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A stronger twist to cytotoxic amyloid fibrils
Structural analysis explains differences in amyloid fibril structure relevant to Parkinson's disease Researchers from Amsterdam and Enschede have for the first time performed a structural comparison of two types of…
Dick Stufkens Prize 2017 awarded to Sven Askes
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2017 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) is awarded to AMOLF postdoc Sven Askes. In his thesis 'Upconverting…
Only when it is exceptionally ice cold
It is at a temperature of −70 °C that water molecules at the surface of ice make the most bonds with each other. AMOLF researchers, together with an international team…
Alleen als het ijs- en ijskoud is
Watermoleculen aan het oppervlak van ijs maken de meeste onderlinge verbindingen bij een temperatuur van zeventig graden onder nul. Dat schrijven AMOLF-onderzoekers samen met internationale collega’s op 28 september in…
‘Bigger is different’ – the unusual physics of mechanical metamaterials exposed
Mechanical metamaterials, which exhibit unusual properties such as shape morphing and programmability, have been found to display further surprising features. When the materials are a step in size larger, new…
‘Groter is anders’ – zicht op de bijzondere fysica van mechanische metamaterialen
Mechanische metamaterialen blijken nog meer verrassingen in petto te hebben bovenop hun ongebruikelijke eigenschappen zoals vormtransformatie en programmeerbaarheid. Als de materialen een slag groter zijn, gelden er nieuwe spelregels. Dit…
Who doesn’t want to wear a soft robotic jacket?!
AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde has been awarded funding through the programme ‘Creatieve industrie – Kennis Innovatie Mapping’ (KIEM) from NWO Humanities. The funding will go to "Project Cairo: an…
ERC Starting Grant for Ewold Verhagen
AMOLF group leader Ewold Verhagen (Photonic Forces) has received a Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC uses the Starting Grants to support…