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It may look like Christmas decorations, but hundreds of flashing lights in the Nikhef entrance hall show live the impacts of particles in the deep sea off Toulon,…

After a wonderful 50th anniversary year in 2025, the management and staff of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef wish you a prosperous 2026. The institute will…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an indispensable technology in particle and astroparticle physics. To accelerate scientific discovery, Nikhef is establishing a dedicated AI R&D group to enable…

Nikhef director Jorgen D’Hondt has appointed two associate directors to support him in representing Nikhef in national and international forums in particle and astroparticle physics. The appointments were…

The CERN Council has released the recommendations of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. These were finalised in early December during a session in Ascona, Switzerland. For the…

Nikhef researcher Tina Pollmann has received funding from NWO for a test setup that could prove crucial in the global hunt for dark matter. UvA lecturer Pollmann is…

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…

Theoretical physicist Jordy de Vries of the University of Amsterdam and Nikhef has been awarded an ERC grant for precision calculations on, among other things, three forms of…

The interaction of the heaviest known particles may offer insight into processes beyond the reach of existing accelerators. NWO is funding new research into the dance of top…

Researchers from Maastricht University and Nikhef want to use a new experiment to examine one of the mysteries of particle theory. NWO has awarded an M1 grant for…

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…

This week, eighty PhD students and postdocs are participating in the first international PHYSTAT winter school on artificial intelligence and statistics, in The Netherlands, organised by Nikhef. This…

This week, the Netherlands contributed its national input to the discussion on the new European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP). This involves more than just choosing a larger…

At a special meeting at CERN last week, member states decided to continue studies into a future particle accelerator. Physicswise the project is favoured, but more homework is…

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…

No decision has yet been made on where the Einstein Telescope will be built, but teams at the candidate sites are already conducting feasibility and preparatory studies. Lausitz…

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…

With a successful operation on the high seas last week, the French segment of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope was further expanded to 33 detector lines. A total of…