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  • Moving massive amounts of CO2 underground: research shows how plant-fungal networks drive nutrient flows that support ecosystems

    A study published online in Nature on February 26th has revealed how plants and fungi construct networks that operate as hyper-efficient ‘supply chains,’ moving billions of tons of CO2 underground.

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  • Three months – Three PhD celebrations  

    In the past three months, three AMOLF PhD students successfully defended their thesis at a Dutch university. Their names are Christiaan van Campenhout, Susan Rigter and Balázs Antalicz.   Christiaan van …

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  • Live experiment on WNL op Zondag TV program by Wim Noorduin

    Yesterday, Wim Noorduin demonstrated the lead detection test developed by him and his research team on the Dutch-language TV program WNL op Zondag. NWO president Marcel Levi, a regular guest …

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  • New process creates ordered semiconductor material at room temperature

    Scientists of the University of Twente, research institute AMOLF and the University of Oxford have developed a way to create highly ordered semiconductor material at room temperature. This research, which …

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  • Climate envoy visits AMOLF to learn how fungal networks contribute to CO2 drawdown and storage underground 

    On January 8th, a delegation led by the Netherlands’ Climate Envoy, Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, visited the AMOLF lab of Tom Shimizu. Researchers in Tom’s group are developing new …

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  • EQUSPACE consortium receives European funding for developing silicon quantum technologies

    The EQUSPACE consortium has been awarded 3.2 million euros from the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) Pathfinder Open funding program to pioneer quantum technologies in silicon. The group of Ewold Verhagen …

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  • Bas Overvelde shows soft robots on TV program ‘Het Klokhuis’

    On January 2, group leader Bas Overvelde appeared on the TV program Het Klokhuis. In the program, which is aimed at children, Bas explained what soft robots are and what …

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  • Celebrating 75 Years of AMOLF: reflections from our Director and Institute Manager

    With the year ending, AMOLF reflects on a festive year in which it celebrated its 75th anniversary. AMOLF director Huib Bakker and institute manager Paula van Tijn share their memories …

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  • NWO ENW-XL grant awarded to consortium studying how embryos tell time

    A research consortium led by AMOLF group leader Jeroen van Zon has been awarded an NWO ENW-XL grant to combine efforts and elevate curiosity-driven research to the next level. A …

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  • AMOLF and Delft University of Technology join forces to develop revolutionary microscopy technology

    A joint research project between AMOLF, Delft University of Technology, Delmic and Technolution has received funding from the National Growth Fund program ‘NXTGEN Hightech.’ This project, which aims to push …

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