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CERN offers high school students around the world the chance to invent and perform a science experiment in one of CERN’s or DESY’s beamlines! In 2023, the Dutch…

On Saturday, October 7, Nikhef opened some of its doors during the Amsterdam Science Park Open Day 2023. It also provided a glimpse of the renovated Nikhef building…

Nikhef physicist Pawan Gupta (29) received his doctorate for his research on gravitational waves from tidal neutron stars. In NRC’s Jong Geleerd column (in Dutch), he talks about…

Nikhef PhD candidate Pawan Gupta (Gravitational Waves) explains his thesis “Probing compact objects with gravitational waves – Bounding dark charges on black holes and exploring gravitomagnetic tides on…

On 5th October, the Nikhef lab of the Dark Matter group which houses a small setup of the XENON experiment in Italy was highlighted in an episode of…

The Dutch daily newspaper Trouw spoke with Dutch physicists about why bigger accelerators are needed in the first place. Is bigger always better? Including Nikhef researcher (UTwente) Tristan…

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…