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…
An interesting result, says theoretical physicist Juan Rojo of Nikhef and the VU this week to New Scientist about new measurements of the mass distribution within the proton….
On 28 March 2023, an international masterclass in particle physics was held at Nikhef. 13 students from the upper grades of VWO had the opportunity to learn more…
After a number of high-profile claims that, on reflection, did not hold up, the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant questions whether physics is doing well. After all, it is…
The tech website Innovation Origins explored the creative plans circulating for the Einstein Telescope, the largest detector for gravitational waves that will certainly be built in Europe and…
Studium Generale Leiden has broadcast a series of public lectures on particle physics online in recent weeks. On Feb. 15, Nikhef researcher and Professor of Science Communication Ivo…
The May issue of the American astronomy monthly magazine Sky & Telescope carries an extensive story on the KM3NeT project in the Mediterranean Sea. Dutch journalist Govert Schilling…
