What makes AMOLF unique
Ice skating on water, even when it is really cold
The outermost layer of ice behaves like liquid water, even at a temperature of –30°C. Physicists at AMOLF have irrefutably demonstrated this using a modern surface-sensitive measuring technique. At lower temperatures, however, the layer of water becomes increasingly thin. The researchers report their findings on 27 November in the journal Angewandte Chemie. The slipperiness of ice not only ensures that glaciers slide downhill, but also that we can skate on ice, whereas that is not …
Personality and mood swings in bacteria
Bacteria can control where they go using a signaling network of protein molecules. Scientists at AMOLF have developed a microscopy method that allows them to see how individual bacteria use this network to make decisions.They discovered that bacteria are surprisingly diverse in personality and mood. The team publishes its findings in the scientific journal eLife on December 12, 2017. Artist impression of an E. coli bacterium that moves by means of flagella Bacteria, being single-celled …
