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In the ‘Depict your research competition’ of the Dutch Journal of Physics (NTvN), Nikhef researcher Kelly Weerman won the encouragement prize. Weerman depicted her PhD research on neutrinos…

At the invitation of Nikhef’s PhD and Postdoc Councils, last Friday 28 March, stand-up comedian Luuk van der Vaart gave a try-out of his ‘Comedy Lecture: The Story…

In episode 4 of the CERN podcast ‘Early Morning Coffee at CERN (Emc2)‘ the hosts talk to, among others, Nikhef researcher Patrick Koppenburg about the LHCb experiment. Watch…

Professor Herbi Dreiner of the University of Bonn hosted a mini-version of the legendary Bonn Physics Show for Nikhef staff last Wednesday. Dreiner is currently visiting the Nikhef…

On 6 March 2025, a masterclass in particle physics took place at Nikhef in an international context. Eighteen upper secondary school students were given the opportunity to learn…

On the night of Friday 7 March to Saturday 8 March, a team from Nikhef participated in the fourth edition of the ALS Sunrise Walk, a sponsor walk…

On 12 February, a live stream from three locations (Amsterdam, Rome and Paris) announced the detection of a cosmic neutrino with a record energy of about 220 PeV,…

On 12 February, a live-stream from Amsterdam, Paris and Rome announced the detection of a neutrino with the highest energy ever measured. This result was published in the…

On 22 January, Ronald Starink (head of Nikhef’s Computer Technology department) was pictured on the front page of the NRC. The article to which the picture refers is…

During Maastricht University’s (UM) annual Faculty Day, Nikhef researcher Gideon Koekoek received the first Societal Impact Award from UM’s Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE). Koekoek: “The award…

Our universe began with the Big Bang. How then did the building blocks of matter from which life is eventually formed come into being? And what happened to…

Last Saturday, Nikhef researcher Kelly Weerman starred in Neutrino Bath, a space opera combining exotic physical phenomena with laser-projected sets and algorithmic poetry, in a series called ‘Obviously…

SURF will host a European quantum computer in the Netherlands. The quantum computer will be located at Amsterdam Science Park, right next to the national supercomputer Snellius, with…

As part of 70 years CERN celebrations, from 9 – 16 October, Nikhef organised a roadshow along technical universities and colleges. The aim is to introduce CERN to…

Last Saturday, 5 October, Nikhef opened its doors during the Amsterdam Science Park Science Day (formerly: Open Day). It was the first time in the recently reopened building…

Neutrino – the poet among elementary particles Fascinated by an eccentric elementary ‘ghost particle’ (the neutrino), filmmakers Hannie van den Bergh and Jan van den Berg go on…

The Expostrip is an in-house exhibition about Nikhef’s research and is part of the new atrium in the renovated Nikhef building in Amsterdam. The Expostrip showcases the knowledge…

On 10 September 2008, CERN in Switzerland opened the particle accelerator. How does that device work? And what has this physics breakthrough meant for our daily lives? This…

Earlier in July, the XENONnT collaboration announced the first measurements of solar neutrinos with their dark matter detector. An article about these recent XENONnT results now appeared in…

Particle laboratory CERN in Geneva has been a source of discoveries since 1954, and it is also a magnet for researchers. Jos Engelen, former director of Nikhef and…