telescope will come to the border region with Belgium and Germany. The…

As an institute, Nikhef intends to be climate neutral by 2030. The ‘Sustainable Nikhef Roadmap’ details how the institute intends to achieve this ambition along the five lines…

Heleen Mulder, a Master’s student in theoretical physics at UvA and Nikhef, is currently in Seattle at the Institute for Nuclear Theory. Her trip is made possible by…

The American scientific magazine Science discussed the recent decision not to taken part in the new round of gravitational wave hunting yet. This new campaign is beginnen this…

The cover of DIMENSIES provides insight into one of the themes of the 9th edition of Nikhef magazine, namely the Nikhef group in Nijmegen. The Nijmegen high-energy physicists…

Einstein telescope can become a ‘gamechanger’ for Limburg and Euregio: In this article in Chapeau, a cross-media platform about the good life in Belgian and Dutch Limburg, Nikhef…

Nikhef physicist Marco van Leeuwen, together with CERN colleague Jochen Klein, wrote an illuminating overview story in the CERN Courier about research with ALICE. What can we learn…

Physicists will know within 10 to 15 years whether dark matter consists of particles, or not. That is what the new professor of experimental high-energy physics Auke Pieter…