Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter

20/12 ERC Advanced Grant for Albert Polman

AMOLF director and group leader Dr Albert Polman has received a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant of 2.3 million euro. Polman will use this grant to start a research program on 'optical metamaterials'. Read more

19/12 Optical torque wrench imitates communication between neurones

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Figure 1. Artist impression of the optical torque wrench

Using an optical torque wrench, an international team of researchers have shown that rotating microscopic cylinders are excitable. This system therefore demonstrates dynamic properties based on the same physical properties as, for example, neurones when these communicate with each other by means of action potentials. Read more

16/12 Atom makes hologram of itself

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Figure 1. Hologram of a Xenon atom, measured with the FELICE laser at the FOM Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen

Researchers from the FOM institutes AMOLF and Rijnhuizen are the first in history to have made a hologram of an atom by using its own electrons. They did this using the unique properties of FELICE, Rijnhuizen's new free electron laser for intracavity experiments. Read more

16/12 Petra Rudolf appointed APS fellow

The American Physical Society (APS) has appointed Prof. P. (Petra) Rudolf as 'Fellow of the American Physical Society'. Read more

15/12 Five Rubicon grants for physics

This week, NWO awarded five Rubicon grants to physicists who want to take a look over the fence. With the Rubicon grants, NWO gives Dutch researchers who have recently obtained a doctorate the opportunity to gain research experience abroad. Read more

14/12 Brabant invests in solar energy and FOM institute for fundamental energy research

With a considerable investment in the development of solar energy in South-East Brabant, this region will become the number one place in Europe for solar energy and innovation. This is the ambition of knowledge institutions, companies and government bodies. Read more

14/12 Particle accelerator delivers first results for heavy atoms

Physics comes a step closer to the Big Bang Read more

14/12 Functioning biological clock unraveld

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In the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, researchers of the FOM Institute AMOLF and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, present a mathematical model that explains how the biological clock can be robust under different growth conditions. Read more

10/12 Newly appointed professor Jaime Gómez Rivas at AMOLF's 400th PhD award ceremony

Prof. Jaime Gómez Rivas, group leader at the FOM institute AMOLF, was appointed as Professor of Photonics and Semiconductor Nanophysics at Eindhoven University of Technology on 1 December 2010. Read more

02/12 Exhibition Holland@CERN a big success

Holland@CERN was held from 8 to 11 November at the CERN site near Geneva. This exhibition of Dutch high-tech companies attracted many visitors and received only positive reactions. Holland@CERN has fully achieved its objective: to facilitate contact between research and industry. Read more

Press releases 2010