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As of July 1, Nikhef researcher Wouter Hulsbergen has been appointed as Endowed Professor for ‘Flavour Physics at the LHC’ at VU Amsterdam. Hulsbergen has distinguished himself as a leading researcher in…

Imagine a place where school children can discover the science behind the Einstein Telescope. Where they can learn, through a film, an interactive demonstration lecture and workshops, how…

Particle physicist Ivo van Vulpen argues for a more serious approach to science communication, his second field of study. On Friday, he holds his inaugural lecture in Leiden….

An innovative technology for detecting particles, and the mixing rules of quarks: two research proposals from Nikhef receive an ENW-M award. This was announced this week. In the…

Neutrino researcher Rasa Muller will receive the Kluyver Prize for the best English-language abstract in her dissertation, published in 2023. The award was presented Monday, May 13, at…

A special issue of New Scientist on black holes was released today. The special features several Nikhef employees, among others. Nikhef director Stan Bentvelsen talks about the Einstein…

DIMENSIES, Nikhef’s Dutch language public magazine, is all about exploring boundaries this spring. In his foreword director Stan Bentvelsen  calls the thirst for always wanting to look further…

The National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef plays an exemplary connecting role in the Dutch research landscape. So judges an international committee in its six-year SEP evaluation. The…

The US and CERN will work more closely together to develop major research facilities, starting with feasibility studies on the FCC-ee Higgs factory. This was agreed upon the…

Retired Nikhef researcher Michiel Botje has died in France after a short illness. This was announced Thursday by the family. Botje was associated with the ALICE experiment and…

Nokia and SURF have successfully tested an 800 Gbit/s data connection between Nikhef in Amsterdam and CERN in Geneva. Such a record speed is needed to transmit data…

Italy’s Virgo gravitational wave detector is officially participating again in the hunt for space-time oscillations since Wednesday afternoon. At 5 p.m. in Pisa, glasses were raised to the…

British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs died Monday in his hometown of Edinburgh at the age of 94. His family announced his passing on Tuesday. The National Institute for…

The Large Hadron Collider accelerator at CERN in Geneva has been back in operation since Friday night. In this third year of this Run3, the intensity of the…

On May 29, 2023, one of the two U.S. LIGO detectors recorded a gravitational wave with unexpected properties. The source is believed to be a collision of a…

The Virgo gravitational wave detector in Italy will participate in its fourth observing campaign together with the LIGO detectors in the US starting next week April 10th. The…

A prototype of the world’s first muon accelerator will be on display at the new Nikhef Expostrip in Amsterdam starting Monday. The large copper component replaces the current…

Slowly at CERN in Geneva, the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator is coming out of it regular hibernation again. Progress can be followed live on a CERN web…

NWO board chairman Marcel Levi officially reopened the renovated main building of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef in Amsterdam on Thursday afternoon. The Nikhef building, he…

The two companies Demcon kryoz from Enschede and Cooll from Hengelo will receive money together with the University of Twente to develop an advanced cooling system for the…