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A piece of rubber can't count. Right? 03 July 2023
A block of rubber that can count to ten and even remember the order in which it is pressed. Physicists Martin van Hecke and Lennard Kwakernaak (Leiden...
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New method to find Majorana’s tested for the first time 22 June 2023
Fifteen years ago, an alternative technique to look for the elusive Majorana particles was conceived theoretically. But no one carried out the experim...
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5 years Quantum Rules lab: ‘The best part is when you hear the penny drop with a student’ 21 June 2023
Physics teacher Henk Buisman welcomes secondary school teachers ánd students who want to know more about quantum physics. And he likes to help them in...
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From bachelor student to entrepreneur: card game about elementary particles an unexpected hit 15 June 2023
A Christmas present that got out of hand: that's what prompted physics student Serafine Beugelink to start her own company. Her card game about elemen...
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A quirky block of rubber as a calculator 30 May 2023
PhD candidate Jiangnan Ding explores how you can design a thick slab of rubber in a way that it might act as a mechanical computer bit. This so-called...
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Prize for school research project on butterfly wings 10 May 2023
Why are morpho butterflies blue? That is what high school students Frederique Kerstens and Koen van Griensven investigated in their high school profil...
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Communication about quantum technology offers many opportunities (but there are risks too) 21 April 2023
Watching and analysing hundreds of TEDx talks, that too can be research. That becomes clear from the work of PhD student Aletta Meinsma, who is studyi...
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‘This prize is a great push for my self-esteem and motivation’ 19 April 2023
Not only does she excel at her research, she is also active in outreach and started a collaboration outside her own field during her PhD. Yevheniia Ch...
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Rubicon grant for Leiden physicist: why do leaves of a tree always grow in the same shape? 13 April 2023
PhD candidate Ludwig Hoffmann will spend two years at Harvard University in the US thanks to a Rubicon grant he won on April 11. Using theoretical mod...
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Hooray! This extremely sensitive microscope survived its relocation 06 April 2023
Moving an electron microscope of 2000 kg is a delicate challenge. The highly sensitive instrument needed to be moved to a new measurement hall, but ev...
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Dorothea Samtleben: Nikhef's first female program leader 03 April 2023
As of April 1, physicist Dorothea Samtleben is the first female program leader of Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics. Samtleben will...
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In memoriam emeritus professor Jan Schmidt 24 March 2023
On March 17, our dear colleague Jan Schmidt passed away after a fruitful and valuable life.
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Designing the quantum future on a regular computer 22 March 2023
Computer scientist Tim Coopmans uses pen, paper and regular computers to simulate the best possible quantum computer. He tells about his research and ...
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This is how physicists contribute to the energy transition 10 March 2023
Studying surfaces of solid materials: it may not seem relevant to energy consumption, but it is. Marcel Rost studies how platinum electrodes wear out....
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Tricking a quantum computer to enhance its performance 27 February 2023
Researchers found a way to run programmes that should be impossible to carry out on an imperfect quantum computer. Such programmes are very computatio...