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When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a sweeping motion to clean their own
Ever wondered why a forgotten champagne bottle bursts after a night in the freezer? While the expansion of water during freezing certainly plays a major
A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam’s Institute of Physics has 3D-printed a Christmas tree made entirely of ice. Researchers Menno Demmenie, Stefan
A very special look was presented earlier this week by fashion designer Iris van Herpen at the Paris Haute Couture Week. The garment: a bioluminescent
Many plants use tiny ‘hairs’ called trichomes as a first line of defence against plant-eating insects. New research by experimental physicists and plant physiologists at
Picture yourself at a busy pedestrian crossing. When the light is red, everyone waits – until one person starts to cross. Soon, others follow, and
In a crowded room, we naturally move slower than in an empty space. Surprisingly, worms can show the exact opposite behaviour: in an environment with
Nico Schramma was awarded the Emerging Soft Matter Excellence (ESME) award during the APS Global Physics Summit in Anaheim, California.After giving a talk on his
Isabelle Eisenmann was among the winners of this year’s Division of Soft Matter (DSOFT) Gallery of Soft Matter photo and video competition, for a video
Physicist Xiaofei Guo is the winner of the Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa physics thesis award 2024. She carried out her PhD at UvA-IoP in the research in the
The European Research Council has awarded a three million euro Consolidator grant for the project “Animating Metamaterials using Non-Reciprocity” (ANIMETA) of UvA physicist Corentin Coulais.
Cars and other motorised vehicles are built in such a way that when they crash, their front-end crumples and any passengers inside don’t feel the
UvA researchers show how non-moving single-celled organisms manage to avoid bright light Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms
IoP physicist Mazi Jalaal has received an NWO Vidi grant for a project that aims to better understand processes in living systems based on a
Daniel Bonn, Antoine Deblais, Tess Heeremans and Sander Woutersen have won an Ig Nobel prize for their research in which they investigate the behaviour of