• ERC Proof of Concept grant to develop measuring technique for halide perovskites

    The European Research Council (ERC) announced that AMOLF group leader Erik Garnett is one of the recipients of an ERC Proof of Concept grant. Erik and three other researchers at …

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  • Breakthrough in heart technology: prototype of first soft robotic artificial heart

    An international team of researchers with AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde, has taken the first steps towards  developing a new type of artificial heart that combines soft robotics with advanced …

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  • Former AMOLF director Frans Saris has passed away

    On June 29th, former AMOLF director Frans Saris passed away. This sad news has touched many people, including AMOLF colleagues and alumni. Frans had a lasting impact on AMOLF. He …

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  • Said Rodriguez named Outstanding Referee by American Physical Society

    On June 19, AMOLF director Huib Bakker congratulated group leader Said Rodriguez on his honorable and well-deserved recognition as an Outstanding Referee. The honor comes from the American Physical Society …

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  • Spring brings many Doctorate Celebrations

    Burak Demirbas - Stress-induced protein dynamics and growth arrest in C. elegans during development - May 16th   Burak did his doctoral research in the group of Jeroen van Zon. He …

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  • AMOLF, CWI, and DIFFER launch HELIOS project with NWO-I funding

    An AMOLF collaboration with CWI and DIFFER has received funding from NWO-I to launch a joint project: HELIOS: AI-guided materials discovery facility for solar energy materials. On Friday, May 23rd, …

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  • Daan de Bos’s research at AMOLF awarded best physics bachelor thesis

    We are very proud to share that Daan de Bos has been awarded the SPIN Bachelor Project Award, for his research on self-learning materials with supervisor Marc Serra Garcia at …

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  • New properties discovered in promising optical materials

    Halide perovskites are being studied throughout the world as promising materials for harvesting and controlling light, due to their unique optical and electrical properties. Now, for the first time, researchers …

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  • Infomatter symposium: taking advantage of information in a system

    On Thursday, May 22nd, AMOLF organized the Infomatter Symposium to discuss exciting developments in information processing — ranging from biochemical to mechanical and optical systems. What these systems share is …

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  • Optimizing bit-by-bit operations for energy-efficient computing

    How can we make computing more energy-efficient when nature itself introduces randomness at every step? At the intersection of physics and information science, researchers from AMOLF and Imperial College London …

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