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If he were given a bag of money to spend on a particle accelerator, Jorgen D’Hondt wouldn’t automatically put it toward more particles and higher collision energies. Perhaps…

It is unknown whether the electric charge inside elementary particles is perfectly symmetrically distributed around their spin axis. Theoretical physicists from Nikhef and other institutions have now developed…

INTERVIEW German gravitational wave physicist Maria Haney of Nikhef has been appointed professor by special appointment at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at VU University Amsterdam. Haney has…

An intense debate has arisen within the European particle physics community regarding the name for the proposed new particle accelerator, the FCC. “Future Circular Collider sounds too much…

The two major experiments at the LHC accelerator at CERN have combined their measurements of the simultaneous production of two Higgs particles in proton-proton collisions. Insiders describe the…

The world’s collaborating gravitational wave detectors are publishing a catalogue of new observations today. According to the researchers, the GWTC-4 catalogue shows a “kaleidoscope of cosmic collisions”. The…

Master’s student in physics Meera Patel has been awarded the Olga Igonkina scholarship 2025 for her work on the dark matter detector XENONnT. The jury announced its decision…

The ALICE experiment at CERN has unravelled the formation of light atomic nuclei that are occasionally produced in collisions in the LHC accelerator. They are publishing their findings…

The LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA gravitational wave detectors are today completing their longest observation period ever. The result: more than 250 new space-time vibrations in two and a…

The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) is funding two major Nikhef projects in the Roadmap program for large-scale research infrastructure. A total of €33.5 million will be…

Inspiring science and society was the theme of the Thursday October 30th meeting at the Rode Hoed in Amsterdam, organized by Nikhef with representatives from government, business and…

Gravitational wave detectors LIGO and Virgo have observed two recent collisions of black holes that appear to originate from previous collisions.  The paper today in the Astrophysical Journal…

Artist Jop Vissers Vorstenbosch and client Nikhef unveiled a spectacular dynamic light painting today in the lobby of the newly renovated institute in Amsterdam. The work measures three…

A new laboratory in Maastricht will make the technology from the Einstein Telescope research accessible to the business community. Over the coming years, the new ETpathfinder Smart Skills…

Science funding organization NWO has awarded Veni grants to three Nikhef researchers to further develop their groundbreaking ideas. Each will receive a maximum of €320,000, sufficient for three…

SURF is moving a significant part of its network from a commercial data center to the data center of Nikhef, one of its cooperative members and scientific partners….

Measurements with the ATLAS detector of proton-proton collisions in the LHC accelerator at CERN show that top-quarks sometimes establish a short-lived connection with their antiparticle. In doing so,…

Nikhef director Jorgen D’Hondt kicked off the celebration of the institute’s 50th anniversary with a special video message. In it, he emphasises the family feeling within Nikhef. The…

Management and staff of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef wish you a prosperous 2025. Due to Christmas and New Year, the institute will be closed from…

The latest issue of DIMENSIES is all about change. This issue features Stan Bentvelsen, who has been at the helm of the Nikhef partnership for the past ten…