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…
The Dutch newspaper Het Parool interviewed Nikhef researcher Tristan du Pree in Geneva about the ongoing hunt for new particles with the ATLAS experiment at CERN. “The beauty…
Today, 11 February 2022 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women…
The Dutch magazine De Ingenieur has selected Nikhef PhD student Jesse van Dongen, formerly an engineer at the institute, as one of the fifteen engineering talents of 2023….
This year’s Olga Igonkina travel scholarship has been awarded to master’s student at the University of Amsterdam Pranati Kharbana. The Indian physics student will receive a sum of…
The ALICE experiment at CERN this week published a study of antimatter remaining after the Big Bang and concludes that it has not been ruled out. In an…
New Scientist editor-in-chief Jim Jansen looked at work on the ET Pathfinder and preparations for the Einstein Telescope in Maastricht with Nikhef physicist Gideon Koekoek. His video was…
The particle accelerator at CERN shut down weeks earlier than normal in winter to save energy – and costs. NRC asked physicists from Nikhef and others for ideas…
The American science magazine Quanta is running a major article this month on FORM, a computer algebra program widely used in theoretical particle physics. The program is the…
For its weekend supplement, the daily newspaper Trouw spoke with Nikhef researcher Patrick Decowski about the hunt for dark matter and delicately reminded him of his statement a…
Nikhef’s research program into the properties and sources of neutrinos plays a role in two newly published booklets, both from the stable of New Scientist. Both books are…
