National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)

Er zijn nog plaatsen over! Doe mee aan de Masterclass Deeltjesfysica die op 1 april gehouden wordt op Nikhef. Schrijf je in via de link hieronder...

#HepJobs PhD opening @nikhef.bsky.social and @maastrichtu.bsky.social on @lhcb.bsky.social . So many good reasons to apply.
jobs.nikhef.nl/jobs/phd-pos...

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” www.nikhef.nl/en/news/new-...

Production LISA QPR Housing @ Nikhef YouTube video by Marco Kraan

See here the production of the first housings of the Quadrant Photo-Receivers (QPRs) at @nikhef.bsky.social for the future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). LISA is the first European space mission to measure gravitational waves in the universe.
youtu.be/akYodNUc2KU

PAPERCLIP VIDEO: scintillating detector for LHCb at CERN

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This is your reminder to take a look at our job offerings! jobs.nikhef.nl
Will you come and join us?

Nikhef Nikhef is het Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica en is gevestigd op Amsterdam Science Park.

Watch all our most recent video interviews with Nikhef researchers on our YouTube channel:
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Universiteit Maastricht zelfstandig lid van LHCb-experiment CERN
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PAPERCLIP VIDEO: Eliminating the rumble in the Einstein Telescope - Nikhef Gravitational wave detectors measure not only vibrations in Einstein’s space and time, but also random terrestrial vibrations and noise. PhD student Harsh Norola from Nikhef developed a new...

PAPERCLIP video: Eliminating the rumble in the Einstein Telescope
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Former Nikhef master's student Stephen Swatman wins ATLAS thesis prize - Nikhef INTERVIEW – As a boy from Amsterdam-East, he regularly attended the open days at the Nikhef particle physics laboratory. Now, computer scientist Stephen Swatman has won a prize...

As a boy from Amsterdam-East, he regularly attended the open days at Nikhef. Now, computer scientist Stephen Swatman has won a prize from the ATLAS experiment at CERN for his thesis.
www.nikhef.nl/en/news/form...

Global Physics Photowalk winners announced The Interactions Collaboration has announced the winning images of the 2025 Global Physics Photowalk. These photographs transform the invisible frontier of particle physics — from a detector hunting f...

Global Physics Photowalk winners announced!
www.interactions.org/press-releas...

Komt een nieuwe aan!

PAPERCLIP VIDEO: Testing ideas for dark matter - Nikhef More than four-fifths of all mass in the universe is not ordinary matter. There are many ideas about what then this dark matter could be. Nikhef PhD student...

More than four-fifths of all mass in the universe is not ordinary matter. There are many ideas about what then this dark matter could be. Nikhef's Pieter Braat studied the role it could play in the evolution of the universe for a number of options. Watch the video:
www.nikhef.nl/en/focusblok...

FYSICA 2026

Register now for FYSICA 2026! The congress of the Dutch Physical Society (NNV) and Radboud University Nijmegen, where hundreds of physicists from all corners of society get a chance to share and deepen their knowledge and meet and discuss with colleagues and friends.
www.fysica.nl/page/692/1/f...

De Masterclass Deeltjesfysica vindt plaats op woensdag 1 april 2026. Schrijf je nu in via outreach.web.nikhef.nl/masterclass/

Onderzoekers van het Van Swinderen Instituut in Groningen hebben een nieuwe methode gevonden om individuele moleculen stil te zetten voor precisiestudies. Hun artikel is zojuist verschenen. www.nikhef.nl/news/nikhef-...

Nikhef technology vital element in academic atomic clock network - Nikhef Precision time technology from Nikhef, among others, plays a vital role in the new scientific time and frequency network of the collaborating Dutch universities, which was inaugurated last...

Precision time technology from Nikhef, among others, plays a vital role in the new scientific time and frequency network of the collaborating Dutch universities, which was inaugurated last week.
www.nikhef.nl/en/news/nikh...

Today @nikhef.bsky.social (National Institute for Subatomic Physics) again covered with a thin layer of snow ❄️

LIVE: Digitale rondleiding door de ATLAS detector bij CERN YouTube video by Nikhef

Maandag 26 januari leidde Nikhef-masterstudent Niels ter Linden online kijkers rond bij de ATLAS-detector op CERN Terugkijken is mogelijk via Youtube. Video van Clara Nellist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHrA...

The cloud chamber is an important part of the @nikhef.bsky.social expostrip, the instrument that make traces of small particles visible, but is now under maintenance 🛠️
It will be back soon 😊

Altijd al een kijkje willen nemen bij de versnellers en detectoren van CERN? Op maandag 26 januari 13:30 uur leidt Nikhef-masterstudent Niels ter Linden in een live verbinding www.youtube.com/@Nikhef toeschouwers rond bij het ATLAS-experiment op CERN. www.nikhef.nl/evenement/li...

Last year, major particle physics laboratories worldwide opened their doors to photographers. With exclusive access, participating photographers captured images of particle physics. Interactions has collected the top 3 images from each laboratory.

Vote here:

www.interactions.org/photowalk

Nikhef joins European artificial intelligence initiative - Nikhef Nikhef has joined the new European initiative in the field of scientific use of artificial intelligence. SCIANCE (AI in science) was formally launched in Brussels this week. The...

Nikhef has joined the new European initiative in the field of scientific use of artificial intelligence. SCIANCE (AI in science) was formally launched in Brussels this week.
www.nikhef.nl/en/news/nikh...

Dinsdagavond feestavond: boekje kopen bij @boekhandelkooyker.bsky.social, hapje eten met vrienden en naar het Leiden Science Café voor een lezing van @ernst-janbuis.bsky.social. Verhaal over het detecteren van neutrino’s mbv de @km3net.bsky.social telescoop. Allemaal @nikhef.bsky.social 🤩

Almost finished 🥂! A special @nikhef.bsky.social conference table (3x1.5m with an inlaid Nikhef logo) for our new director Jorgen D'Hondt is in production at Houtwerk B.V.

👉 To be continued next week ✨!

De volgende lezing is op 19 januari!

Mooi artikel van @georgevanhal.bsky.social over het idee van acoustische detectie van zeer hoog energetische neutrino’s van @nikhef.bsky.social natuurkundige @ernst-janbuis.bsky.social 🤩

Olga Igonkina grant for Master's student Meera Patel - Nikhef 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...

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 on Thursday.
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Nederlandse fysicus bouwt onderwaterdetector om spookdeeltjes uit de kosmos te betrappen Fysicus Ernst-Jan Buis hoopt met speciale onderwatermicrofoons in de zee het geplof vast te leggen van inslaande neutrino’s, de meest ongrijpbare deeltjes uit de natuurkunde. Moeten de lokale walvisse...

Nikhef-onderzoeker Ernst-Jan Buis morgen in de Volkskrant over zijn truc om ongrijpbare spookdeeltjes toch te vangen. www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/n...

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