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Soft Robots at Teknowlogy 2022
The Soft Robotic Matter research group led by Bas Overvelde will be present at Teknowlogy 2022: the Dutch festival where technology, science, innovation and valorization meet. At the event, visitors…
A Better Understanding of Symmetry Breaking
In an international collaboration, AMOLF researchers have theoretically described and experimentally observed spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) in two laser-driven coupled optical cavities. SSB is a universal phenomenon that occurs in…
New puppeteering: streamlined control of material deformation
In a new publication in Nature Communications, a team of physicists from Amsterdam, Leiden and Georgia (USA) show how to ‘puppeteer’ lab-designed metamaterials. By only touching these materials from the…
Nieuw marionettenspel: het gestroomlijnd sturen van materiaalvervorming
In een nieuwe publicatie in Nature Communications laat een team van natuurkundigen uit Amsterdam, Leiden en Georgia (VS) zien hoe in het laboratorium ontworpen metamaterialen als marionetten kunnen worden aangestuurd.…
ERC Starting Grant for Marc Serra-Garcia
Illustration: Henk-Jan Boluijt AMOLF tenure-track group leader Marc Serra-Garcia (Hypersmart Matter) has received a Starting Grant of 1.68 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC).…
C. elegans does not accidentally switch off its ability to detect salt
AMOLF researchers, collaborating with researchers from the Erasmus MC, have discovered a genetic mechanism that ensures that a nerve cell retains its identity once it has differentiated. This concerns a…
C. elegans schakelt zijn neus voor zout niet per ongeluk uit
AMOLF-onderzoekers ontdekten in samenwerking met onderzoekers van het Erasmus MC een genetisch mechanisme dat ervoor zorgt dat een eenmaal gedifferentieerde zenuwcel zijn identiteit behoudt. Het gaat om een neuron dat…
Crystals beneath a sunbed
Light-controlled spontaneous growth of nanostructures PhD student Marloes Bistervels from the Self-Organizing Matter research group at AMOLF has managed to use light to very precisely control the formation of nanocomposites…